Portal of filing online appearance slips in SC to be activated from January 2

Portal of filing online appearance slips in SC to be activated from January 2

New Delhi: In a bid to facilitate the procedure of marking appearances of advocates, the Supreme Court has developed an online module which will be activated from January 2. Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, had on December 16, announced that from New Year, lawyers would not be required to file appearance slips manually, […]

Bihar hooch tragedy: Key accused arrested in Delhi

Bihar hooch tragedy: Key accused arrested in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The Inter-State Cell (ISC) of Delhi’s crime branch has nabbed the key accused in the Bihar hooch tragedy which claimed around 80 lives. The accused, identified as Ram Babu Mahto was arrested from Dwarka, Delhi. According to police, he is involved in several cases of illicit liquor. The Delhi Crime branch officials said […]

BJP does not hold patents on Ram and Hinduism, says Uma Bharti

NEW DELHI: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti has said her party does not “hold patents” on Lord Ram, Hanuman or the Hindu religion and anybody can have faith in them, but “our faith is beyond political gains”. In a statement issued here on Friday, the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister also said […]

2022: China face-off, Assam border dispute hog news

2022: China face-off, Assam border dispute hog news

Itanagar: The face-off between the Indian and Chinese soldiers along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the frontier state, efforts for early resolution of disputed areas along its boundary with Assam, the state public service commission paper leak case, dominated news from Arunachal Pradesh through the year. The northeastern state was also in the […]

Bharat Joda Yatra likely to end on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary: Cong

Bharat Joda Yatra likely to end on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary: Cong

Jammu: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is likely to culminate in Srinagar on January 30, coinciding with the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a party leader said on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief spokesperson said the yatra, which started from Kanyakumari to Kashmir on September 7, is expected to […]

Shah seeks support for BJP in Old Mysuru region, calls Congress & JD(S) corrupt

Mandya (K’taka): Hitting the ground running in poll-bound Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday called Congress and JD(S) “parivaarvadi” (dynastic politics) and “corrupt”, and urged the people of Mandya and Old Mysuru region to support the BJP by forming a government with majority in the state. The BJP is considered to be weak […]

Religious intolerance, riots, and Bollywood kept Delhi courts busy in 2022

Religious intolerance, riots, and Bollywood kept Delhi courts busy in 2022

New Delhi: High-profile corruption cases against Delhi Deputy Chief minister Manish Sisodia, minister Satyendar Jain, former NSE boss Chitra Ramakrishna and ex-Mumbai police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey hogged the limelight in Delhi courts during 2022. Fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s custody, separatist leader Yasin Malik pleading guilty of terror financing, the terror case against […]

Rahul Gandhi himself ‘violated’ security protocol 113 times: Govt officials on Cong’s security concerns

Rahul Gandhi himself ‘violated’ security protocol 113 times: Govt officials on Cong’s security concerns

New Delhi: “Full” security arrangements were made for Rahul Gandhi in accordance with laid-down guidelines but he himself “violated” security protocols 113 times since 2020, government officials said Thursday, a day after the Congress alleged security breaches during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the national capital. The Congress on Wednesday wrote to Home Minister Amit […]

SC stays NGT order imposing Rs 24 lakh penalty on Odisha’s Kendrapara municipality for polluting Gobari river

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the National Green Tribunal imposing a penalty of Rs 24 lakh on Odisha’s Kendrapara municipality for failing to control discharge of waste water into the Gobari river. A bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna issued notices to the Centre, Odisha government […]

Law student arrested over killing of delivery executive by car with ‘judge’ sticker in Noida

Law student arrested over killing of delivery executive by car with ‘judge’ sticker in Noida

Noida: A 20-year-old law student has been arrested over the death of a food delivery executive here after his motorcycle was hit by a speeding car bearing the sticker of “judge” on its bonnet, the Noida Police said Tuesday. There were two more law students in the car at the time of the accident but […]