-
3 days ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Vrinda Tulsian
The controversy surrounding sitting high court judge, justice Yashwant Varma, surfaced during a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on personnel, public grievances, law and justice on Tuesday, officials aware of the development said.
-
5 days ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Vrinda Tulsian
The contentious issue of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s private papers surfaced during the 47th annual general meeting of the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library (PMML) Society on Monday, people aware of developments said. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Teen Murti Bhavan and was attended by senior ministers, including defence minister Rajnath Singh and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
-
1 week ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Vrinda Tulsian
New Delhi The Union minority affairs ministry has drafted rules to operationalise the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 and sent it to the Union law ministry, officials told HT on Thursday, adding that the rules could be approved within 15-20 days, paving the way for their presentation in the upcoming monsoon session from July 21.
-
1 week ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Vrinda Tulsian
The government has mandated compulsory facial recognition technology across India’s vast Anganwadi network to expand biometric verification for the country’s flagship nutrition and childcare programme. A directive from the ministry of women and child development, dated May 30 and seen by Hindustan Times, outlines a strict phased implementation affecting take-home rations distribution, child attendance tracking, and beneficiary registration through the Poshan Tracker application.
-
1 week ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Vrinda Tulsian
New Delhi It was January 8, 1934, and Mahatma Gandhi had granted young Hungarian artist Elizabeth Brunner exactly 15 minutes. Brunner, undeterred by the Mahatma’s scepticism about portrait painting, began sketching his downward gaze—capturing not just his weathered features but what she saw as his inner spirit. That brief encounter, which Gandhi would later sign and treasure, now anchors an ambitious cultural preservation effort.
-
1 week ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Vrinda Tulsian
India’s G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, 69, on Monday announced he has stepped down from government service, ending a 45-year-long career, and said he will engage with startups, think tanks, and academic institutions in a personal capacity. “My New Journey: After 45 years of dedicated government service, I have made the decision to embrace new opportunities and move forward in life,” Kant wrote on X.
-
1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Vrinda Tulsian
3 hours agoRaising a pup of any breed comes with its challenges; even raising those cute-looking Golden Retriever puppies is not easy. The following Instagram video of @goldengirlpacha is the proof. With Meredith Brooks’ “B—-” as the background score, the pet parents have hilariously captured the hardship of …
-
2 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Vrinda Tulsian
New Delhi The defence ministry has suggested “Ancient Warfare/Military Strategy“ as the theme for the tableaux in the 2026 Republic Day parade and formally requested the culture ministry to evaluate the feasibility of incorporating original historical weapons alongside detailed 3D-design sketches of the potential tableau in the display. A letter from the defence ministry to the culture ministry details its choice, and says the idea came from defence minister Rajnath Singh.
-
2 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Vrinda Tulsian
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the “deplorable” conditions students from the Dalit, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Economically Backward Class (EBC), Other Backward Class (OBC), and minority sections of the society have to deal with at residential hostels, along with the delays in post-matric scholarship disbursements.
-
2 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Vrinda Tulsian
The parliamentary standing committee on women empowerment has raised concerns about severe understaffing in cybercrime units and a perceived lax attitude towards online crimes targeting women and children. The panel, during its fourth meeting convened on Monday, heard briefings from the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) and the ministry of home affairs (MHA) on “cyber crimes and cyber safety of women”. Cyber experts and NGOs also presented their views.
