On Tuesday, the Supreme Court directed that names and identities of victims of rape and sexual assault should not be disclosed or revealed. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur directed the print and electronic media not to reveal identity of victims of rape and sexual assault “even in a remote manner”.

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The house also mourned the death of former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, former Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, and former Rajya Sabha members RK Dorendra Singh, Kuldip Nayar, Karma Topden, and Nandamuri Harikrishn. read more

Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu noted that both the government and the opposition have the right to pursue respective agendas but that should be done while ensuring effective functioning of the House. read more

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu expressed strong concerns over the “declining quality of public discourse” while asserting that it is the behavior of political leaders that influences others. “We must ensure that cases against politicians must be fast tracked. It is indeed a matter of grave concern that there are nearly 4127 cases against politicians waiting to be disposed of. Special court should be constituted and the process should be fast tracked.” said the Vice President in his speech. (Hindustan Times)read more

Kartarpur corridor foundation stone laying ceremony: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for Kartarpur corridor, which will facilitate the visa-free travel of Indian Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur. read more

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu pressed a button to lay the digital foundation stone of the project on the Indian side that will link Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur with the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan. read more

Underlining that it was the Indian government which urged the Government of Pakistan to develop the corridor, Venkaiah Naidu said Indians are happy that Pakistan has accepted their long-pending demand. read more

The demand to build a corridor linking India’s border district of Gurdaspur with the historic gurdwara, the final resting place of Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak Dev, in Pakistan has been a long-pending demand of the Sikh community. read more

Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu will today lay the foundation stone for construction of a road corridor linking Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan, which will help Indian Sikh pilgrims visit... read more

The Indian side of corridor starts from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur District of Punjab and extends upto the international border between India and Pakistan. read more

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said in New Delhi on Monday that India’s real growth can be achieved only when rural India is truly empowered. Naidu added that everyone has to be part of the country’s development story to create a peaceful atmosphere. read more

The country’s higher education system should be “re-imagined and reconstructed” if we want to tap the potential of our burgeoning young population and make India the skill capital of the world, vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu said Sunday. read more

The vice president’s comments on a global consensus on economic fugitives assume significance as Indian probe agencies are grappling to bring fugitives such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi back to Indian shores to face the law. read more

Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu met United States president Donald Trump and French president Emmanuel Macron at a banquet hosted by the latter in honour of Heads of States who are attending a ceremony in Paris to commemorate the Armistice of First World... read more

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday inaugurated the first India-built war memorial in northern France to pay tribute to thousands of Indian soldiers who fought selflessly and made supreme sacrifices during the World War I. read more