India-Canada row: Cong calls for ‘intensive diplomatic engagement’ to resolve crisis

New Delhi: Amid the India-Canada diplomatic row, the Congress on Friday reiterated that the fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising and called for “intensive diplomatic engagement” to resolve the “serious crisis” while ensuring security of Indians in that country. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also asserted that the security of thousands of Indian students […]

SC to hear pleas on marital rape in mid-Oct

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it would list pleas on the issue of marital rape for hearing in mid-October. The pleas raise the legal question of whether a husband enjoys immunity from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sex. A […]

Police complaint lodged against Assam CM for ‘hate speech’ against Sonia Gandhi

Police complaint lodged against Assam CM for ‘hate speech’ against Sonia Gandhi

Guwahati: Senior Assam Congress leader Debabrata Saikia has filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his alleged “hateful statement” such as Lok Sabha MP and former party president Sonia Gandhi’s residence should be burnt. Sarma made the alleged statement during a rally in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh on September 18. […]

Space missions will be beneficial for common people: Rajnath

Space missions will be beneficial for common people: Rajnath

New Delhi: Rejecting the notion that the achievements in space do not in any way benefit the people, the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, said there are multidimensional uses of India’s space missions which have a huge impact on the people as well. Singh said this during a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the success […]

Aadhaar not mandatory for EWS admission in private schools: Delhi HC

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with an order that has suspended the enforcement of the city government’s decision that a child’s Aadhaar card would have to be mandatorily furnished for his admission to a private unaided recognised school under any of the three categories of economically weaker section (EWS), disadvantaged […]

Not demolishing mosque, archival graves in Mehrauli Archaeological Park: DDA tells HC

New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has assured the Delhi High Court it is not demolishing any mosque or archival graves and other legitimate properties owned by the Delhi Waqf Board in and around the Mehrauli Archaeological Park. The statement was made by the DDA before a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma […]

Women’s reservation bill most transformative revolution in our times for gender justice: Prez

Women’s reservation bill most transformative revolution in our times for gender justice: Prez

New Delhi: A day after the government introduced a bill to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said it will be the most “transformative revolution in our times” for gender justice. Murmu was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the biennial conference of […]

India to host conclave of Army chiefs of Indo-Pacific region

India to host conclave of Army chiefs of Indo-Pacific region

New Delhi: The Indian Army will host a two-day conference of Army chiefs of the Indo-Pacific nations next week with an aim to evolve a common strategy to ensure peace, prosperity and stability against the backdrop of growing global concerns over China’s increasing military muscle-flexing in the region. Fifteen Army chiefs and delegations from 22 […]

Cong questions govt’s intentions after no ‘socialist secular’ in Constitution copies given to MPs

New Delhi: The Opposition parties on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at Centre after ‘tempered’ copies of the Constitution of India were handed out to the Parliamentarians while moving to the new Parliament building. According to Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the English version copies of the Constitution that […]

80-yr-old man sent to life imprisonment for murdering brother 40 years ago

Aligarh (UP): An 80-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for murdering his brother 40 years ago over a disagreement. The court of Additional District Judge Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Monday convicted Jaipal Singh of the murder of his brother Raghunath Singh in 1983 and sentenced him, government counsel J P […]

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