New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre why did it single out Assam and exclude West Bengal from grant of citizenship under section 6A of the Citizenship Act when the latter shares a much larger border with Bangladesh. Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relates to illegal immigrants in Assam. Observing that […]
New Delhi: The historic Kesavananda Bharati verdict that laid down the “basic structure doctrine” of the Constitution is now available in 10 Indian languages on the Supreme Court website at a time when the nation is commemorating 50 years of the judgement, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said on Thursday. The acclaimed 1973 judgment on […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday took a swipe at the BJP over it not announcing the chief ministers in the three states it won in the recent assembly polls and asked why the party was not being called out for “what is actually a delay”. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam […]
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the budget to be presented on February 1, 2024 would not have any “spectacular announcement” as it would be a vote on account in run up to the general elections. “It is a matter of truth that February 1, 2024 budget that will be announced will […]
New Delhi: Seven bacterial cases were detected at AIIMS Delhi between April and September but they have no link whatsoever to the recent surge in respiratory infections in children reported from some parts of the world, including China, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. The seven cases were detected as part of an ongoing […]
New Delhi:Pranab Mukherjee was aghast at Rahul Gandhi’s ordinance-tearing act in 2013 and said he has all the “arrogance” of his Gandhi-Nehru lineage without their political acumen and that this episode was the “final nail in the coffin” for the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls the subsequent year, a book on the late president […]
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday blamed India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s “two major blunders” — declaring a ceasefire without winning the entire Kashmir and taking the issue to the United Nations — for the sufferings of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. As Shah trained his guns on Nehru while […]
New Delhi; Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to power after the 2024 general elections and hoped that by 2026, militancy will be completely eliminated from Jammu and Kashmir. Replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill and the […]
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the legislative assembly. The House also passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to change […]
Srinagar: Cold conditions intensified in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar recorded season’s coldest night at minus 2.0°C on Wednesday. A meteorological temperature department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.0°C against minus 1.4°C on the previous night and it was 1.1°C below normal for this time of the year in Srinagar. Qazigund […]