NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand to cooperate with the Gujarat Police in probing the case filed against them over alleged misappropriation of funds while refusing to interfere with the anticipatory bail it had granted her. A three-judge bench headed by Justice SK Kaul passed the […]
NEW DELHI:Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla flagging alerts received by several opposition leaders about “state-sponsored” attacks on their iPhones, and urged him to provide them protection to continue doing their duties. This “illegal surveillance by the government” is the worst attack on fundamental rights guaranteed […]
CUTTAK:Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan lead the ‘Run for Unity’ from the statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose today at College Square, Cuttack, Odisha on the occasion of the 148th birth anniversary of former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Around 4000 people participated with zeal and […]
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that suspending an MP does have “serious repercussions” on the right of the electorate being represented by him. A bench headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha against his […]
AMARAVATI:As many as 33 trains have been cancelled and six others rescheduled till now after the mishap in which two trains collided in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram leaving 13 persons dead, East Coast Railway officials informed on Monday. Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Official, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneshwar confirmed that a total of 33 trains have […]
SRINAGAR:Security forces have foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district by killing a militant, officials said on Monday. The infiltration bid in Jumagund area of the Keran sector was foiled on Sunday night. The militant’s body was recovered during a search in the area on Monday morning, […]
HYDERABAD:East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Sunday said a human error could have resulted in the collision of two trains in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district. “Likely reason: Human error. Overshooting of the signal by Visakhapatnam- Rayagada passenger train,” ECoR CPRO Biswajit Sahoo told reporters here. While explaining the term overshooting, the CPRO said it occurs when […]
NEW DELHI:External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met the family members of eight Indian nationals who were handed down death sentence by a Qatari court. Jaishankar conveyed to the family members that the government will make all efforts to secure the release of the Indians. The eight former Indian Navy personnel were on Thursday […]
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail plea of Manish Sisodia in connection with cases related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy case. “We have dismissed the bail plea of Manish Sisodia,” the court said. The order was delivered by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti. However, the […]
NEW DELHI:Police on Friday briefly detained over 50 students and civil society members who gathered at Jantar Mantar for a pro-Palestine protest, police said. Demonstrators had arrived in different batches at Jantar Mantar and were subsequently detained, a senior police officer said. “Since the protesters did not have permission, they were detained. They were taken […]