Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has announced an initiative to strengthen technical and vocational education in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the national capital.
Indian stock market on Thursday pared gains with the Sensex and Nifty traded mixed on Thursday amid profit booking by investors.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday mounted a strong critique of the Centre in the Lok Sabha over the proposed Women’s Reservation Bill, alleging that the BJP-led government was fast-tracking the legislation with “ulterior motives” while deliberately postponing a caste-based census to avoid expanding reservations for backward communities.
India’s aviation, tourism and hospitality sectors are set to hit hard due to the West Asia conflict suffering as much as 15 to 20 per cent decline in inbound tourist traffic and an estimated net loss of Rs 18,000 crore for the aviation industry.
The incident took place at around 2:15 pm near Terminal 1 when the planes were being taxied at the IGI airport.
The Supreme Court has refused to grant relief to Anil Ambani on his plea challenging a Bombay High Court order that allowed banks to proceed with classifying his loan account as fraud.
Three persons were killed and more than 20 others injured as the sleeping coach bus, packed with around 60 passengers on board, turned turtle after hitting the road divider along Naya Gaon near the hanging bridge in Kota late Wednesday night.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday delivered a forceful pitch for the proposed 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures, calling it a “historic and game-changing” reform and asserting that empowering women is fundamental to India’s journey toward becoming a developed nation.
Noting that the world is passing through a very serious and tense situation that has affected every nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India and Austria support a “stable, sustainable and lasting peace’’ in West Asia and Ukraine, underlining that military conflicts cannot resolve problems.
The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved the introduction of the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, setting the stage for a high-stakes political battle over women’s reservation and delimitation, after the Opposition forced a division of votes to formally register its dissent during the ongoing special session of Parliament.
