Lucknow: After cases of drunk flyers urinating on co-passengers, an off-duty train ticket examiner has been accused of relieving himself on a woman on the Kolkata-Amritsar Akal Takht Express. The alleged incident occurred on the night of March 13. Munna Kumar, the accused train ticket examiner (TTE), has been arrested, a Government Railway Police (GRP) […]
New Delhi: The Bar Council of India on Tuesday told Delhi High Court that it will consider within “reasonable time” the issue of introducing Right to Education Act as a compulsory subject in law colleges. A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a public interest litigation by NGO Social Jurist, which […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed authorities to remove a mosque from the premises of the Allahabad High Court within three months, telling the petitioners opposing the demolition that the structure stood on a terminated lease property and they can’t claim it as a matter of right to continue. The petitioners, Waqf Masjid […]
Mangaluru: Senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Monday said loudspeakers used for ‘Azaan’ (muslim call for prayer) disturb people, especially students who study for examinations and patients in hospitals. He was responding to a query on his comments on Azaan made during the party’s Vijay Sankalp Yatra on Sunday at Shantinagar, which has gone […]
New Delhi: A High Level Committee, headed by Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved the release of an additional Rs 1,816 crore to five states, including Karnataka, as central assistance for the natural disasters faced by them. According to an official statement, the assistance will be provided to Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Meghalaya and Nagaland […]
New Delhi: Defending senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statements on the state of country that he gave during his visit to the UK, party leader Shashi Tharoor said, “There is nothing he needs to apologise for,” Accusing the BJP of indulging in “blatant politics”, Shashi Tharoor alleged that Gandhi is being falsely implicated on trumped-up […]
Bengaluru: In a veiled attack on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the UK, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said raising questions about Indian democracy on foreign soil was an insult to the people of the country. Speaking at an event in poll-bound Karnataka on Sunday, Prime Minister Modi, while not naming […]
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday demanded Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and BJP National Vice President Dilip Ghosh be brought under the scanner of central agencies in the investigations of SSC job scam for the sake of fair and impartial investigation. BJP countered it saying TMC is getting scared as […]
New Delhi: The Centre has opposed in the Supreme Court a batch of pleas seeking legal validation of same-sex marriage, saying it would cause a complete havoc with the delicate balance of personal laws and in accepted societal values. In an affidavit before the Supreme Court which is scheduled to hear the matter on Monday, […]
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hinted that he agreed with the contention of ally RJD that the recent crackdown on its president Lalu Prasad and his family members by the CBI and ED was “politically motivated”. This was in contrast to the stand he took in 2017, when he had wanted the […]