New Delhi: The Congress on Monday announced that party president Mallikarjun Kharge has convened a meeting of the newly-constituted CWC on September 16 in Hyderabad which will be followed by a rally the next day. Addressing a press conference at the All India Congress Committee headquarters here, Congress general secretary organisation K C Venugopal said […]
Karnataka: Days after a UP teacher asked students to slap a Muslim student, a teacher at a government school in Shimoga, Karnataka, was accused by students of asking Muslim students to “go to Pakistan” because “this is a Hindu country” and was consequently suspended awaiting a departmental investigation. On August 30 at the Government Urdu […]
New Delhi: False allegations of dowry harassment or rape lodged by a woman against the husband’s family members amounts to “extreme cruelty” which cannot be condoned, the Delhi High Court has said. The high court also said that the bedrock of any matrimonial relationship is cohabitation and conjugal relationship and for a couple to be […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said the timing of the high-level committee on ‘One nation, One election’ is highly suspect and its terms of reference have already determined its recommendations. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the composition of the committee is also a total give away and that is why Leader of Congress […]
New Delhi: Millets will be the flavour of the day as not just cuisines, but startups dealing with “super food”, and celebrity chefs, and an exhibition will fete the visiting first ladies and spouses of G20 leaders as they visit the sprawling Pusa campus of IARI here while their better halves discuss geopolitics. A curated […]
New Delhi: Debt crisis is a matter of great concern for the world, especially developing countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, as India looks at building consensus at the upcoming G20 summit to evolve a tangible framework to help the debt-ridden low income economies. In an exclusive interview to PTI late last week, Modi […]
Raipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday released an “Arop Patra” (chargesheet) against the Bhupesh Baghel government in Chhattisgarh, accusing it of indulging in scams and loot, and committing atrocities against the people of the state, where elections are due by the year-end. He also accused Chief Minister Baghel of making Chhattisgarh an “ATM […]
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has held that recorded phone conversation is an admissible piece of evidence and it cannot be discarded even if obtained illegally. “The communication between the mobile phones of two accused persons when recorded on a digital voice recorder after putting the call on speaker, will not amount […]
New Delhi: The Centre has asked states to formulate logistics policy as it would help promote ease of doing business, the commerce and industry ministry said on Saturday. It was also suggested to the states for integrating quality data on the portal for the state master plan for wider adoption of PM GatiShakti initiative. The […]
New Delhi: As the primary deadline of four weeks to submit the report on scientific survey of the much controversial Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi ended on Saturday, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) sought an extension of eight more weeks to complete the survey. ASI was initially granted four weeks of time to complete its […]