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Families of Indian students who fled Ukraine pressurise govt
New Delhi: Indian students who returned home from Ukraine about three months ago, will sit on a hunger strike along with their parents at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Sunday so that the Prime…
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UGC-NET exam to be held in July, August 2022
New Delhi: The dates for the conduct of the University Grants Commission (UGC)-National Eligibility Test (NET) have been rolled out for July and August this year, informed an official on Saturday. UGC-NET…
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Gujarat police politicising SC judgment: Congress leader
New Delhi: Congress leader and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi said on Saturday that the Gujarat police is politicising the Supreme Court judgment which upheld a Special Investigation Teams (SIT) clean chit…
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Prophet row: Nupur Sharma doesn’t turn up before Mumbai cops to record statement
Mumbai: Suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma failed to appear before Mumbai police on Saturday to record her statement in the case registered against her for making allegedly objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammad…
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Amnesty India condemns detention of human rights activist Teesta Setalvad
Amnesty India on Saturday condemned the detention of human rights activist Teesta Setalvad and raised questions over the highandedness of Indian authorities. In its official tweet it said that the activist’s detention…
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Looks like dance of monkeys: Asaduddin Owaisi on Maha political crisis
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday equated the ongoing political turmoil in Maharashtra with the “dance of monkeys” and said he is keeping an eye on the “unfolding drama”. The political…
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Media has right to report FIRs, court cases, without attracting libel: Bombay HC
Nagpur: In a significant judgement, the Bombay High Court has upheld the rights of the media to report registration of first information reports (FIRs) with the police and cases filed in the…
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Powers under PD law cannot be used routinely: SC to Rachakonda police
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that powers under the preventive detention law are “exceptional” and cannot be exercised in a routine manner as it strikes hard on the freedom and…
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Biden signs landmark gun-control law, says ‘lives will be saved’
Washington: President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of…
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Mumbai: Activist Teesta Setalvad detained by Guj anti-terrorist team
Indian civil rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad who runs the NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace, formed after the 2002 Gujarat riots were detained by the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad, in Mumbai…
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Historians, scholars oppose govt proposal to demolish century-old Sultan Palace in Patna
Patna: The Bihar government’s proposal to demolish the historic Sultan Palace in the heart of the city has shocked historians, conservationists and ordinary citizens who have vehemently opposed the decision and appealed for…
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Maha crisis: Section 144 imposed in Mumbai until July 10
The Mumbai police on Saturday enforced Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code banning unlawful assembly in the city and increased security at the homes and offices of all ministers, elected officials,…
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Maha crisis: Congress rules out possibility of President’s rule
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress on Saturday ruled out the possibility of President’s Rule in the state currently in the grip of a major political crisis that has shaken the ruling Maha Vikas…
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Maha crisis: Rebels name Shinde-led faction ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb’
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena rebel MLAs of the Eknath Shinde faction on Saturday named their group as ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb’. Former Minister of State for Home and rebel MLA Deepak Kesarkar told…
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Places of Worship Act validates ‘places of worship’ made by ‘barbaric invaders’: PIL
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, stating it seeks to validate ‘places of worship’,…
