- India
Congress calls for wider consultations on 3 Bills to replace India’s criminal laws
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday called for wider consultations involving experts and the general public on the three Bills that seek to overhaul India’s criminal justice system to stay away from…
- India
Amit Shah compares opposition alliance to ‘old wine in old bottle’
Mansa: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a swipe at the opposition alliance, likening it to an “old wine in old bottle” and claimed it was a group of leaders…
- India
CBI set to take over nine more cases on Manipur violence, taking total to 17
New Delhi: The CBI is set to investigate nine more cases related to Manipur violence, which will take the total number of cases probed by the agency to 17, officials have said.…
- India
Nadda holds back-to-back meetings with Bengal BJP leaders
Kolkata: BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday held a series of meetings in Kolkata with party leaders of the state, and asked them to strengthen the booth-level organisation ahead of the 2024…
- India
IIT Delhi drops one set of mid-semester exams to reduce student stress: Rangan Banerjee
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has revamped its evaluation system and dropped a set of mid-semester exams to reduce students’ stress, according to institute director Rangan Banerjee. The decision…
- India
Bill replacing CrPC to bring changes in police probe, trial with technology aid
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) Bill, which seeks to replace the colonial-era CrPC, proposes key changes in criminal justice delivery system, including a provision for attachment of properties of…
- World
UK’s Suella Braverman speaks of tragic loss of lives as migrants drown
London: The British government is under renewed pressure on Sunday as six migrants drowned in the English Channel and 59 were rescued after their vessel sank off the French coast. Home Secretary…
- India
Field survey exercise of ongoing caste-based headcount in Bihar complete: Officials
Patna: The field survey exercise pertaining to the ongoing caste-based headcount survey in Bihar is complete now, officials said. District authorities across the state have intensified the process of digitally recording the…
- News
Review current parameters for declaring drought and amend it: Karnataka CM to Centre
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to the union government to review the current parameters for a state to declare drought and consider amending it, to establish a more responsive framework…
- India
BJP trying to restrict tribals to jungles by calling them ‘vanvasis’: Rahul
Wayanad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the ruling BJP at the Centre of attempting to restrict the tribal communities to the jungles and deny their status as original owners of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: School official suspended over sexual harassment allegations
Hyderabad: A senior official of Telangana State Sports School in Hakimpet here, who is facing allegations of sexually harassing some girl students of the institute, was on Sunday placed under suspension by…
- Kashmir
Nehru did it among people, LG needs security: Mehbooba on ‘tiranga’ rally
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday hit back at Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha, saying the administration today needed a posse of security personnel to carry the national flag while…
- India
Catholic churches in Nagaland against proposed UCC
Kohima: The Catholic Association of Nagaland (CAN) opposed the proposed implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) saying that the strength and unity of India lies on diversity and not forced uniformity.…
- India
‘No hate speech’: Palwel Hindu mahapanchayat gets conditional permit
Gurugram: A ‘mahapanchayat’ by Hindu outfits will be held in Haryana’s Pondri village on Sunday which will take a call on resuming VHP’s Braj Mandal Yatra in Nuh that was disrupted on…
- Pakistan
Pak media watchdog bans coverage of 11 persons critical of military and previous government
Islamabad: Pakistan electronic media watchdog has stopped TV channels from giving air space to 11 people, including journalists, accused of criticising the military and the Shehbaz Sharif-led previous government and declared proclaimed…
