‘Right to free speech must be given the widest width. But in the case of content on social media, prosecution is a post-occurrence proceeding. There should be preventive mechanisms to stop spreading misinformation and damage to society,’ the SC bench said NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday told the information and broadcasting ministry to prepare…
NEW DELHI: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which now fully secures the Parliament House complex (PHC), has okayed an extended four-year tenure for its personnel on Parliament security duty, which may be further stretched by a year. The move is aimed at striking the right balance between operational continuity, so as to enhance familiarity…
NEW DELHI: BJP claimed on Thursday that foreign-based influencers in league with Congress, pretending to be neutrals, are behind promoting anti-govt narratives, including over “vote chori” and Operation Sindoor, and personal attacks on PM Narendra Modi, and said Rahul Gandhi is unfit to be a politician in India.BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra cited a new feature…
Lucknow: It’s a myth that Qawwali is related to a particular religion or language and is only sung in Arabic and Persian. In fact, it is sung in Hindi, Awadhi, and many more languages, said Kathak exponent Manjari Chaturvedi during her session on ‘Qawwali: The Call of Hearts in Love’ on the first day of…
Calling the death of 26 BLOs over the last 20 days “murder” by BJP brass and CEC, Congress on Thursday alleged that the governing party is seeking to divert attention from “blatant vote chori” by peddling lies about the location of social media ‘X’ handles linked to Congress, arguing that BJP handles too are shown…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said India’s spiritual tradition that has been upheld for centuries by seers and sages continues to guide humanity even today.He said this after inaugurating a cave temple in the Tarun Sagaram Tirth in Ghaziabad’s Muradnagar. “Country’s spiritual tradition is a timeless saga of sacrifice and renunciation demonstrated by…
Pentala Harikrishna, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, and Vidit Gujrathi (FIDE Photo) NEW DELHI: Chess-wise, Wednesday was a day of celebration. Edging toward its final month, the year produced its second 19-year-old, and youngest-ever, World Cup winner. The first, of course, was India’s own Divya Deshmukh, who brought home the women’s title earlier this year. The…
Child welfare to the fore (Representative image) ‘They Should Live & Grow Together’ Child welfare to the fore (Representative image) ‘They Should Live & Grow Together’ Child welfare to the fore (Representative image) NEW DELHI: It’s common that when a couple who have two children start living separately due to any matrimonial dispute, the children…
Lucknow: Charging the BJP government of setting unrealistic Special Intensive Revision (SIR) targets for booth level officers (BLOs), Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday described such assignments as “inhumane”. He said what was all the more surprising was that the BJP government was subjecting public servants to such a scenario for political benefits…
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal and RJD MP Manoj Jha on Thursday told Supreme Court that the Election Commission has no power to determine citizenship of a voter, yet through an “unconstitutional” pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of state electoral rolls is seeking proof of Indian citizenship from voters.Jha’s counsel Kapil Sibal…
