NEW DELHI: For the first time, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court in a matter relating to interpretation of constitutional provisions abjured citing rulings of Supreme Courts of foreign countries to buttress their logic and referred only to the SC’s past judgments while penning its opinion on the Presidential Reference.CJI B R Gavai, who…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: Government is looking at a technology-based solution to curb the growing menace of two-wheeler riders using mobile phone handsets while driving or performing stunts, which contribute to road crashes. The plan involves installing touch or pressure sensors on both handlebars of two-wheelers so that if the rider’s hands…
NEW DELHI: On his last day in office, CJI Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai, the second from Dalit community to head the judiciary, said it is worrisome that caste is being weaponised by the socially and economically uplifted among SC/ST communities to corner a major portion of reservation in jobs.CJI Gavai also expressed concern over the spiraling…
NEW DELHI: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a Rs 30,000 fine on a restaurant in Patna for collecting service charge from a customer in violation of guidelines. The authority’s order – monetary penalty, direction to refund service charge collected and instructions to immediately stop the practice – may serve as a reference…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in Johannesburg on Sunday NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi sought a global compact to ensure AI is used for good and to prevent its misuse, saying this should be based on basic principles including effective human oversight, safety-by-design, transparency, and strict restrictions on the use of AI in deepfakes, crime…
NEW DELHI: At a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni expressed solidarity with India over the terror incident in Delhi and reiterated Italy’s strong commitment to work together to combat the scourge of terrorism.To this end, both the PMs adopted the ‘India-Italy Joint Initiative to Counter Financing of Terrorism’. The government…
NEW DELHIThe PM said he had a productive meeting with Carney as the leaders appreciated the significant momentum in bilateral ties since their earlier meeting held during the G7 Summit hosted by Canada in June this year.“We agreed to further advance our relations in the coming months, particularly in trade, investment, technology and innovation, energy…
NEW DELHI: Borders can change anytime and, who knows, one day the Sindh region of Pakistan may return to India, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday, asserting that Sindh would always remain civilisationally a part of India.Speaking at an event of the Sindhi community, he said, “He (L K Advani) wrote in one of…
NEW DELHI: An Indigo plane flying from Mumbai sustained damage due to a bird strike on the runway at Jolly Grant Airport, located near Rishikesh in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. All 186 passengers aboard remained unharmed during the incident.The event took place at 6.45 pm when the nose of Indigo flight IGO 5032 collided with a bird…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: Amid attempts to link the deaths or alleged suicides by booth-level officers (BLOs), particularly in West Bengal, to “pressure” of work related to the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, election-related officials pointed out that Phase-2 of the exercise was progressing at a much more relaxed pace…
