- India
SC order on EC appointments: Rijiju invokes ‘Lakshman Rekha’
New Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday invoked the constitutional “Lakshman Rekha” guiding different institutions, including the executive and the judiciary, and wondered if judges become part of administrative appointments, who…
- India
Lord Ram idol: Huge rock from Karkala in Karnataka sent to Ayodhya
Mangaluru: A huge rock has been dispatched from Karkala in Udupi district of Karnataka to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh for the construction of the idol of Lord Ram in the proposed Ram…
- India
Modi, Hasina inaugurate Rs 377-cr diesel pipeline to Bangladesh
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated a Rs 377-crore pipeline to transport diesel from India to northern Bangladesh, cutting cost and reducing carbon footprint.…
- India
No pressure from govt on how to decide cases: CJI Chandrachud
New Delhi: Not every system is perfect but this is the best system available, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday while defending the Collegium system of judges appointing…
- Middle East
Kerala sanctions Rs 10 cr assistance to earthquake-hit Turkiye
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Saturday said it has sanctioned Rs 10 crore as financial assistance to Turkiye, which was battered by a massive earthquake recently. State Finance Minister K N Balagopal…
- Kashmir
Who will resign for this?: Cong on conman posing as PMO official in Kashmir
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday expressed concern over the case of a conman posing as a PMO official and getting requisite perks, saying if the government is serious about the country’s…
- India
Collegium system ideal for judges appointment: Ex-CJI U U Lalit
New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh Lalit said on Saturday said the collegium was the “ideal system” for the appointment of judges to the top court and high courts…
- India
Superstar Rajinikanth meets Uddhav Thackeray at his Mumbai residence
Mumbai: Superstar Rajinikanth on Saturday met Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray at his residence in suburban Mumbai. A party leader said it was a courtesy visit as the veteran actor has been…
- India
No ‘middle path’, our demand for JPC is ‘non-negotiable’: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said he does not see a “middle path” to end the logjam in Parliament as the Opposition’s demand for a JPC probe into the…
- World
Pak police breach Imran Khan’s residence after he leaves for court hearing in Islamabad
Lahore: Over 10,000 policemen launched a major operation at Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence here and arrested dozens of workers of his party even as the former Pakistan prime minister is in…
- India
Punjab Police cracks down against radical preacher Amritpal Singh
Chandigarh: Punjab Police is learnt to have launched a crackdown against radical preacher Amritpal Singh on Saturday. Internet services have been suspended till 12 noon Sunday, said a senior official of the…
- World
Imran Khan hearing: Pak’s media watchdog bans live coverage outside court
Islamabad: Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog on Saturday banned satellite television channels from broadcasting live coverage of events outside the Islamabad court where former prime minister Imran Khan is set to appear in…
- India
PhD scholar from Tamil Nadu arrested for raping children, says CBI
Delhi: The CBI has arrested a 35-year-old PhD scholar from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu for allegedly raping children, officials said Saturday. The agency had registered a case against the accused for allegedly…
- India
It remains very fragile: Jaishankar on Indo-China border situation
New Delhi: The situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh remains “very fragile” and is “quite dangerous” in military assessment because of close deployments of troops by both…
- India
Chhattisgarh: Student falls to death while filming Instagram reel at Bilaspur college
Bilaspur: A 20-year-old man fell to death while filming for an Instagram reel with his friends at a college in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district, police said on Saturday. The incident, which took place…
