NEW DELHI: A five-judge bench of Supreme Court led by CJI B R Gavai on Wednesday repelled suggestions that the Constitution should not lean too much towards the Centre to maintain its federal character and said our Constitution had become stronger and stood the test of time despite internal and external disturbances.CJI Gavai cited examples…
NEW DELHI: The mystery over cross-voting from the opposition camp for NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan took an interesting turn a day after the vice-presidential election as a BJP MP and minister on Wednesday thanked some INDIA bloc MPs for voting for the govt candidate. This prompted Congress to ask whether cross-voting was because of the…
NEW DELHI: In a precursor to ordering a pan-india special revision of electoral roll (SIR), EC on Wednesday met the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of all states and UTs to assess their preparedness in terms of records of the last intensive revision and the status of current voter’s list, besides hearing their suggestions on the…
Actor Abhishek Bachchan moves Delhi HC to protect his publicity, NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan on Wednesday approached the Delhi high court, seeking protection of his publicity and personality rights, and requesting that websites and platforms be restrained from using his image, likeness, persona, and fake videos, including sexually explicit content. Justice Tejas Karia…
NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs on Thursday said that it has taken up the recruitment of Indian nationals in Russian Army and asked Moscow to end this practice amid its ongoing war with Ukraine.Responding to media queries, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that it has underlined the “risks and dangers” in joining the Russian…
During the arrest, the police recovered digital devices containing incriminating material and multiple SIM card envelopes. NEW DELHI: While tracking an Indian SIM card being used in Bahawalpur in Pakistan, Delhi Police’s special cell has stumbled upon an espionage module. It has arrested a 43-year-old Nepal national who was allegedly engaged in anti-India activities at…
NEW DELHI: Further expanding the ‘Fast Track Immigration – Trusted Traveller Program’ (FTI-TTP), which uses biometric authentication to enable faster immigration of pre-verified flyers through automated e-gates, home minister Amit Shah will Thursday launch the facility at Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Tiruchirappalli and Amritsar international airports, reports Bharti Jain.The programme was launched at the Indira Gandhi…
South Point School’s ex-students association, uniting 4,000 alumni, honored retired teachers on Teachers’ Day. The Junior School was transformed into a nostalgic cinema hall, screening the Bengali film ‘Hirer Aangti’. Meghnath Roy Chowdhury highlighted the event’s recreation of an old-fashioned movie outing. For over three decades, the ex-students’ community of South Point School and High…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged European Union to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on Chinese and Indian goods as part of a strategy to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a US official and an EU diplomat, quoted by Reuters. “The source of the money for the Russian war…
NEW DELHI: Calling fake news a “serious threat” to public order and democratic process, a parliamentary panel has recommended amending penal provisions, increasing fines and fixing accountability to deal with the issue.In its draft report adopted Tuesday, Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, headed by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, called for a mandatory fact-checking…
