Siddaramaiah calls Karnataka HC’s 56% quota ruling a “serious setback”; Parameshwara hints at SC appeal. NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday termed the Karnataka high court’s decision to strike down the law enhancing reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) a “serious setback” to historically marginalised communities.The law raised SC…
SC flags over 10 defects in Rahul’s plea against CEC Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Supreme Court registry Monday flagged over 10 defects in a petition filed by the Rahul Gandhi-led INDIA bloc against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.The registry asked the lawyer…
NEW DELHI: Hitting out at Congress after its Kerala unit sought Chief Justice Surya Kant’s resignation, BJP Monday said it is a confirmation of its charge that the party is out to destroy constitutional institutions.Reacting the CJI’ss comments to the media over the Delhi protests that law and order is not his domain, Kerala Congress…
NEW DELHI: Over 60% of the 33 lakh voters who got SIR notices in Delhi have been verified after the Election Commission eased the verification process late last month.BLOs are now visiting homes to collect documents, instead of requiring people to appear for hearings at govt offices. Also, BLO have been empowered to make corrections…
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said there was no rationale for controlling the price of a few scheduled medicines and allowing the rest to be sold at inflated prices as all medicines are essential. It suggested a uniform rule limiting the MRP to not more than 16% above the price to…
NEW DELHI: A special court in Delhi took cognisance of CBI charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and corruption against Green Infrastructure, now Athena Infraprojects, its two directors and two ex-coal ministry officials over alleged illegal 2008 allocation of Fatehpur East coal block in Chhattisgarh.It is the first cognisance of the charges in the matter since…
JP Nadda said the centre would help build a strong institutional foundation for research into the health challenges faced by people in the Himalayan region and personnel deployed in high-altitude areas. NEW DELHI: From how soldiers acclimatise to thin air at extreme altitudes to how low oxygen levels and harsh winters affect the health of…
: Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, in New Delhi. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met with Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in New Delhi on Monday and held detailed discussions on the expansion of rural road connectivity in Uttarakhand…
SRINAGAR: J&K Waqf Board has decided to constitute a core committee comprising imams and religious scholars to finalize common themes for sermons across mosques and shrines on Fridays and other religious occasions.Board chairperson Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi told TOI that the decision was taken at a meeting on Saturday following suggestions from imams and Islamic…
SpiceJet faces a new turbulence as 40 Q400 aircraft pilots refuse to fly due to pending salary Around 40 pilots operating SpiceJet’s Q400 aircraft have reportedly refused to fly until the airline clears their pending salary dues, sources said on Monday. The move has received support from the Airline Pilots’ Association of India (ALPA India),…
