NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Centre and Rajasthan govt on plea challenging validity of the state’s anti-conversion law and sought response on a petition alleging that the law is only a tool for harassment of the minority communities and to create a chilling effect.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath & Sandeep…
NEW DELHI: “This is not how you can treat our judges,” Supreme Court on Monday told a petitioner who sought initiation of contempt proceedings against a district court judge for allegedly “not obeying the order of the apex court.“A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna & R Mahadevan took strong exception to the petitioner for…
NEW DELHI: With a fight over trademark between two major whisky producers revealing that a major part of their sales is through small tetra packs in south-west India, a startled Supreme Court on Monday wondered why states are permitting such packaging of liquor.“This is very dangerous. It looks like a juice tetra pack. Imagine it…
KOLKATA: Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose Monday led a team of security personnel and sniffer dogs in a “search operation” at Raj Bhavan following allegations by Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee “arms and ammunition were stacked within its premises”. Banerjee dismissed the exercise as “child’s play”.“Governor Bose led the team of personnel, comprising Kolkata police…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the India-Russia annual summit next month, the two countries stepped up bilateral engagements with external affairs minister S Jaishankar meeting his counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Nikolai Patrushev having a meeting with NSA Ajit Doval in New Delhi.At the meeting with Lavrov, Jaishankar said that…
JAMMU: Inviting public participation in anti-terror vigilance, police in J&K’s Poonch have announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for anyone providing ‘credible, specific, and actionable’ information regarding the presence or movement of terrorists or their associates in any part of the district. The identity of informers would be kept secret to ensure their safety,…
NEW DELHI: The Chandrayaan-4 lunar sample-return mission, which recently received the Centre’s approval, is likely to be launched in 2028, Isro chairman V Narayanan has said. Isro is set to launch seven more satellites, including the liftoff of a PSLV rocket made entirely by the industry in the current financial year.The Isro chief said the…
SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced Monday the arrest of a Kashmiri college student from Srinagar linked to Delhi suicide bomber Dr Umar Un Nabi, hours after the suspect’s father died in hospital of burns suffered in a purported immolation attempt outside their home in Anantnag district’s Qazigund.Jasir Bilal Wani, aka Danish, had been…
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday issued a travel advisory after Iran suspended its visa-waiver facility for ordinary Indian passport holders. The suspension takes effect on November 22, 2025, from when Indian nationals will be required to obtain a visa to enter or transit through Iran.The move follows multiple incidents in which Indian…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar began a three-day visit to Russia on Monday, arriving in Moscow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Council meeting and hold a round of high-level discussions, ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s expected trip to New Delhi early next month.The EAM met Russia’s foreign minister…
