New Delhi: The Supreme Court today referred the issue of legalising euthanasia in the country to a five- judge Constitution bench, saying there has been “inconsistent” opinion in its previous verdicts on withdrawing medical support to terminally ill patients. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that it is extremely important to […]
New Delhi: Asking Muslims to give Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a chance “at least once”, its president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made a bid to woo the community ahead of the Lok Sabha elections by saying the party is willing to apologise for any “mistake”, an apparent reference to Gujarat riots. “Please note that whenever, […]
Mumbai: Bombay High Court today ordered Maharashtra education department to issue directives to all educational institutions to put up display boards outside their premises stating that sale and consumption of cigarettes and any tobacco product is banned within 100 meters. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha was hearing […]
The Government of India issued a white paper on Jammu and Kashmir. On Page 3, the paper described the state’s accession as valid but purely provisional. This was the official Indian position on accession for quite some time. However, it changed and India started claiming Jammu and Kashmir as its integral part. 2002: Debate on […]
NEW DELHI: With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the government is planning to raise the workdays under its ambitious rural employment guarantee programme MNREGA from 100 to 150 days per year. A proposal in this regard will be considered by the Union Cabinet on Friday, sources said here Tuesday. The populist measure is […]
NEW DELHI: Former RAW chief Sanjeev Tripathi today joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, following the footsteps of several retired bureaucrats and diplomats finding a career in politics. Tripathi, a 1972-batch IPS officer, is the latest to join the saffron party in the recent past after former Home Secretary R K Singh, […]
SRINAGAR: Casting doubts over the Lolab encounter in which Army claimed to have killed seven militants, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday called for shutdown and protests on Friday. The use of “brute force” including firing and lathi-charge on people who were demanding the bodies of the slain and imposition of curfew in […]
New Delhi: Fatwa issued by Muslim clerics cannot be forced upon people and the state has to protect persons who are harassed for not following such dictates, the Supreme Court said Tuesday while expressing reservation in interfering with Shariat courts. Holding that it’s a matter of choice for the people to accept fatwa or not, […]
New Delhi: The Cabinet is likely to set the terms of reference of the 7th Pay Commission this week, paving the way for salary revision of over 50 lakh central government employees. The matter will be finalised at the proposed meeting as the government wants to settle the matter before model code of conducts are […]
SRINAGAR: University of Kashmir (KU) is going to start post graduate course in Urdu in its South Campus. In a statement, KU PRO said the decision was in tune with the recent recommendations put forth by a high level committee, headed by chief secretary Iqbal Khanday, for the promotion and propagation of Urdu language in […]