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New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi retains his membership of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Defence, while actor-politician and the BJP’s first-time parliamentarian Kangana Ranaut has been assigned to the committee on Information Technology, or IT, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat said in a notification issued Thursday. Mr Gandhi, who is also Leader of the Opposition in the Lower House, was a member of the Defence Committee in the previous Lok Sabha too. The committee will be chaired by BJP MP Radha Mohan Singh. The Congress has been given the chair of four committees, including the one for External Affairs, which will…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met top officials of Tata Sons and Taiwan-based Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the two companies which are setting up semiconductor manufacturing projects at Dholera in Gujarat. Leaders of the two companies briefed Prime Minister Modi and updated him about their ongoing projects. “Had a great meeting with the leadership team of Tata Sons and PSMC. They shared updates on their Semiconductor manufacturing projects. PSMC expressed enthusiasm to further expand its footprint in India,” PM Modi said on X. PM Modi had in March this year laid foundation stones of three semiconductor fabrication…

Ramgarh: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday asked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, whether he supports the National Conference’s demand to bring back Article 370 and Article 35 A and separate flag for Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a gathering in Ramgarh Assembly Constituency of Jammu and Kahmir, CM Yogi said, “I want to ask Congress leader Rahul Gandhi whether he supports the National Conference’s decision to have a separate flag for Jammu and Kashmir? Does Rahul Gandhi support the National Conference’s demand to bring back Article 370 and 35A and push Jammu and Kashmir into an era of unrest…

New York: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday backed India’s bid for a permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), days after US President Joe Biden and France’s Emmanuel Macron made a similar pitch. Addressing the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session in New York, Mr Starmer said the UNSC has to change to become a “more representative body”. At present, the UNSC comprises five permanent members and 10 non-permanent member countries which are elected for a two-year term by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The five permanent members are Russia,…

New Delhi: Stones were thrown at the Swatantrata Senani Express in Bihar’s Samastipur district on Thursday night. The train was travelling from Jainagar to Delhi on the Muzaffarpur-Samastipur line when it was attacked, causing panic among the passengers and minor damage to the train. Some passengers were injured but treated at a hospital in Samastipur, while windows of the pantry car and coaches next to it were shattered. Stones were also thrown at sleeper coaches. Samastipur Railway Police have filed a case, against ‘unknown people’, and are trying to track down the attackers. It is unclear why stones were thrown.…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira, is the second MLA from the taluka to be approached by the Global Konkani Forum (GKF), which is leading a campaign to demand equal status for Konkani in Roman script. This comes after the MLA from Curtorim, Reginaldo Lourenco, was called by GKF earlier this week. The Environment Minister, speaking for the Nuvem constituency, has consented to meet with GKF representatives on September 27 at the South Goa Collectorate in Margao, according to Forum President Kennedy Afonso. He stated that two delegations from the Nuvem constituency and the GKF will be calling on…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Education Department has decided not to supply government-aided schools with any further Bal Rath school buses. According to the state’s director of education, Shailesh Zingade, there are currently 410 Bal Rath school buses in use. He declared that such facilities will only be provided to assisted schools with consent. Additionally, he stated that the supported schools that currently own Bal Raths would now have to pay for the upkeep and repairs of these cars out of their own pockets. Ministers and MLAs, however, could assist the assisted schools in this regard from their respective constituencies. The…