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NEW DELHI: Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha member Manan Kumar Mishra, who has headed the Bar Council of India (BCI) for more than a decade, has found himself at the centre of a growing controversy after the council's brief move to halt the enrolment of NALSAR University's 2026 graduating batch triggered a legal and political storm.

NEW DELHI: Nepal has apparently lost the decades-old original of the 1816 Treaty of Sugauli, a document that largely defined the Himalayan nation's boundaries with British India, its foreign minister Shisir Khanal told Parliament on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that China had stopped Indian Army patrols at several locations in Arunachal Pradesh and called the development a matter of concern.

A party leader, however, says getting 12 Bills passed amid such stormy scenes was a "legal and constitutional" success.

In a written reply before the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, B L Verma said all complaints received by the National Consumer Helpline during the five-year period had been disposed of through its grievance redressal mechanism.

CHENNAI: Chennai's civic and political landscape is dominated today by the Greater Chennai Corporation's decision to suspend a property tax hike after facing public backlash. The move is likely to provide temporary relief to residents and property owners while the civic body considers its next steps.

NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged in RS Thursday people associated with BJP "purified" the stage at Ramlila Maidan in Haldwani, two days after he made a speech there on Aug 8.

NEW DELHI: Parliament Thu-rsday passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, which seeks to restrict states' powers to levy taxes on mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands. Govt said the new law doesn't seek to interfere with the autonomy of states, but aims to ensure uniform mineral rates.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE accounted for the vast majority of Indian worker fatalities across Gulf countries from 2021 to 2025 - over 71% of total recorded deaths. According to figures released by ministry of external affairs (MEA) in Parliament on Thursday, Saudi Arabia topped the list with 11,923 deaths, and the UAE was second with 11,489 fatalities.

NEW DELHI: Questioning the fairness of Allahabad HC's July-20 ex-parte order seeking CBI and ED inquiry into his alleged disproportionate assets, LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has requested Supreme Court to transfer the PIL from the high court to itself or any other HC "to secure ends of justice and preserve public confidence in the fairness of the judicial process".