NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for its comments on the flag-hoisting event in Ayodhya, saying that instead of delivering hypocritical homilies, Pakistan would do better to turn its gaze inwards and focus on its own abysmal human rights record.Pakistan had earlier expressed deep concern over the event and called it a “deliberate attempt…
GURUGRAM: US EV giant Tesla on Wednesday said running cost on the electrics will be one of the lowest in the country, with hardly any need to take the car to service stations for four years because of over-the-air (OTA) tech updates and other remote care. The company was speaking about plans to expand retail…
BENGALURU: A local court in Chitradurga on Wednesday acquitted Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru and two others in a Pocso case registered in Aug 2022. The seer, however, faces another Pocso case filed on Oct 13, 2022, in which Karnataka HC has stayed the investigation.Two girls from a hostel run by the mutt had…
NEW DELHI: NHRC has issued a notice to railways on a complaint alleging that “only halal-processed meat” is served in non-vegetarian meals which creates an “unfair discrimination” and amounts to “violations of human rights”.It is further alleged in the complaint that the practice in trains excludes people from Hindu Dalit communities, who traditionally work in…
Smriti Mandhana’s father, Shrinivas Mandhana, was discharged from the hospital on Monday morning after his health deteriorated over the weekend. He was admitted on Sunday (November 23) in Sangli — the Indian cricketer’s hometown — on the very day Smriti and musician-filmmaker Palaash Muchhal were scheduled to get married. Shrinivas Mandhana now stable; angiography shows…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said he would write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Education Ministry requesting that IIT-Bombay be officially renamed IIT-Mumbai, after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) criticised Union minister Jitendra Singh’s recent comments on the issue.The row erupted after Singh, Minister of State for Science and…
NEW DELHI: For the first time, Supreme Court on Wednesday assembled a global bench as chief justices and the most senior judges of six countries joined CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi to watch first-hand how the highest court in India conducts its proceedings.Chief justices and judges from foreign countries sitting as guests on…
India’s benchmark indices staged a sharp rebound on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak as markets cheered strong, driven by the festive “Santa Claus rally” in global markets. Nifty 50 climbed 320.50 points to settle at 26,205.30, while Sensex surged 1,022.50 points to close at 85,609.51.In early trade, the 30-share Sensex had climbed 307.93 points…
NEW DELHI: Segregating petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala from the challenge to the constitutional validity of the pan-India SIR, Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from EC, state ECs and state govts while posting these pleas for hearing on different dates.For the Election…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Wed-nesday cleared an incentive scheme with an outlay of Rs 7,280 crore for establishing domestic capacity for manufacturing 6,000 tonne of integrated rare earth magnets annually with the aim of breaking China’s stranglehold over this vital input for a host of industries ranging from automobiles to aerospace and defence.Govt will allot…
