Rahul Gandhi lacks moral right to call Waqf Amendment Bill ‘unconstitutional’, says Jagdambika Pal

Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) BJP MP and Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Amendment Bill, Jagdambika Pal, on Tuesday, criticised the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi for not participating in the debate and instead claiming the Bill was “unconstitutional”. “If Rahul Gandhi is terming the bill unconstitutional then…

Railway Claims Tribunal gets new Member

K. Raveen Kumar Reddy, assumed charge as member (Technical), Railway Claims Tribunal, Secunderabad Bench on Wednesday (April 23, 2025). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer of 1988 batch, K. Raveen Kumar Reddy, has assumed charge as member (Technical), Railway Claims Tribunal, Secunderabad Bench on Wednesday (April 23, 2025). The tribunal…

Turning Treasury Securities into Century Bonds Is a Dead End

In times of rising debt and fiscal strain, unconventional ideas occasionally surface as ways to manage the US government’s borrowing obligations. Few have forgotten the trillion-dollar platinum coin scheme a few years back. A recent suggestion, associated with Stephen Miran’s A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System (a.k.a. The Mar-a-Lago Accord) involves forcing…

Court dismisses claim on Hyderabad’s Bathukamma Kunta, rules in favour of HYDRAA certifying it as lake

Works underway at Bathukamma Kunta lake in Amberpet, Hyderabad, on February 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The hurdles for restoration of Bathukamma Kunta in Amberpet were removed on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) when the City Civil Court ruled in favour of the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA), certifying it as…

Shooting World Cup: India ends third in Peru, takes a lot of positives from South American leg

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Indian shooting team ended third in the standings as the Peru International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup wrapped up proceedings, with Australia taking the final gold on offer in the mixed team trap event. Two Indian pairs Prithviraj Tondaiman/Pragati Dubey and Lakshay Sheoran/Neeru finished eighth and 12th respectively…