India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday once again hit out at Pakistan over its continued use of crossborder terrorism, accusing Islamabad of employing terrorism as a “tool of state policy”. New Delhi also reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir “has always been, is, and will … Read more
NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana Wednesday declined to accept an advocate’s suggestion that it take suo motu cognisance of the police action against protesters at Jantar Mantar.The bench said the advocate shouldn’t waste his own as well as judicial time on issues not … Read more
Panshul Bansal from Haryana, who has secured AIR 2 in NEET UG 2026 NEW DELHI: Aryan Gupta and Panshul Bansal felt the same anger and sense of injustice as lakhs of NEET-UG aspirants when the May 3 examination was cancelled after a paper leak. They believe students were within their rights to protest. However, instead … Read more
Rahul Gandhi calls education system ‘rigged’, Nadda accuses Oppn of seeking ‘political mileage’ NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the sacking of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan is a must to end the confrontation triggered by the Monday crackdown on protesting students, lobbing a challenge to the Modi govt. He further demanded that PM … Read more
MP Kapil Sibal personally entered the legal battlefield NEW DELHI: After being the counsel for Sena UBT contesting the defection of Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde which resulted in the collapse of MVA govt in Maharashtra, senior advocate and MP Kapil Sibal Wednesday personally entered the legal battlefield by petitioning SC seeking interpretation … Read more
Apex court acquits 1996 blast accused after he spends 23 years in prison NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday acquitted a man accused in the 1996 Rajasthan bomb blast case after finding no evidence against him, though he had already spent 23 years in jail. The court found the prosecution case against him “to be woefully … Read more
As many as 91,623 number of waqf properties are pending at various stages of uploading NEW DELHI: Minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju informed Parliament on Wednesday that the data as on July 17 shows of the over 7.99 lakh waqf properties that have been been initiated for uploading on the UMEED Central Portal–2025 since it … Read more
Govt cited comparable laws regulating foreign funding NEW DELHI: Ahead of Parliament taking up the Foreign Contribution Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, govt cited comparable laws regulating foreign funding, influence and lobbying in the US, UK, Australia and Canada to underline the “globally recognised” concern that “foreign money, when unregulated, can affect democratic institutions, electoral processes … Read more
PM Modi meets NCP (SP) President Sharad Pawar, at Parliament House, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: A day after reaching Jantar Mantar to express solidarity with CJP protesters, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and his daughter Supriya Sule met PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday.NCP (SP) sources said the meeting focused on Maharashtra’s agrarian crisis, with … Read more
Police officials carry the mortal remains of the Police constable who was killed in a terrorist attack SRINAGAR: A terrorist shot dead a J&K police head constable in Lal Chowk market of south Kashmir’s Anantnag town when it was bustling with shoppers around 12.30pm Wednesday. This marks the first attack in Kashmir since the Pahalgam … Read more