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Exclusive | Raising Marriage Age of Women to 21 to Enable Them to Make Decisions, Be Self-Reliant: Bill
The statement of objects and reasons of the bill introduced in Parliament says it is important to bring down incidence of teenage pregnancies.
Business Highlights: Wall Street Slumps, Inflation Spikes
Sen. Joe Manchin has all but delivered a death blow to President Joe Bidens $2 trillion domestic initiative. Saying he cant support the package, the West Virginia Democrat has singlehandedly thrown his partys agenda into jeopardy. Furious colleagues are d...
Stone Says He Invoked 5th Amendment At Jan 6 Deposition
Washington, Dec 17 (AP) Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone says he has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in an interview with the House panel investigating the Jan 6 Capitol insurrection. Stone -- who was convicted in 2019...
PM Modi Meets 36 BJP MPs from Poll-Bound Uttar Pradesh Over Breakfast
Notably, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni, whose son Ashish Mishra is an accused in October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, was missing at the meeting.
House Subpoenas Meadows Contact Who Pushed False Fraud Claim
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is subpoenaing James P. Phil Waldron, a onetime contact of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows who the panel says pushed false claims about fraud in the 2020 presidential electio...
Court Upholds Trump Administration's Ban Of Gun Bump Stocks
A federal appeals court in New Orleans is the latest to uphold a federal ban on bump stocks devices attached to semiautomatic firearms so that a shooter can fire multiple rounds with a single trigger pull.
Biden's Highway Safety Pick Vows To Reduce US Traffic Deaths
President Joe Bidens pick to run the nations highway safety agency pledged Thursday to attack a crisis of fatal car crashes by implementing safety rules to deter impaired driving while scrutinizing fastemerging automated technologies, such as in Tesla veh...
E-Way, Farmers, Women Workers, Metro on Agenda: PM Modi To Visit UP 4 More Times This Month
The PM's visits will take place before election model code of conduct comes into effect, probably in early January. He has already visited UP six times in the past month.
Maharashtra Local Body Polls: SC Directs 27 Pc Seat Reserved for OBC Be Notified as General Seat
The apex court had on December 6 stayed till further orders the local body election in Maharashtra on seats reserved for the OBCs.
BJP to Set Up 'Aspiration Box' for Manifesto Ahead of 2022 UP Assembly Polls
The box will move across all 403 Assembly seats to seek suggestions from the people.
BJP to Launch 'Akanksha Peti' Programme to Seek Voters' Suggestions for UP Election Manifesto
The party will place ‘Akanksha Peti’ boxes in all the state assemblies.
Lawmakers Say They Will Try Again To Regulate Airline Fees
Several congressional Democrats are reviving legislation to regulate fees that airlines charge for things such as checking a bag, changing a flight or picking a seat.
US Navy Commissions Pearl Harbor-based USS Daniel Inouye
The U.S. Navy on Wednesday commissioned the USS Daniel Inouye, named after the longserving U.S. senator from Hawaii and decorated World War II veteran.
Not Ayodhya, Varanasi Becomes Center of BJP’s Pitch This Election in UP as Party 'Restores' Kashi's Glory
In Varanasi, there will be laser shows and special lighting of all temples, ashrams and important crossroads and roads in Kashi and all boats on the river Ganga will also be adorned with special lights.
Chilean Couple Ready To Tie The Knot After Same-sex Marriage Approval
Chileans Javier Silva and Jaime Nazar, a couple for six years, have long wanted a wedding to complete their family and give them full legal status as parents, but conservative rules in the South American nation stymied the two men's plans.
Odisha Assembly Disrupted for Sixth Day Over Mamita Meher’s Murder Case
Opposition parties demand the removal of the MoS for Home; perform Puja to Lord Jagannath in the Assembly compound
