Lakhs of children waiting to be adopted but it takes 3-4 years to adopt single child in India: SC

Lakhs of children waiting to be adopted but it takes 3-4 years to adopt single child in India: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday emphasised that the child adoption process in India needs to be streamlined as there are three-to-four years waiting period under the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) to adopt a single child while there are “lakhs and lakhs of orphan children waiting to be adopted”. The top court had […]

Kerala HC orders to close down illegal religious places, prayer halls

Kerala HC orders to close down illegal religious places, prayer halls

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the State government to issue necessary orders to close down if any religious place or prayer hall is functioning without necessary permission, observing that the people of the southern State were “exhausted with religious places and prayer halls.” The court directed the government to issue a separate […]

PM security lapse in Punjab: SC committee finds Ferozepur SSP failed to discharge duty

PM security lapse in Punjab: SC committee finds Ferozepur SSP failed to discharge duty

New Delhi: A Supreme Court-appointed committee to probe the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab in January has found that the Ferozepur SSP failed to discharge his duty though sufficient force was available. The committee also told the top court that there should be an oversight committee for periodic revision and […]

All existing labs in India should be modernised and mapped for better utilisation of testing facilities, says Piyush Goyal

All existing labs in India should be modernised and mapped for better utilisation of testing facilities, says Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Commerce & Industry and Textiles has said that all existing labs in India should be modernised and mapped so that the testing facilities can be better utilized. Delivering his presidential address at the fourth meeting of the Governing Council of Bureau of […]

Modi inaugurates Amrita Hospital in Faridabad

Modi inaugurates Amrita Hospital in Faridabad

NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated state-of-the-art Amrita Hospital at Faridabad today. Governor of Haryana Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal, Deputy Chief Minister Shri Dushyant Chautala, Union Minister Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi were among those present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said […]

BJP should disclose its source of money being used to ‘poach’ other party MLAs: AAP

BJP should disclose its source of money being used to ‘poach’ other party MLAs: AAP

New Delhi: AAP’s political affairs committee condemned the BJP’s efforts to “poach” its MLAs and asked the saffron party to tell the nation from where it has accumulated money to offer crores to legislators of other parties, party spokesperson Sanjay Singh said on Wednesday. Speaking to media after the meeting, which was presided by AAP […]

Congress launches website of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’: from Kanyakumari to Kashmir

Congress launches website of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’: from Kanyakumari to Kashmir

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday launched the logo, tagline and website of its upcoming ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, billed as a mass contact programme of an unprecedented scale. Addressing a press conference, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the main yatra will cover 3,570 km from Kanyakumari in the south to Kashmir in the north […]

Nitish was uncomfortable with BJP’s stance on sleeper cells: Giriraj

Nitish was uncomfortable with BJP’s stance on sleeper cells: Giriraj

Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh Tuesday blamed the volte-face of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his (Kumar’s) “discomfort” over BJP flagging “sleeper cells” active in the state and opposing imposition of ‘Sharia’ in some pockets. Singh, who represents Begusarai in the Lok Sabha, was talking to reporters in Siwan district on the sidelines of […]

Maha political crisis: SC refers petitions filed by Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde to constitution bench

Maha political crisis: SC refers petitions filed by Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde to constitution bench

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a five-judge bench the petitions filed by the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde raising several constitutional questions related to defection, merger and disqualification. The top court ordered the listing of petitions before the constitution bench on Thursday and directed the Election Commission not […]

Sonia Gandhi calls on President Murmu

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. “President, Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan,” the Rashtrapati Bhavan tweeted along with a photo of the two leaders. —PTI Press Trust of Indiakashmirreader.com