Uniform Civil Code not suitable for multi-religious country like India: AIMPLB

Kanpur: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday said the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is neither suitable nor useful for a vast multi-religious country like India. The Muslim board said the UCC was antithetical to the fundamental right to practice religion as enshrined in the Constitution. “India is a multi-faith country, and […]

Ceasefire by govt and not farmers, says Tikait demanding resumption of talks on MSP and other issues

Lucknow: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday hit out at the government, accusing it of trying to divide the farmers, and said it should talk to them to resolve their issues or else “we are not going away”. The farmer leader also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should give a clear […]

SC panel member says will decide on releasing report after analysing ‘legal consequences’

NEW DELHI: Anil J Ghanwat, part of the three-member Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws, on Monday said he will decide on whether to release the panel’s report after analysing the legal consequences and claimed that the two other members have given him the freedom to take a call. The panel, after studying the three […]

Press Association flags ‘impending crisis’ in PCI as incumbent chairman’s term expires

NEW DELHI: The Press Association has said there is an “impending crisis” in the Press Council of India (PCI) as the government has not yet appointed its new chairman even as the extended term of the incumbent chairman expired on Sunday. In a statement, the journalists’ body said Justice (retd) C K Prasad’s three-year term […]

Jairam Ramesh gives dissent note to joint panel on Personal Data Protection Bill

New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday gave his dissent note to the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Personal Data Protection Bill after the committee adopted its report at its meeting here. The former Union Minister also lauded the democratic manner in which the committee functioned under the chairmanship of PP Chaudhuri for […]

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 532 days

NEW DELHI: India logged 10,488 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,10,413, while the active cases declined to 1,22,714, the lowest in 532 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,65,662 with 313 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated […]

SC directs testing of mobile app for videography, photography of crime scene by experts

SC directs testing of mobile app for videography, photography of crime scene by experts

NEW DELHI: Aiming to utilise technology in crime investigation, the Supreme Court has directed that a mobile app used by the Delhi Police for videography and photography of crime scenes be tested by experts. The top court was hearing a matter in which it had agreed to examine whether videography of any crime scene can […]

People not ready to believe PM’s words: Rahul Gandhi on farm laws

People not ready to believe PM’s words: Rahul Gandhi on farm laws

New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said people who have “suffered false rhetoric” in the past are not ready to believe the words of the prime minister on repealing the farm laws. He said this as farmer unions decided to continue their year-long agitation at Delhi’s borders even after Prime Minister Narendra […]

Half of my heart belongs in India, says former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon in his book

New Delhi: Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon’s first diplomatic posting was in India and he developed such a special connection that even 50 years later, he tells the Indian people that half of his “heart belongs in their country”. Ban also mentions in his autobiography that his three years in India was “such an […]

Some irresponsible nations with hegemonic tendencies twisting definition of UNCLOS: Rajnath Singh

MUMBAI: Taking a dig at China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said “some irresponsible nations” with their narrow partisan interests and hegemonic tendencies are coming up with wrong definitions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It is a matter of concern that UNCLOS is being repeatedly weakened by arbitrary […]