NEW DELHI: Rejecting Justice Yashwant Varma’s petition on Thursday, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih said it was “unreasonable to even think that despite an incident of the present nature, the CJI would wait for Parliament to take action”.“The CJI, upon being informed of a judge’s remissness, does have…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi responded on Thursday to US President Donald Trump’s decision to raise the tariff against India to 50% by ruling out concessions to American business in the agriculture, dairy and fishery sectors, and said he was ready to pay any price he may personally have to pay for resisting the pressure.“For us,…
Lucknow: Various roads and development projects worth over Rs 4 crore were inaugurated by the PWD in the Lucknow West Assembly. The projects were initiated by defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh. The inauguration was done by UP minister Suresh Khanna, along with special guests including BJP functionaries Neeraj Singh, Anand Dwivedi and Anjani…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday said Enforcement Directorate need not behave like a crook while investigating crooks under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), and that it must operate within the four walls of the rule of law and established procedure.This oral observation came from a bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and…
Lucknow: An exhibition of posters made by students marking centenary celebration of the Kakori Train Action was held at the State Museum on Thursday.The exhibition will be on display from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm daily, till Aug 15. Around 300 students made posters related to freedom fighters involved in Kakori Train Action. The poster-making…
Tamannaah Bhatia, who faced criticism for her intimate scenes in the 2023 series Jee Karda, has now spoken at length about the process of filming such sequences. The actress clarified that intimate scenes are far from spontaneous or provocative, they’re entirely choreographed, much like a dance or action sequence.In Jee Karda, Tamannaah played Lavanya, a…
MALDA: Israil and Ashraful had driven their autorickshaws in Gurgaon for years. They never could have imagined that those 3-wheelers would ever have even a 100-km-long run. However, times are such that things so outlandish are turning into stark reality. On Monday, the brothers reached their Malda homes in their autos, driving 1,400 km over…
India and Russia have “almost” finalised the date for President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India for the annual India-Russia summit, said NSA Ajit Doval during his visit to Moscow. Both sides had said last year Putin would travel to India in 2025 for the annual summit but they have not been able to confirm a…
Lucknow: This Rakshabandhan, customised rakhis are high in demand while labubu rakhis have caught fancy of youngsters. Among children, rakhis themed on Avenger, Hulk Hogan, Captain America, Iron Man and Doraemon are the favourite ones.Customised rakhis are made to order, bearing name of brother and preferred designs. At Bhootnath market, sisters Lavisha (27) and Rateesha…
NEW DELHI: “Give the bully an inch, he will take a mile,” wrote Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong in a post on X, a day after US President Donald Trump slapped an additional 25% tariff on India for its trade with Russia. The remark was seen by some as expressing solidarity with countries like India and…
