NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday reactivated stalled construction activities related to housing, industrial sheds, schools, colleges, universities and hostels with covered area between 20,000 and 1,50,000 square metres by ruling that these can go ahead with the state environmental authority’s nod, exempting them from the rigours of securing environmental clearance from the Centre.On Feb…
NEW DELHI: As the mystery surrounding the ‘ghost litigant’ in Supreme Court refuses to die down with all the lawyers involved in the case shrugging off their involvement, the court on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the controversy by the Bar Council of India and said that it would consider a police investigation after getting…
NEW DELHI: Enraged by what it termed “one of the worst and most erroneous orders we have come across”, Supreme Court has pulled up Allahabad HC’s Justice Prashant Kumar for allowing criminal proceedings in a civil dispute case. Questioning Kumar’s competence in deciding criminal cases, SC, in an unprecedented order, directed he shouldn’t be given…
From a modest home in Madurai to the billionaires’ club: Sundar Pichai has come a long way. The soft-spoken CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc. started life with limited technology and resources. Little did his folks know, his bright mind and his parents’ belief in education would propel him to the front row seat in…
NEW DELHI: The opposition INDIA bloc on Tuesday termed as “unwarranted” Supreme Court‘s remarks on Rahul Gandhi, asserting that they encroach on the democratic rights of political parties, which have a responsibility to speak on issues of national interest. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the Supreme Court cannot decide who is a “true Indian”,…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday termed the embarrassment caused to Rahul Gandhi by the Supreme Court‘s rebuke a slap in the face of those who engage in puerile talk about the country’s borders and the armed forces, reports Akhilesh Singh. “People make childish and unsubstantiated comments about Indian territory and security, and the…
NEW DELHI: Amit Shah on Tuesday reached the career milestone of becoming the longest-serving home minister, drawing compliments from PM Narendra Modi for an even-studded spell marked by landmark decisions like abolition of special status of J&K, enactment of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, promulgation of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and a hammer blow to Maoist insurgency.Amit Shah,…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that the opposition’s demand for a debate on Operation Sindoor boomeranged on them, with the entire country seeing their reluctance to acknowledge the success of the armed forces, exposing the disconnect between their stand and popular sentiments.Modi emphasised that while the entire country celebrated the valour of…
GORAKHPUR: In a bizarre attempt to dodge their restaurant bill, a group of youths in Gorakhpur staged a scene by placing a bone in a plate of veg biryani and alleging it was served by the restaurant.However, their act quickly unravelled when CCTV footage revealed the shocking truth.The incident took place on the night of…
NEW DELHI: As the opposition’s protest seeking a discussion on the special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar electoral rolls has brought Parliament to a halt, some members in the INDIA bloc ranks Tuesday urged the alliance brass to find a way to run Parliament, but their plea was shot down.Sources said at the meeting of…
