Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday said he was on his way to India ahead of his proposed protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.He plans to demand the resignation of union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in several national-level examinations, including NEET, CUET, CBSE … Read more
Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar NEW DELHI: Facing criticism over the absence of women in his newly constituted Cabinet, Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday assured that more ministers would be inducted and that women would get representation in the government in due course.Shivakumar took oath as chief minister on Wednesday along with … Read more
NEW DELHI: Unexpected side effects from medicines often come to light only after a drug is widely used. To strengthen monitoring of such cases, India’s drug regulator has directed pharmaceutical companies to maintain robust systems for tracking and reporting adverse reactions linked to medicines sold in the market.In a circular issued on June 3, the … Read more
CHENNAI: DMK is no longer part of INDIA bloc, party spokesperson TKS Elangovan said on Thursday. He made the statement to ANI, hours after DMK headquarters issued a press statement saying the party would not participate in the alliance meeting to be held in Delhi on June 8.The decision came after Congress, a long-time DMK … Read more
In what climbers are calling a miracle, a 52-year-old Sherpa guide who was presumed dead on Mount Everest after he vanished during descent on May 29 was found alive after six days near Base Camp on Thursday morning.Dawa ‘Hillary’ Sherpa — who earned the moniker for his mountaineering expertise – covered more than 12km from … Read more
NEW DELHI: Subhash C Kashyap, whose encyclopaedic knowledge of constitutional law and parliamentary affairs made him the go-to person for politicians, bureaucrats and journalists alike, and whose books on Parliament became bestsellers and mandatory reading for students of political science and law, died at his residence following “cardio-pulmonary arrest” on Thursday morning. He was 97.Kashyap … Read more
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi called the death of Akanksha Chaturvedi “not suicide, but a consequence of a corrupt, broken system under PM Modi”. He said the PM had ruined the education system so much over 12 years that “an entire young generation of India is paying the price for it”. Rahul said Akanksha had wanted … Read more
NEW DELHI: As UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper visited India Thursday, both sides announced the launch of a Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory, marking, as an Indian readout said, a significant milestone in their growing partnership on critical minerals and supply chain resilience.In another significant takeaway, India and UK also signed an MoU for … Read more
NEW DELHI: SC has ruled that courts must not allow litigation to prolong a decayed and decomposed marriage, which is a deeply personal and social partnership built on mutual respect, as that would create a “foul sociological, psychological and mental hollowness” in life.Using its exclusive powers under Art 142 of the Constitution to dissolve the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Observing that differences are a part and parcel of married life and may result in non-communication betw-een partners, Supreme Court has said that a husband cannot be convicted of cruelty merely on the ground of not talking to his wife for a few days.A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Atul S … Read more