Ram Temple donation ‘scam’ whistleblower gets protection from arrest | India News

SC on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to Abhishek Upadhyay. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to Abhishek Upadhyay who claimed he was vindictively booked under SC/ST Act by Ghaziabad police for an alleged road rage incident just because he had exposed embezzlement of donations offered by devotees at the … Read more

Govt seeks 2 years to frame creamy layer criteria for PSU, private staff kids | India News

The SG said Centre was not seeking review or modification of the judgement. NEW DELHI: Seeking two years to frame creamy layer criteria for OBCs, Centre Tuesday requested Supreme Court for an early hearing on its application against retrospective implementation of SC’s March 11 judgement, which disallowed this classification of OBC candidates based on the … Read more

‘Do we need a 4th-party audit?’ PM raps secretaries over quality of public projects | India News

Chairing the monthly Pragati meeting on Tuesday, PM Modi is learned to have told the top bureaucrats that such things are “unacceptable”. NEW DELHI: “Do we now need to go for a fourth-party audit?” PM Modi is learned to have asked secretaries at the Centre and chief secretaries in states while expressing concerns over reports … Read more

Small island states can serve as labs for innovation and tech: Maldives prez | India News

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu also announced plans for the country’s first Trade Acceleration Zone. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu called upon Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to pivot away from being framed solely by climate vulnerability and isolation, while also urging global leaders and private sector partners to view island economies as dynamic “laboratories for innovation”.Delivering … Read more

‘Country is not a dharamshala’: Amit Shah sets target for illegal immigration-free India | India News

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi govt has set a goal to make the country illegal immigration-free in a “very short period of time” and, for this purpose, reached out to the border states over the past eight months, sharing with them its document on a quadrangular approach to … Read more

EU approvals, easier sterilisation rules to speed device access | India News

Faster access to some newer medical devices. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Patients in India could get faster access to some newer medical devices already approved in the European Union, with the government expanding its list of trusted foreign regulatory jurisdictions while also easing licensing requirements for manufacturers outsourcing sterilisation.The Health Ministry has amended the Medical … Read more

Kharge-Rahul tell PM: caste census method flawed, data would be useless | India News

Rahul, Kharge write to PM Modi over caste census NEW DELHI: Terming the methodology for caste count adopted in Census 2027 “misleading” as it will not give a headcount of OBCs, leaders of opposition in Parliament Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to PM Narendra Modi demanding the Census questionnaire on caste notified recently … Read more

Did India hit Kirana Hills during Op Sindoor? Ex-CDS Anil Chauhan clears air | India News

NEW DELHI: Former Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said India may have hit Pakistan’s Kirana Hills during Operation Sindoor last year, but the strike was unintentional.Speaking at the ‘VIMARSH’ event on Operation Sindoor and its aftermath at the Vivekanand International Foundation, Chauhan said Indian loitering missions sent to search for radars around … Read more

‘100%’, ‘Energy Drink’, immunity claims: FSSAI flags 6 food firms | India News

FSSAI flagged 6 food companies for misleading claims on products like coconut oil, energy drinks, and baby food. NEW DELHI: Claims that promise more, sound healthier or make a product appear superior have come under the scanner of the food regulator, with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) flagging misleading claims by … Read more