NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday termed the siphoning of over Rs 54,000 crore through digital arrests as nothing short of “robbery or dacoity” and directed the Centre to formulate a standard operating procedure (SoP) to tackle such offences.A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would not allow any “impediment” in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in states, Live Law reported. The top court was hearing a group of petitions concerning the West Bengal SIR, including a plea by Mamata Banerjee that, among other issues, challenges … Read more
A view of the black Lamborghini that hits several people near the Rev 3, at Gwaltoli police station in Kanpur on Sunday. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: A high-end Lamborghini allegedly driven by a Kanpur tobacco baron’s son tore through a busy stretch of VIP Road in the upscale Gwaltoli area, leaving at least six injured.Recalling … Read more
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi, left, and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma NEW DELHI: Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Monday refuted Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s claims linking him to Pakistan, saying the SIT report sat with the CM for six months because it had no evidence. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Gogoi said … Read more
Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant immediate relief to rape convict and former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape victim’s father, but requested the Delhi High Court to hear his plea seeking suspension of sentence … Read more
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla NEW DELHI: A group of women MPs from the Congress has written a strongly worded letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing him of making “false and defamatory allegations” against them.The controversy erupted after Birla publicly stated that he had advised the Prime Minister not to come to the … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Seychelles President Patrick Herminie NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Seychelles President Patrick Herminie at the Hyderabad House. Earlier the Seychelles President also paid his trubutes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.Earlier on Monday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called upon Seychelles President Patrick Herminie and appreciated the … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a shift aimed at making medical treatment more relevant to Indian patients, the Indian Council of Medical Research has called for large, multi-centre clinical trials to generate India-specific evidence for treating lifestyle and chronic diseases, instead of relying largely on data from Western countries.The move targets conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, … Read more
NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday launched a broadside against Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a video posted by the BJP showing Sarma taking a “point-blank shot” at two individuals identified as minorities.During a rally at Telangana’s Zaheerabad, Owaisi accused the Assam chief minister of spreading hate … Read more
Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav NEW DELHI: Former Bihar minister and Lalu Prasad Yadav’s estranged son Tej Pratap Yadav on Sunday refuted social media posts which claimed that he has been “blessed with a daughter”, Anushka Yadav.During a press conference, Tej Pratap dubbed RJD MP Sanjay Yadav, MLC Sunil Singh, former MLAs Shakti … Read more