NEW DELHI: Acting on a multi-party notice to begin the process of removal of Allahabad HC judge Justice Yashwant Varma, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday constituted a three-member committee to “inquire into the grounds for request for removal” of Justice Varma, who is linked to the cash-at-home scandal.The committee comprises SC judge Justice…
NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Tuesday tabled a report in Parliament on the union accounts for 2022-23 and 2023-24, in which the auditor has, among other issues, pointed out how cess and surcharge collections have been going up over the years and become a significant part of tax revenues –…
NEW DELHI: Representatives of several farmer organisations from across the country on Tuesday expressed their gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his bold decision to not compromise with farmers’ interests during trade talks despite pressure from the US.The farmer leaders, who attended a meeting with Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, extended their support…
NEW DELHI: Overseas citizens of India (OCI) will be liable for cancellation of their OCI card if sentenced to a jail term of not less than two years or named in a chargesheet for an offence punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more, as per the latest changes notified by home ministry in Section…
Indian-origin foreign nationals holding an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card could now lose it if they face serious criminal charges or convictions, the government has announced.In a fresh gazette notification, the ministry of home affairs said that the OCI registration will be cancelled if the holder is sentenced to imprisonment for two years or…
Representative image (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The joint parliamentary committee examining two bills to implement the system of simultaneously holding Lok Sabha and assembly elections was on Tuesday granted an extension till the first day of the last week of Parliament’s winter session for presenting its report. A motion to grant extension to the panel…
JALANDHAR: Punjab Police Tuesday claimed to have busted a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module by arresting two alleged operatives and detaining three juvenile suspects from Rajasthan’s Tonk and Jaipur districts. Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said the module was operated by foreign-based handlers Mannu Agwan, Gopi Nawanshehria and Zeeshan Akhtar, under the directions of Pak-based…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has welcomed an international court’s ruling interpreting design criteria for new run-of-river hydropower projects on the Western Rivers (Chenab, Jhelum and Indus), to be built by India, saying it vindicates its position on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which India put in abeyance after the Pahalgam attack.India, however, has never recognised the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta says the stray dog menace has “assumed gigantic proportion” and has assured that the government will soon implement a policy in line with a Supreme Court order. On Monday, the court directed authorities to remove all stray dogs from Delhi-NCR localities and place them in shelters, ruling that…
NEW DELHI: In fresh action against the Sahara Group, ED on Monday searched nine premises in Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Sriganganagar and Mumbai in a money laundering case linked to land and share transactions of group entities.The enforcement agency has so far attached assets worth thousands of crores, including 707 acres in Amby Valley valued at over…
