SC refers issue of excommunication in Dawoodi Bohra community to nine-judge bench

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday referred the issue of the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community to a larger nine-judge bench. On October 11 last year, the constitution bench reserved its order on whether to refer the plea on the issue to a larger bench for adjudication. It was considering if […]

Indira Gandhi used Article 356 fifty times to dismiss elected state govts: PM Modi

Indira Gandhi used Article 356 fifty times to dismiss elected state govts: PM Modi

New Delhi: Replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Congress government and said former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi used Article 356 of the Constitution 50 times to dismiss elected state governments. Modi launched a frontal attack on the Opposition, […]

SC to hear today plea seeking probe into Hindenburg Research report on Adani firms

SC to hear today plea seeking probe into Hindenburg Research report on Adani firms

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to constitute a committee monitored by a retired apex court judge to inquire and investigate into the Hindenburg Research report which has made a slew of allegations against the business conglomerate led by industrialist Gautam Adani. […]

Entry of women into mosques for namaz permitted: AIMPLB to SC

New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) told the Supreme Court that the entry of women into mosques for offering namaz inside is permitted. The board said a Muslim woman is free to enter a mosque for prayers and it is her option to exercise her right to avail such facilities as […]

Law says surrogate mother may not be genetically related to child born through surrogacy: Centre to SC

Law says surrogate mother may not be genetically related to child born through surrogacy: Centre to SC

New Delhi: The Centre has clarified in the Supreme Court that the surrogacy law says a surrogate mother may not be genetically related to the child born through the process. It has told the apex court that a provision of the Surrogacy Act prescribes that no woman shall act as a surrogate mother by providing […]

PM wears jacket made of material recycled from plastic bottles

PM wears jacket made of material recycled from plastic bottles

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore a sleeveless jacket made of material recycled from plastic bottles to Parliament on Wednesday. The prime minister was seen wearing a light blue “sadri” jacket as he sat in the Rajya Sabha in the morning. Officials said the jacket was made of material recycled from plastic bottles. The […]

NDRF rushes third team to Turkiye for rescue ops

New Delhi: A fresh team of 51 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel is being rushed to earthquake-hit Turkiye even as two teams present there have launched rescue operations at multiple collapsed structures, Director General of the force Atul Karwal said Wednesday. The third team of the federal contingency force has already been airlifted from […]

Unconstitutional Maha govt will fall very soon: Aaditya Thackeray

Jalna: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday said the “unconstitutional” state government headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will not last long and fall very soon. Aaditya, son of Shiv Sena president and former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, was addressing a rally at Badnapur in Jalna district as part […]

Social media has an overall positive impact on Gen Z in India, suggests Snapchat report

New Delhi: A new report suggests that social media has an overall positive impact on Gen Z in India. The study by Snapchat was released on the 20th anniversary of Safer Internet Day (SID), wherein India registered the highest DWBI by country at 68. DWBI stands for Digital Well-Being Index, which is a measure of […]

‘Magic happened after 2014’: Rahul Gandhi questions surge in Adani’s fortunes under Modi

‘Magic happened after 2014’: Rahul Gandhi questions surge in Adani’s fortunes under Modi

New Delhi: Leading the Opposition attack over the Adani-Hindenburg issue in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday linked Gautam Adani’s meteoric rise to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coming to power and said “magic” happened after 2014 that propelled the businessman from the 609th to the second spot on the global rich list. The Congress leader’s […]