- India
Smart city should focus on ‘feel-good-inducing’ interventions: Rijiju
Itanagar: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said smart cities should capture the imagination of people and focus on ‘feel-good-inducing’ interventions. The Union Law and Justice Minister said this while reviewing the…
- India
Chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ not enough, work to uplift people like Lord Rama: RSS leader
Sultanpur: Merely chanting “Bharat Mata ki Jai” does not lead to patriotism, which requires selfless service, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said on Friday. Citing an example, he said it was not…
- India
Affected families in Joshimath to get 6-month waiver in power, water bills
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Friday decided to waive for six months electricity and water bills of families and individuals affected in the subsidence-hit Joshimath. It also decided to conduct a study…
- India
Bihar govt dismisses 64 doctors over absence from duty for over 5 years
Patna: The Bihar government on Friday dismissed 64 doctors from service for remaining absent from duty without authorisation for over five years, officials said. The decision to this effect was taken at…
- India
Troubles mount for Bihar min over ‘Ramcharitmanas’ controversy
Patna: Troubles continued to mount on Friday for Bihar education minister Chandra Shekhar over his disparaging remarks about the epic ‘Ramcharitmanas’. Several petitions were filed, in more than one district of the…
- India
Twist in Air India peeing incident, accused claims woman peed herself
New Delhi: In a surprise U-turn, Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on an elderly woman co-passenger on an Air India flight, told a Delhi court on Friday he did not…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC okays Adiyogi statue inauguration in Chikkaballapura
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday allowed the Isha Yoga Centre’s Adiyogi statue to be inaugurated in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka on January 15. However, it ordered status quo on any…
- India
SC notice on if Muslim girl can marry person of her choice after puberty
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights’ plea challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that a Muslim girl can…
- India
Pregnant woman dies after being released from Rayagada jail
Koraput: A pregnant woman, who was arrested and kept in jail at Rayagada in Odisha for 16 days, has died due to post-delivery complications a day after her release. Thirty-year-old Sulabati Naik, a…
- India
Uttarakhand, Delhi hate speeches: ‘No visible progress in probe’ says SC
New Delhi: “No palpable progress” has been made by the Delhi Police in the investigation into cases of hate speeches made at religious assemblies in the national capital in 2021, the Supreme Court…
- India
Seriously concerned about increasing use of money power in elections: ECI to SC
New Delhi: Contending that the ECI is seriously concerned about the increasing use of money power in elections, the poll panel has told the Supreme Court that it has introduced a robust…
- India
Uttarakhand: Dalit man assaulted with burning stick for entering temple in Uttarkashi
Dehradun: A Dalit man was allegedly assaulted by a group of people and singed with burning sticks when he entered a temple to offer prayers at Salra village in Mori area of…
- India
Former JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav passes away
New Delhi: Veteran politician and former JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav died on Thursday at a private hospital in Gurugram, family sources said. He was 75. He is survived by his wife, a…
- India
Uttarakhand HC asks state govt to formulate robust plan for subsidence-hit Joshimath
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court asked the state government on Thursday to formulate a robust plan for subsidence-hit Joshimath town in Chamoli district. Hearing a PIL on the crisis, a division bench…
- India
Malegaon blast trial: NIA asked to assess relevance of witnesses before summoning them
Mumbai: The special court hearing the 2008 Malegaon blast case trial here on Thursday instructed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to assess whether the testimony of a witness would be relevant before…
