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SC to examine excommunication as protected practice in Dawoodi Bohra community
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine whether practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community can continue as a “protected practice” against the backdrop of the Maharashtra Protection…
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Sushil Kumar Modi says received threat letter from Bengal
Patna: BJP MP and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said he had received a threat letter from West Bengal’s East Bardhman district. Putting the letter on social…
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Plea against Art 370 revocation: IAS officer Shah Faesal moves SC to withdraw his name
New Delhi: Kashmiri bureaucrat and 2010 IAS topper Dr Shah Faesal has approached the Supreme Court seeking to remove his name from a plea against the revocation of Constitution’s Article 370 that…
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Ex-IPS officers write to Murmu against Kejriwal’s ‘boorish’ behaviour with police personnel
New Delhi: More than two dozen retired IPS officers have written to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to “counsel” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against his “high-headed and boorish behaviour” with police…
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EWS quota given from 50 pc general category, doesn’t erode SCs, STs, OBCs reservation: Centre to SC
New Delhi: Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) have been given 10 per cent quota in admissions and jobs out of 50 per cent general category seats for the first time without eroding the…
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Uttar Pradesh: Survey of madrassas begins in Kanpur
Kanpur: In light of the Uttar Pradesh government’s order, the survey of Islamic educational institutions or Madrassas have started in Kanpur.According to the government order, the survey will be on the basis…
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Nitish Kumar denies plans to contest 2024 LS poll from UP’s Phulpur
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday denied speculations that he may contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh’s Phulpur, saying he only has ambition to unite opposition parties…
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Transgenders don’t get reservations in Maha as they are not vote bank, says activist
Thane: LGBTQIA activist Disha Pinky Shaikh on Tuesday lamented that the transgender community does not get reservations in Maharashtra despite deserving the benefit as they are not a “vote bank.” Speaking at…
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Rahul, Kejriwal promise to restore old pension scheme
Vadodara: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday promised to restore the old pension scheme for government employees if voted to power in Gujarat, amid a…
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Chawl case: Sanjay channelised unaccounted money through shell companies, says ED
Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut routed his unaccounted money through various shell companies opened in the name of his family members and associates, his former aide and prime witness in the…
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Hijab row: Karnataka order on uniform ‘religion neutral’, says govt; blames PFI for trouble
New Delhi: The Karnataka government order that kicked up a row over hijab was “religion neutral”, the state government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday, launching a strong defence of the state…
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WBSSC scam: Arrested North Bengal University VC sent to CBI custody till Sep 26
Kolkata: A special CBI court on Tuesday sent arrested University of North Bengal Vice Chancellor and West Bengal School Service Commission’s (WBSSC) former Chairman Subiresh Bhattacharya to the central agency’s custody till…
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SC decision on separate gurdwara management committee attack on ‘panth’: Sukhbir
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday described the Supreme Court verdict upholding the validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, as “an attack on the apanth”…
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Kejriwal calls for ‘Bharatiya’ system of education
Vadodara: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday called for a “Bharatiya” or indigenous system of education in the country in the place of the one inherited from the British. Speaking at…
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Mamata’s decision to postpone north Bengal visit attracts opposition jibes
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Tuesday announced that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s scheduled two-day visit to north Bengal from September 21 stands postponed, attracting jibes from opposition parties, who have linked…
