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Rahul attacks Facebook, says it’s ‘worse for democracy’
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked social media giant Facebook on Wednesday and alleged that it was “worse for democracy”. Gandhi shared a compilation of news reports on Twitter, accusing…
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Amid wave of ‘basanti’, Mann takes oath in Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village
Khatkar Kalan (Punjab): Amid a wave of ‘basanti’ and chants of ‘Rang de Basanti’, a revolutionary song, AAP leader and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who donned his traditional ‘basanti’ turban, took oath…
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End Facebook’s interference in Indian Democracy: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday urged the government to put an end to the alleged “systematic interference” of Facebook and other social media giants in India’s electoral politics. Making…
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Lakhimpur case: SC seeks response of UP on plea seeking cancellation of bail of Ashish Mishra
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday sought responses of the Uttar Pradesh government and Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, on a plea challenging the grant of bail to him…
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Spl court acquits tribal activist Soni Sori, 3 others in Naxal payoff case
Raipur: A special court at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh has acquitted tribal activist Soni Sori and three others in a case lodged against them in 2011 for alleged transfer of ‘protection money’ to…
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OROP govt’s policy decision, suffers from no constitutional infirmity: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that One Rank-One Pension (OROP) in Armed forces is a policy decision and suffers from no constitutional infirmity. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud,…
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We will see: SC on plea challenging Karnataka HC’s verdict on hijab
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to grant an urgent hearing on a plea challenging the Karnataka High Court order, which dismissed all petitions seeking direction for permission to wear hijab…
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Hijab order is discriminatory: AIMPLB
Lucknow: All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) general secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani has expressed ‘regret and disappointment’ on the Karnataka High Court order upholding the ban on hijab in educational…
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Expo 2020 Dubai: India Pavilion to host media & entertainment fortnight
New Delhi: The India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is set to host the ‘media & entertainment fortnight’ from March 18 to March 31, said Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) on…
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SP to field Kafeel Khan in Uttar Pradesh council polls
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) will be fielding Dr Kafeel Khan, a paediatrician who was among the accused in the 2017 BRD hospital (Gorakhpur) case, as its candidate in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh…
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Parliament Budget Session: LS proceedings to resume at 11 AM today
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will resume its proceedings from 11 am on Wednesday after it was adjourned by Speaker Om Birla late on Tuesday. Discussions on Demands for Grants in Railway…
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Students forced to go to Ukraine: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday remarked that students are forced to go to places such as Ukraine, pointing out the vacant seats in PG medical courses. A Division Bench…
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Denouncement of bigotry should apply to all religions: India
United Nations: While condemning Islamaphobia, India said on Tuesday that denouncement of bigotry at the UN should apply to all religions, a stance also adopted by France and the European Union. Speaking…
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No plan to introduce cryptocurrency: Govt
New Delhi: There is no plan by the government to introduce cryptocurrency, the Parliament was told on Tuesday. There is no plan to introduce a cryptocurrency and currently it is unregulated in…
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What explains the heat wave in March this year?
New Delhi: Starting March 12, maximum temperatures have increased over central India resulting in a heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in some parts of Saurashtra-Kutch, Konkan and west Rajasthan and…
