New Delhi: ‘Bharat’ is the present and future of the world, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta asserted Saturday, as he extolled India’s growing economic power which is attracting foreign investment like never before. Bharat, he said, is leading the world in terms of digital payment, and justice is being delivered to the litigants at their doorstep […]
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) has issued a “state of the university” report that alleged the admission system was in a “state of chaos” and flagged a decline in the proportion of women students. There was no immediate reaction from the JNU administration to the report. The JNUTA, in a statement, […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Friday that the women’s reservation bill is no ordinary legislation, but an announcement of a new India’s new democratic commitment. Addressing an event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Mahila Morcha to felicitate him for the passage of the women’s reservation bill in Parliament, Modi also […]
New Delhi: During the Special Parliament Session on Thursday, BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s slurred abuses at Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Kunwar Danish Ali during a discussion on the ‘success of Chandrayaan-3.’ While participating in a discussion on the Chandrayaan-3 mission in the lower house, Bidhuri made certain remarks against Danish Ali, leading to opposition […]
New Delhi: Amid the India-Canada diplomatic row, the Congress on Friday reiterated that the fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising and called for “intensive diplomatic engagement” to resolve the “serious crisis” while ensuring security of Indians in that country. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also asserted that the security of thousands of Indian students […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it would list pleas on the issue of marital rape for hearing in mid-October. The pleas raise the legal question of whether a husband enjoys immunity from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sex. A […]
Guwahati: Senior Assam Congress leader Debabrata Saikia has filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his alleged “hateful statement” such as Lok Sabha MP and former party president Sonia Gandhi’s residence should be burnt. Sarma made the alleged statement during a rally in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh on September 18. […]
New Delhi: Rejecting the notion that the achievements in space do not in any way benefit the people, the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, said there are multidimensional uses of India’s space missions which have a huge impact on the people as well. Singh said this during a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the success […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with an order that has suspended the enforcement of the city government’s decision that a child’s Aadhaar card would have to be mandatorily furnished for his admission to a private unaided recognised school under any of the three categories of economically weaker section (EWS), disadvantaged […]
New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has assured the Delhi High Court it is not demolishing any mosque or archival graves and other legitimate properties owned by the Delhi Waqf Board in and around the Mehrauli Archaeological Park. The statement was made by the DDA before a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma […]