3 men allege torture at BJP MLA’s house in UP (File photo: PTI image) NEW DELHI: Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad are investigating allegations that three men were illegally confined and tortured at the residence of BJP MLA Sushant Singh over a missing gold bracelet belonging to the legislator’s son, PTI reported citing officials.The complainants…
The protest launched by Congress and left-wing student unions in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has posed several serious questions before the country’s political culture and democratic system. Congress and left-wing organizations have demanded the immediate removal of Gyanesh Kumar from the post of Chief Election Commissioner.A petition regarding this had also been…
Shashi Tharoor attacks Modi govt NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday reiterated the opposition’s slogan against the Narendra Modi-led government, declaring, “This government will go”.The Thiruvananthapuram MP’s remarks come amid mounting opposition criticism of the Centre over its handling of the controversy surrounding CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission’s SIR exercise,…
ABS mechanism goes beyond monetary collection by linking the utilisation of biological resources with biodiversity conservation, NEW DELHI: India’s agri-seed sector accounted for the largest share of receipts from users of the country’s biological resources during April-Sept period this financial year under the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) regulation — a statutory mechanism which ensures…
North Korea fires missiles towards sea, escalating tensions on Korean Peninsula (Reuters image) North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang continued its weapons testing amid heightened tensions and a prolonged freeze in diplomatic engagement.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were launched…
Gauhati high court has intensified scrutiny of circumstances in which Nagaon’s Mumtaz Begum was sent to Bangladesh, warning Assam govt that it would presume a Foreigners’ Tribunal’s May 30 opinion declaring her a foreigner would be considered “not ready” if the state fails to establish when it was finalised.In its latest order on Oct 7,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court‘s order Sunday finding prima facie breach of its Oct 9 order against complete shutdown of Metro and train services and issuing notice to Union home secretary, Delhi Police commissioner and Delhi Metro chief altered over the course of a day senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal‘s views on the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Sunday sought responses of Union home secretary Govind Mohan, Delhi police commissioner Anurag Kumar and Delhi metro rail chief D Thara to a contempt petition for prima facie violating the court’s Oct 9 order against complete shutdown of metro and train services in Delhi on Saturday to thwart CJP’s protest seeking…
NEW DELHI: CJI Surya Kant Sunday declined requests from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and MP Rahul Gandhi, who wanted to meet him Monday to apprise him about “vote chori” allegations amid protests in Delhi seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.In an email response, the CJI said similar issues were already pending adjudication before Supreme Court and…
PM Modi and Tamil Nadu CM Joseph Vijay during the launch and inauguration of various development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore at IIT Madras, in Chennai NEW DELHI: A brief stir broke out at an official government function attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai on Sunday after some people displayed placards projecting…
