New Delhi: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said he wants to see a greater presence of US-based Boeing in India as the American firm has recently received a large order of planes from Tata Group-owned Air India. In February, in one of the largest aircraft orders by an airline, Air India announced […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has told petitioners who approached it against the upcoming film ‘The Kerala Story’ – which claims to portray the tale of some women from the state who converted to Islam and were recruited to the terror outfit ISIS – that they should have moved the appropriate forum given that the […]
New Delhi: Union Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh reached Maldivian Capital Male on May 1, 2023, on the invitation of his Maldivian Counterpart Defence Minister MariyaDidi. During his visit, Rajnath Singh and MariyaDidi held bilateral talks to enhance defence cooperation and strengthen the longstanding partnership between India and Maldives. They discussed a wide range […]
New Delhi: A cyclone is expected to develop over the Southeast Bay of Bengal on May 9, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). IMD Director General MrutyunjayMohapatra said at a briefing on Wednesday that a cyclonic circulation, which is the lowest form of development, is expected over the region on May 6. “Under its […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred to May 9 the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the remission granted to the 11 convicts last year in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. A bench of justices KM Joseph and BV […]
New Delhi: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his plea for stay of conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, saying it will pass its final order post-summer vacation. Counsel for Gandhi (52), Abhishek Manu Singhvi, cited “extreme urgency” to […]
Party committee meets for further decision Mumbai: Springing a surprise, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said he is stepping down as chief of the NCP, the political outfit he founded and has helmed since 1999. A meeting of a committee of party leaders — which Pawar said should decide on the election […]
Mumbai: The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it was at an advanced consultation stage on re-examining the colonial era sedition law. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice J B Pardiwala deferred the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the sedition law, under section 124A of the Indian […]
New Delhi: A win in the Karnataka polls will be a “super booster dose” for the Congress electorally going forward after the Bharat Jodo Yatra revitalised the party organisationally, senior leader Jairam Ramesh has said. The Congress general secretary (in-charge communications) said that while the 2024 general elections are still some months away, the outcome […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund (PMNRF) in the Ludhiana gas leak accident. In a tweet posted on the official page of the PMO, the Prime Minister […]