Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the ministry of defence on the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in New Delhi, where discussions focused on border infrastructure, defence preparedness and ongoing strategic connectivity projects, according to an official release. Focus on border connectivity and defence preparedness The meeting…

NEW DELHI: On a day Parliament put its stamp of approval on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2026 amid demands from opposition MPs that the bill be referred to a standing committee for wider consultation, two National Council for Transgender Persons members from the community sent their resignation to the social justice minister…

SRINAGAR: PDP legislator Waheed Parra’s private member’s bill proposing the creation of 16 new districts in J&K and two additional divisions in Jammu, has come in for scathing criticism from governing NC as well as opposition BJP, who questioned the intent behind the proposed legislation.NC said the bill was a “deliberate attempt to arouse public…