LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday suspended the local SDM, a circle officer and four others based on the SIT report on the Hathras stampede that did not rule out a “big conspiracy” behind the incident. The SIT report also flagged lapses on the part of the local administration that led to the incident […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that a date of hearing has been accorded to a PIL seeking probe into the Hathras stampede that left 121 dead. “I have ordered listing of the plea yesterday itself,” Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said when PIL petitioner and advocate Vishal Tiwari mentioned his petition for […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rapped an advocate for not depositing a cost of Rs 50,000 imposed on him for filing a “meritless” plea, and directed him to submit the amount within two weeks. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih rejected the submission of the lawyer Ashok Pandey […]
SILCHAR: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that he stands with the people of Assam and is their ”soldier in Parliament”. He urged the Centre to extend all possible help and support to the state immediately. ”I stand with the people of Assam, I am their soldier in Parliament, and […]
NEW DELHI: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Uttarakhand’s Jyotish Peeth has come out in Rahul Gandhi’s defence days after the Congress leader launched a blistering attack on the BJP and the RSS on the floor of the Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi’s remark has led to a furore, with the right-wing ecosystem targeting him as anti-Hindu. “After […]
RANCHI: The JMM-led government in Jharkhand headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday won the vote of confidence in the assembly amid a walkout by opposition members. A total of 45 MLAs, including nominated member Glen Joseph Galstaun, voted in favour of the confidence motion. BJP and AJSU legislators walked out of the House […]
NEW DELHI: As India sets the global discourse on democratising artificial intelligence (AI), former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the ‘Future of Britain Conference’ next week. The BJP leader will speak on the central theme titled ‘Governing in the Age of AI — Reimagined State,’ hosted by the […]
NEW DELHI: The recent classification of talc as “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the World Health Organization’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), is a significant development in the ongoing debate about the safety of talcum powder, Dr Salil Patkar, Consultant-Medical Oncology, Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Vashi (Navi Mumbai), said on Sunday. […]
NEW DELHI: In a fresh attack on the Central government on the issue of Chinese incursion into Indian Territory, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused the Narendra Modi Government of failure to maintain the status quo ante at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). In a post on X, Kharge, who is also the […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday registered an FIR against Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra for her ‘derogatory’ social media post on National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma. Moitra has been booked under Section 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of woman) under the newly-enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), […]