New Delhi: Air India on Thursday said it has imposed a four-month flying ban on Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on a woman co-passenger onboard a flight in November last year. An airline official said the ban is with immediate effect and is in addition to the 30-day ban it had imposed on […]
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal was allegedly molested and dragged for 10-20 metres by a drunk driver after her hand got stuck in his car’s window on the road outside AIIMS, police said Thursday. The car driver, Harish Chandra, 47, a resident of Sangam Vihar, has been apprehended on charges of […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday fixed February 16 as the date for the Tripura Assembly polls and February 27 for the elections to the Nagalang and Meghalaya assemblies, with the counting of votes scheduled for March 2. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar’s announcement at a press conference here marked the official start […]
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for a string of projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crore aimed at developing infrastructure, easing urban travel, and strengthening healthcare during his visit to Mumbai on Thursday. The prime minister will dedicate to the nation the Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A and 7, […]
Shimla: The Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ entered Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday morning with the senior Congress leader targeting the BJP-RSS combine and accusing it of spreading hatred, violence and fear in the country. After the march entered the state near Ghatota village, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring handed over the flag to […]
New Delhi: Online sources such as Wikipedia are based on a crowd sourced and user generated editing model that is not completely dependable and can promote misleading information, the Supreme Court has said. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath said it acknowledged the utility of the platforms that provide free access to […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed orally it was difficult to accept the Centre’s submission that the concept of federalism does not apply to a union territory as even panchayats’ are an example for “decentralisation of power”. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, which continued the hearing for a […]
‘Gender neutral uniforms, safe washrooms’ New Delhi: Gender neutral uniforms in schools, transgender inclusive curriculum, safe washroom facilities and measures to prevent gender based violence are among the recommendations made by a new NCERT manual for smoothly integrating the third gender in formal schooling process. The draft manual, titled “Integrating Transgender Concerns in Schooling Processes”, […]
Nadda’s term extended till June 2024 New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda’s term was extended till June 2024 at the party’s national executive meeting on Tuesday, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserting that it will win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls with a bigger mandate than 2019. Shah told reporters here that Defence […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP government of widening the economic inequality in India and said the richest one per cent owns more than 40 per cent of the country’s wealth, while half the population has only three per cent of it. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]