Mumbai: Activist Arun Ferreira, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, told a special court here on Friday that the electronic evidence (emails), relied on by the prosecution as evidence in the case, was obtained without proper authorisation . The National Investigation Agency (NIA), however, contended that the emails were not intercepted, but were […]
New Delhi: The new National Education Policy (NEP) is in sync with the nation’s roots and has gained unprecedented acceptance from the entire country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Noting that the NEP is rooted in “Bharatiyata” while assimilating global perspective, Shah said the policy enriches knowledge and culture and is aligned […]
Chennai: No criminal proceedings can be initiated against Indian medicine practitioners if they use/prescribe allopathic medicines too, the Madras High Court has ruled. Justice RMT Teekaa Raman gave the ruling recently while allowing a criminal original petition from Dr R Senthil Kumar, who sought to quash the chargesheet registered against him before the Judicial Magistrate […]
New Delhi: The disposal rate of cases in the National Green Tribunal is higher than the filing rate, the government said on Friday while listing out steps taken by ministries to improve efficiency in tribunals and quasi-judicial bodies. In a written reply, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the NGT has delivered a number of significant […]
New Delhi: Though India’s tiger conservation efforts have yielded favourable results, the rise in poaching and man-animal conflict due to shrinking prey base is a cause for concern, experts said on Friday. According to the 2018 tiger census, India has a tiger population of 2,967. There were 1,411 tigers in 2006. The National Tiger Conservation […]
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women, on Thursday, issued notice to Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to appear before it in person and tender a written explanation for calling President Droupadi Murmu ‘rashtrapatni’. The Commission, which scheduled Chowdhury’s hearing for Wednesday at 11.30 am, also wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to intervene and […]
Uttarpara (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday warned that her government will take back lands given to firms for setting up industrial units but are lying unused, so that new ventures are established. Speaking at a programme of private firm Titagarh Wagons here in Hooghly district, Banerjee asked the chief secretary to […]
New Delhi: A total of Rs 401 crore was assigned for media advocacy for the prime minister’s flagship ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme between 2014-22, constituting about 54 per cent of the total expenditure, according to Women and Child Development Ministry. The scheme aims to address declining child sex ratio and issues related to empowerment […]
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to grant statutory cover to family courts set up in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland and retrospectively validate all actions taken by them, with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju saying that he would requests all state governments to set up one family court in every district. Responding to […]
New Delhi: After granting mass promotion to over 8,000 government employees, the Department of Personnel & Training is now ready with the next lot of officers to be promoted in the next two to three weeks. The announcement was made by Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday while meeting a delegation of the Central Secretariat […]