NEW DELHIApex child rights body NCPCR on Tuesday sent notices to the NCERT and UNICEF, asking them to explain how they were responsible for designing curriculums for madrassas in Bihar. The inquiry by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was prompted by the response of the Bihar chief secretary to its summons […]
NEW DELHI:The Delhi High Court has clarified that the right to adopt cannot be elevated to the status of a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The court was hearing a series of pleas filed by various Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) challenging an office memorandum issued by Care and Protection of […]
NEW DELHI:Urban consumption grew 9.8% YoY in 3QFY24, the highest in five quarters and compared to 6.9% YoY growth in the previous quarter, as per a report by Motilal Oswal (NS:MOFS) Financial Services. This is mainly led by continued robustness in PV sales (five-quarter high, average growth of 19% in the last five quarters); personal […]
BENGALURU:Today, at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, visionaries and experts gathered to address one of Bengaluru’s most pressing challenges – mobility. Hosted by the Bengaluru Science and Technology (Best) Cluster, in collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, this brainstorming session was aimed at creating a […]
MUMBAI:The arrest of ICICI Bank’s former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a loan fraud case was ”without application of mind and due regard to the law”, amounting to an ”abuse of power”, the Bombay High Court has said. […]
CHANDIGARH:A panel of Union ministers held a fourth round of talks with farmer leaders here on Sunday over their demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP, as thousands of protesting farmers camped at the Punjab-Haryana border. Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Arjun Munda, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for […]
BENGALURU:The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to stay the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) probe into Veena Vijayan’s IT firm Exalogic. The Karnataka High Court’s order is a massive setback to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as his daughter Veena Vijayan is the sole director of Exalogic. The Karnataka High Court came out with […]
BENGALURU:Cartosat-2, ISRO’s first satellite in the second generation of high-resolution imaging satellites launched 17 years ago, has been brought down from space to the earth’s atmosphere, an official of the space agency said on Friday. “The satellite entered the earth’s atmosphere at 3.48 pm IST on February 14 over the Indian ocean. Either it would […]
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its interim stay on proceedings against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case lodged against him for allegedly making objectionable remarks against the BJP and the Congress in Uttar Pradesh during the 2014 Lok Sabha poll campaign. Kejriwal has moved the apex court against an order of […]
CHANDIGARH:Farmers from Punjab on Tuesday morning commenced their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to press for their demands, after a meeting with two Union ministers over their demands, including legal guarantee to MSP for crops, remained inconclusive. The farmers plan to head to Delhi from the Ambala-Shambhu, Khanauri-Jind and the Dabwali borders. Many farmers along with their […]