NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday said it would protect the Constitutional rights of every citizen and take up at an “appropriate time” the pleas challenging a direction of the Karnataka High Court asking students not to wear any religious clothing in educational institutions, and emphasised that these issues should not “spread” at “national level”. […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s criticism that Goa’s liberation was delayed due to Jawaharlal Nehru was a “desperate attempt to distort history” and asserted that India’s first PM intervened at the right time to free Goa. In an interview with PTI, Chidambaram also stressed that no […]
MUMBAI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said the word ‘durbar’ was linked to royalty in the pre-Independence era, but its modern concept promotes transparency, which is the most important aspect of good governance in democracy. He was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the newly-reconstructed Durbar Hall at the Raj Bhavan here. The president said […]
NEW DELHI: India saw a single day rise of 58,077 coronavirus infections, which took the tally of cases to 4,25,36,137, while the active cases have declined to 6,97,802, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The daily COVID-19 cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last five consecutive days. […]
His attack came after Adityanath asked people to return the BJP to power or face the possibility of the state turning into a ‘Kashmir, Kerala or Bengal’ NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a dig over Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s remarks that the state could turn into a “Kashmir, […]
NEW DELHI: India logged 67,084 new coronavirus infections, taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,24,78,060, while the active cases declined to 7,90,789, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,06,520 with 1,241 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High court hearing the Hijab issue on Thursday asked students not to insist on wearing any cloth on campuses of educational institutions which can instigate people, till the matter is resolved. Posted the matter for Monday, the full court also said the educational institutions can resume classes for the students. The three-judge […]
New Delhi: India logged 71,365 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,24,10,976, while the active cases declined to 8,92,828, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,05,279 with 1,217 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]
NEW DELHI: Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Wednesday spoke to Lt Gen Fahd Bin Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutair, the Commander of Royal Saudi Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia, focusing on ways to deepen bilateral military ties. The Army said various aspects of bilateral defence cooperation figured in the talks. “General MM Naravane #COAS […]
New Delhi: Family-run parties are the biggest threat to India’s democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as he launched an all-out attack on the Congress and held it responsible for several ills confronting the country. Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the president’s address in the Rajya Sabha, he […]