The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has ordered heightened security at all Indian airports. This directive follows intelligence about a possible terror threat from September 22 to October 2, 2025. NEW DELHI: The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has directed all stakeholders to enhance security at airports across the country in view of a…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed deep anguish over the prevailing inhuman practice of hand-pulled rickshaws ferrying visitors in the eco-sensitive and automobile-free Matheran hill station in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats and said this belittles India’s march towards a developing country and its Constitution which promises social and economic justice.A bench of Chief Justice…
NEW DELHI: It has been two months since the launch of the central portal mandating that details of all registered waqf properties are uploaded within six months as stipulated by law, but data shared by the govt in Parliament on Wednesday showed that only 69 “makers of waqf” have submitted details of property on the…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court’s Jalpaiguri circuit bench has commuted the death sentence of 22-year-old Aftab Alam to life imprisonment without parole for 20 years, ruling that justice must not be “bloodthirsty” and punishment should focus on reform, not revenge.Aftab had been convicted of murdering his maternal uncle Mehtab during a robbery attempt at the victim’s…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that the doubtful conduct of an accused cannot be the sole criterion to convict him if there is no other evidence to prove his involvement in a crime and acquitted a murder convict who was sentenced to life imprisonment.Setting aside the trial court and high court’s order of conviction,…
TRICHY: Two kids at home. A breast pump by her side and 300 litres of mother’s milk. One mission – to feed babies she would never meet.Selva Brindha, 33, a homemaker from Kattur in Trichy district, has donated 300.17 litres of breast milk over 22 months, helping save the lives of countless premature and sick…
BENGALURU: In the global battle against waste, two streams stand out for their notorious resistance to recycling: multi-layered plastics (MLPs) and synthetic textiles. Dubbed “untouchables” in the recycling world, these materials are complex, chemically diverse, and largely destined for landfills or incineration.But a new technology developed at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) may offer…
NEW DELIH: In a first, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha simultaneously took up two bills of the same ministry – shipping – on the same day and passed both. The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2025, and the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, were passed after brief debate, amid opposition protest to demand a…
NEW DELHI: Matters pending before the judiciary cannot be discussed on the floor of the House, the govt asserted on Wednesday in Lok Sabha in response to continued demand from opposition parties for a discussion on the SIR exercise in Bihar.Addressing the House, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijuju said the functioning of autonomous institutions, such…
NEW DELHI: Asserting that the Modi govt’s refusal to discuss the revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls in Parliament implies it has “a lot to hide”, the joint opposition on Wednesday announced it will march to the Election Commission on Aug 11 to lodge its protest against the “manipulation of votes”.The INDIA bloc held a joint…
