As a petitioner seeking cancellation of names and symbols of political parties which have religious connotations named only few parties related to the Muslim community, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked him to be secular and not to go against any particular religion.
BJP on Tuesday slammed Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for boycotting President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament, saying they have “insulted” the dignity attached to the highest constitutional position and India’s parliamentary democracy.
A sessions court in Gandhinagar on Tuesday sentenced Asumal Harpalani alias Asaram to life imprisonment after holding him guilty of rape and sodomy, one decade after a former devotee made the complaint against him. According to one of the lawyers present, the 82-year-old convict lamented: ‘Aur bhi saza karva dete!’ (you could inflict even more punishment) on hearing the sentence.
President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday showcased fearlessness, decisiveness and stability among the hallmarks of the Modi government and emphasised these strengths have not only helped it tackle numerous challenges and played a crucial role in delivering transformative governance to the country, but also allowed the world to look towards India with high hopes.
Former chairman of Pune-based Seva Vikas Cooperative Bank landed in jail along with five members of his family after they locked themselves inside their flat for a few hours to prevent Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials from searching their flat. They allegedly used the time to destroy evidence.
The lawyer of an Italian woman passenger who was arrested for unruly behaviour on an Abu Dhabi-Mumbai flight argued in court that she had wanted to complain about the services on the Vistara flight and a ruckus erupted with the cabin crew. Paola Perruccio was granted bail on a Rs 25,000 deposit.
The SC on Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging the government’s decision to block the BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots, leading law minister Kiren Rijiju to target petitioners for “wasting the precious time of SC”. The joint petition alleging that criticism of the government or its policies does not tantamount to violating sovereignty and integrity of the country and blocking critical views is unconstitutional. The court posted hearing on February 6.
The curtains will come down on the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday with a ceremony at the party headquarters here and a rally at the Sher-e-Kashmir stadium where several Opposition leaders are also likely to be present.
After ending his 137-day Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar, Rahul Gandhi challenged Union home minister Amit Shah to undertake a march from Jammu to Kashmir, as he rebuffed BJP’s claims of normalcy in the Union territory. Rahul was also bullish on opposition unity and asserted that anti-BJP/RSS parties will fight together.
Decadal Change of Night Time Light over India from Space (2012-2021), released by Isro’s National Remote Sensing Centre — shows that overall at the national level, normalised NTL radiance increased by 43% in 2021 compared to 2012. Significant increase was observed in Bihar (474%), Manipur (441%), Ladakh (280%) and Kerala (119%), while good increase was observed in Arunachal Pradesh (66%), MP (66%), UP (61%) and Gujarat (58%).
Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre will integrate forensic science-based investigation with the justice system to increase the conviction rate which is around 50% currently. Shah said the conviction rate in Canada is 62%, Israel 93%, UK 80% and the US 90%. He was in Dharwad on Saturday to lay the foundation stone for the ninth off-campus facility of the National Forensic Sciences University.
Expressing concern over "unfortunate security lapse" during 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Kashmir, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to home minister Amit Shah urging his personal intervention to ensure proper arrangements for Rahul Gandhi's security. He told Shah that people in large numbers have been joining the yatra and it was difficult for the organisers to specify how many people would turn up.
Merely taking the name of the caste of the victim would not make it an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is with an intention to insult the person belonging to that caste, the Karnataka high court observed recently.
“While it was not a head-on collision, the wings of the two jets seemed to have clipped each other,” an official said. “It is difficult to say at this time whether it was technical snag in one of the fighters, or a bird-hit or some other factor that caused the jets to veer into each other. The court of inquiry, with the analysis of the flight data recorders concerned, will look into it.”
India continues to modernise its nuclear arsenal and operationalise its nascent triad, and the country's nuke strategy, traditionally focused on Pakistan, now appears to place increased emphasis on China, says a 2022 report of the Federation of American Scientists. At least four new weapon systems are under development to complement or replace the country's existing nuclear-capable aircraft, land-based delivery systems and submarine launched missiles, it said.
PM Modi on Friday said his government was taunted as being filled with “average” talent, but India is now shining in the world as a beacon of hope in the post-pandemic era. During his interaction with students, teachers and parents in the sixth edition of ‘Pariksha pe Charcha,' Modi said it is his “firm conviction” and “article of faith” that criticism is a purification exercise for a robust democracy.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Friday claimed that a security lapse forced him to abandon the 11km leg of his Bharat Jodo Yatra. He had crossed the Jawahar Tunnel from Jammu’s Banihal in a bulletproof vehicle and walked less than a kilometre towards the gateway to Kashmir division when the alleged security lapse brought his march to a halt. J&K Police contested allegations of poor crowd management.
Observing that financial frauds were being committed with greater finesse nowadays with the help of technological innovations, the Supreme Court on Wednesday underscored the need to have a specialised agency to deal with such cases and said that a CBI probe in all cases was not required.
Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has claimed that India, which has charted an independent course on foreign policy, was forced to change its strategic posture and join the four-nation Quad grouping due to China's aggressive actions. In his latest book, Pompeo called India the "wild card" in Quad because it was a nation founded on socialist ideology and spent the Cold War aligning with neither the US nor the erstwhile USSR.
Screenings of the blocked BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi continued on campuses and public places in parts of southern India, with SFI organising its second show in a week at the central University of Hyderabad on Republic Day and taking on ABVP at Pondicherry University the night before after at least five students watching the film there were allegedly injured in an assault.
Celebrating Republic Day in a befitting manner is the bounden duty of all constitutional authorities and it cannot be skipped by the state government, the Telangana high court said on Wednesday while directing the state administration to hold the ceremonial parade at any place of its choice. Following the HC order, the Telangana government has decided to hold a guard of honour, officials said.
SP ex-chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, iconic architect Balkrishna Doshi and pioneer of ORS Dilip Mahalanabis have been posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award. Other recipients of the award are tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and mathematician Srinivas Vardhan. Padma Bhushan has been conferred on industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, philanthropist and Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murthy.
ORS (oral rehydration solution) pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis will receive the Padma Vibhushan (posthumous) in the field of Medicine (Pediatrics), the Centre announced on Wednesday. A total of 25 other personalities across various walks of life will be awarded the Padma Shri.
Scientists involved in studying Joshimath’s land subsidence told TOI on Tuesday that snow and rain – which began on January 20 – had caused “significant” cracks on the strategically key National Highway-58, which is the sole motorway leading to the pilgrim town of Badrinath and Mana, the final Indian village towards the China border.
Following a three-year tenure marked by controversies and a fractious relationship with the erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi dispensation, Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday said he had conveyed his desire to step down to PM Narendra Modi during the latter's recent visit to Mumbai.
Amid the ongoing wrangle between the Centre and the judiciary over appointment of judges through the collegium system, Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday cited in his Twitter handle an interview of Justice RS Sodhi (retd), a former judge of the Delhi high court. Sodhi had remarked that the Supreme Court “has for the first time hijacked the Constitution” to such an extent that judges have decided to appoint judges, negating the role of the government.Top opposition figures, including Congress's Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar and Le...
