- India
Jamia Nagar violence: Delhi cops move HC after Sharjeel Imam, 10 others discharged
New Delhi: The city police Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court’s order discharging 11 people, including student activists Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha, in the 2019 Jamia…
- India
Victoria Gowri sworn in as Madras HC judge; SC dismisses plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to restrain lawyer Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri from taking oath as a judge of the Madras High Court. “We…
- World
I’m lucky, says Salman Rushdie on surviving colossal attack in New York
London: Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Midnight’s Children’, said on Monday that he feels lucky to have survived the last year’s brutal stabbing at a literary event in…
- India
No scope for hate crimes on basis of religion in secular country such as India: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that there is a growing consensus around hate speech and stressed there is no scope for hate crimes on the basis of religion in…
- India
MP: Tribal woman looking for job gangraped by three men in Gwalior
Gwalior: A 28-year-old tribal woman was gangraped allegedly by three persons in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said on Monday. As per the woman’s complaint, she was looking for a…
- India
Allegations against Adani: Chhattisgarh Cong protests in front of LIC, SBI offices
Raipur: The ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh on Monday staged protests in front of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and State Bank of India (SBI) offices in all the district headquarters across the…
- India
Congress asks PM Modi to break silence on Adani issue
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday questioned the “deafening” silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Adani issue and made a pun on his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ asking him whether…
- World
UK deploys emergency response teams to tackle Turkey quake
London: The UK government said on Monday that it will immediately deploy emergency response teams to Turkey to assist with rescue efforts in the wake of the country’s worst earthquake in decades.…
- India
SC seeks collection of data in UP on convicts eligible for premature release, wants timely disposal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed officials of legal services authorities in Uttar Pradesh to collate information from district and state prisons on convicts who have become eligible for premature…
- India
Italy-based Indian man held for impersonating Vice President
New Delhi: A 22-year-old Indian based in Italy was arrested for allegedly posing as the Vice President of India by creating a fake WhatsApp account using Jagdeep Dhankhar’s picture as his profile…
- India
Plea in SC seeks constitution of committee to probe Hindenburg Research report on Adani Group
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to constitute a committee monitored by a retired apex court judge to enquire and investigate…
- India
BJP leader Sunil Jakhar, Cong MP Manish Tewari engage in war of words on Twitter
Chandigarh: BJP leader Sunil Jakhar and Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday engaged in a war of words after the former used an article written by Tewari on the Adani issue to…
- Kashmir
Forced to study on mats in cold weather, students of Kathua school demand reading desks
Jammu: Forced to sit on mats in icy cold weather, students of a Kathua-based government school on Monday urged the Jammu and Kashmir administration to provide them reading desks and fix the…
- India
Defence expenditure was 14.08 pc of central government expenses in 2022-23: Govt
New Delhi: In 2022-23, the defence expenditure was 14.08 percent of the central government expenses, Parliament was informed on Monday. The expenditure-related data for 2022-23 referred to the budget estimate figures, according…
- India
MP: Muslim cleric among two stabbed, injured in Khandwa; 3 minors detained
Khandwa: A Muslim cleric and one more person were stabbed and injured on their way to the mosque in Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh allegedly by three minor boys, all of whom have…
