A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, while stating their verdict over mob lynching on Tuesday July 17, reminded the Central and state governments of their responsibility to curb violence by vigilante groups. The Supreme Court has asked the Parliament to see whether[Read More…]
New York: A man who was a suspect in the killing of an Indian student in Kansas City has been shot dead by police after he shot and wounded three officers on Sunday, according to media reports. The man, who had been under surveillance in connection with the fatal shooting[Read More…]
Bengaluru: A WhatsApp video wrongly identifying Hyderabad techie Mohammad Azam Usmansab as a child lifter led to his lynching near Bidar on July 13, police said on Monday. The video, which originated from Bengaluru, had a message, saying that three children were kidnapped by strangers who lured them into accepting chocolates,[Read More…]
New Delhi: After being rapped by the Supreme Court over the condition of the Taj Mahal, the government on Monday said that it will take action on war footing to deal with air and water pollution in and around the world-famous 17th-century Mughal monument. The assurance came after a high-level[Read More…]
International aircraft leasing company Avolon has forecasted that Indias current passenger jet fleet will double to almost 1,100 by 2027. According to the company’s white paper “India, a 21st Century Powerhouse”, the total value of aircraft to be delivered over the coming ten years in India, at the current list prices, is[Read More…]
New Delhi: The ‘BIMARU’ Indian states – Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh – have the highest numbers of partially immunized and non-immunized children, according to UN bodies WHO and Unicef. According to data shared by the UN bodies on Monday, the national average for full immunization is 62[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, while taking into a report that 60,000 people have died due to pollution, told the Centre that people are more important than industries. A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta slammed the Ministry of Environment and Forests after it[Read More…]
Mirzapur: Reiterating his 2014 manifesto, Narendra Modi promised to double the income of farmers and rich-poor divide by 2022 on his second day tour of Uttar Pradesh. “Our government visualises a new India that takes full care of the sick, the poor, the children, the youth and the farmers,” he said[Read More…]
Hyderabad: As per the Union Minister Jual Oram, the only way for SC’s and ST’s to fulfill their entrepreneurial dreams was by following the Vijay Mallya path. These remarks by the Union Minister came in while he was addressing a gathering at National Tribal Entrepreneurs Conclave 2018 in Hyderabad. Oram[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Six members of a Marwari family allegedly committed suicide in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district on Saturday. A note from the scene mentions that the family was under a lot of pressure due to debts and losses in business. The deceased includes two men, two children, and two women. The incident took place in an[Read More…]
New Delhi: Reacting to the complaints of Netflix series Sacred Games ‘insulting’ former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that he believed in freedom of expression. The Congress president tweeted that his father and former PM, Rajiv Gandhi, “lived and died” for the country and[Read More…]
New Delhi: As part of the campaigning for the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi addressed a rally in Azamgarh today while inaugurating the Purvanchal Expressway, a project with a total worth of 23,000 crore. The 340 km long expressway will connect several towns of the state to the state[Read More…]
New Delhi: As pointed out by a top navy officer in a new paper published by defence think-tank ,” Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (Cenjows)” on Friday, “The Indian Air Force has harmed itself by opposing ‘theaterisation’ and this has resulted in weakening of trust between it and the army[Read More…]
New Delhi: Naveen Jindal and his company Jindal Steel Power Limited (JSPL) have withdrawn its FIR against zee and its editors. The case dates back to 2012, when former parliamentarian Naveen Jindal had accused Sudheer Chaudhary and Sameer Ahluwalia, editorial heads of Zee News and Zee Business of trying to extort[Read More…]
Following World Bank’s forecast of India’s growth rate to be 7.5% for 2019, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said India is likely to become the fifth largest economy next year, surpassing Great Britain, if the country continues its projected growth trajectory. The World Bank has forecast a growth rate[Read More…]
Former India captain Mohammad Kaif announced his retirement from competitive cricket on Friday. “I played a role in India’s historic win in the Natwest trophy final 16 years back. This is the reason I am calling it a day on July 13. I want to thank one and all who[Read More…]
New Delhi: In response to the I&B ministry’ decision to set up a social media hub to monitor online data the Supreme Court said the government wanting to tap citizens’ WhatsApp messages is “like creating a surveillance state”. The top court has sought the government’s response in the matter within[Read More…]
The courts have done their bit to uphold the “vision of justice” detailed in the Constitution, but such efforts have not really made a difference on the ground, where it is a “descent into chaos” with messengers being sued, shot, or simply not delivering the message out of fear, justice[Read More…]
New Delhi: A special court on Friday ordered framing of an additional charge of abetment of bribery against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal in the case related to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block. Special judge Bharat Parashar said the charge will formally be framed against[Read More…]
New Delhi: In a major setback to the Indian agencies, authorities in UAE have handed over one of the India’s terror suspect and mastermind to Pakistan. Farukh Devdiwala who is is one of the most wanted Indian terrorists was recently nabbed in Dubai and has now been handed over to Pakistan.[Read More…]
London: Jammu and Kashmir’ former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has suggested an open border for Kashmir as in UK governed Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic’ adjacent territory. The National Conference (NC) leader, who is in London at present said India and Pakistan must realise that using the military powers[Read More…]
New Delhi: With the Narendra Modi government leaving decriminalizing gay sex to Supreme Court’s wisdom, Congress on Wednesday slammed it for not taking a stand on the issue and claimed it the government believes in such draconian laws. It is extremely unfortunate that after evolving as a society, we continue[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed the second chargesheet in the Unnao gangrape case. BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has now been charged as accused in the case. The four-time lawmaker and his brothers had allegedly gang-raped an 18-year-old girl in Unnao —who made a suicide[Read More…]
New Delhi: Swaraj India Party’s National President, Yogendra Yadav on Wednesday has tweeted against Modi government for going after his family to horrify him. Yadav said that, “over 100 officials from Delhi raided a hospital-cum-nursing home run by his sisters on Wednesday in Rewari.” In a couple of tweets, Yadav[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that protecting the Taj Mahal had become a “hopeless cause” and from July 31 it will hold daily hearings on how to protect the monument from pollution. “Either you shut it, demolish it or restore it,” said the court, expressing its disappointment[Read More…]