NEW DELHI: Almost 50 days after his resignation, former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar broke his silence to congratulate his successor C P Radhakrishnan, saying that the office of the VP would attain greater glory with his vast experience.This was Dhankhar’s first public statement since demitting office on July 21 – day one of the monsoon session…
NEW DELHI: Celebrations were expected in the BJP-led NDA camp, given the need to ensure a clean victory of a diehard saffronite after the experience with the ex-VP. The result belied repeated claims by opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy that many in the governing column would heed their conscience and support him.Celebrations erupted at the…
NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has included popular weight-loss drugs like Semaglutide and Tirzepatide, sold in India under the brand name Wegovy and Mounjaro, respectively, in its Model List of Essential Medicines (EML).This is important because the WHO’s model list of essential medicines serves as a basis for public sector procurement, supply of…
Supreme Court has reiterated that proceedings initiated to review a judgment should not be confused with appeal proceedings. A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and S V N Bhatti cautioned that courts ought not mix up review jurisdiction with appellate jurisdiction. It said that a review petition has a limited purpose and could not be…
Nagpur: The Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter aircraft was modified 100 times at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and the supersonic missile, BrahMos, is one of the successful additions to the aircraft, said HAL’s chief executive officer (CEO), Saket Chaturvedi on Monday. The CEO’s reference was to a recent addition that enables firing BrahMos from Su-30 aircraft.HAL…
Five members of a family, including two children, died and three were injured after a landslide struck two houses in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu on Tuesday. All the victims were asleep when the landslide smashed the houses in Shamarni village around 1.30 am. Locals rushed to the site and managed to rescue three people from the…
The deadline for civil construction work for Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya has been extended by six months to March 2026. The tentative date to mount the 44-foot-long dhwaj (flag post) over the temple has been set for Nov 25, Ram Temple Construction Committee chairman, Nripendra Mishra, told reporters Tuesday at the start of three-day-long…
NEW DELHI: Observing that issuing summons to any person by a court on the basis of a frivolous or vexatious complaint is very serious as it tarnishes the image of the person, Supreme Court has said that in such cases HCs should intervene to protect the person by quashing the case as it would do…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission Tuesday issued instructions that Aadhaar card be accepted as the 12th document for inclusion in Bihar’s revised electoral roll, in addition to the 11 documents listed in its June 24 special intensive revision (SIR) order. However, the poll panel made it clear that Aadhaar shall be accepted and utilised only as…
Bengaluru: Every day, a whopping 35,000 children on Varthur-Sarjapur Road in the city’s tech corridor are stuck in a grind that has nothing to do with studies. Becoming the collateral damage of the notorious gridlocks triggered by decades of political and official apathy, each student is estimated to lose up to 600 hours a year…
