NEW DELHI: The ten-day long educative debate before a five-judge Supreme Court bench on the Presidential Reference seeking the apex court’s opinion on the judiciary’s power to fix timelines for the President and governors as well as grant ‘deemed assent’ to pending bills was a serious affair but was not shorn of humour.When a bench…
Aryan Khan‘s directorial debut, ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’, has landed itself in legal trouble. A scene from the show that indirectly represented former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede has become one of the issues for the showmakers now. The ex-NCB official has appealed in the Delhi High Court for a permanent injunction…
Virender Sehwag (Image-X) Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag has opened up about the intense emotions he felt whenever India lost to Pakistan. With the highly anticipated Asia Cup clash between the arch-rivals scheduled for September 14, Sehwag recalled how such defeats often made him lose his focus and temper. Sehwag, who played 42 matches against…
Lucknow: As dawn breaks over the Jamboree Township, light spreads across rows of tents pitched in neat rows. Thousands of Scouts rise to a whistle, morning chatter and sound of tents unzipping and step into a space where routine and learning shape the day. Flag hoisting unites contingents from across India and the Asia–South Pacific,…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday successfully conducted a test launch of the intermediate-range Agni-Prime missile from a rail-based mobile launcher system. This marks the first time such a launch has been carried out using a specially designed platform integrated with the national railway network.Defence minister Rajnath Singh confirmed the successful test in a statement on…
The troubled marriage of Karisma Kapoor and Sunjay Kapur is back in the news. Sunjay Kapur recently passed away. A massive inheritance dispute worth Rs 30,000 crore is now the focus. An old interview of Randhir Kapoor criticising Sunjay has gone viral. Karisma may explore legal options for a share of the estate. Years after…
BENGALURU: The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), both centres under the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Bengaluru, have announced the establishment of a new research facility — the Centre for Artificial Learning and Intelligence for Biological Research and Education (CALIBRE).The centre will be supported…
Lucknow: According to scientific assessments, Gomti, the lifeline of Lucknow, experienced sharp reduction of 40% in its water flow over the past four decades. Once a perennial river sustaining ecosystems, agriculture and livelihoods across several districts, Gomti is now showing signs of severe ecological stress, raising alarm among environmental experts and conservationists.Studies have shown that…
NEW DELHI: In a massive interstate and transnational terror module bust, Jammu and Kashmir Police has found an ecosystem of “white collar terror ecosystem” operating from “Pakistan and other countries”, arresting eight persons, including two doctors.Providing details about the incident, an official said that on October 19, several Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) posters were discovered pasted at…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi alleged that the “ridiculous” raids by the Enforcement Directorate on party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj’s residence on Tuesday morning were “100 per cent fake” and a strategy to divert attention from the row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s education degree.“These raids are 100% fake because at the time…
