New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking mandatory menstrual leave for working women and female students across the country, observing that such a matter falls within the domain of government policy. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya...
Kohima: Veteran politician and former Bihar Minister Nand Kishore Yadav Friday took oath as the 23rd Governor of Nagaland. Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Yadav at a simple ceremony held at Lok Bhavan in Kohima....
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction for taking action against individuals or organisations allegedly spreading misinformation through posters or public statements about the Tirumala laddu controversy. The top court, October 4, 2024, had set up a five-member...
New Delhi: The Congress party Friday expressed its disapproval of the government's reaction to the recent assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei, claiming that there has been a lack of response regarding the matter, and even Parliament has failed to make an obituary reference. In a social...
Bhopal: A heart-wrenching incident in Madhya Pradesh's Khamaria village under the Kesli police station area has left the local community in disbelief. A 30-year-old woman, identified as Savita Lodhi, allegedly murdered her four young daughters by throwing them into a deep well before taking her...
New Delhi: There is no LPG shortage in the country and "no dry-out has been reported", Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry's Joint Secretary, Marketing and Oil Refining, Sujata Sharma, said Thursday. In a briefing on the current LPG situation in the country, she said that...
New Delhi: India continues to work extensively on extending assistance to Indian nationals in Iran and at the same time is also addressing issues pertaining to the safety of shipping and country's energy security amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Ministry of External...
New Delhi: A total of 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed notices seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, a source has said. According to the source, the notice is likely to be submitted in at least one...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a writ petition seeking directions to bring back the mortal remains of freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose from Japan to India. After a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant expressed disinclination to...
Kolkata: Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) super-cop and also the former Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, was sworn in as the new Governor of West Bengal Thursday morning. The ceremony started at 11.30 a.m. at Lok Bhavan (formerly Raj Bhavan) in Kolkata. The oath to...
There are tell-tale signs that the BJP has been shaken to its core following the upsurge of protests by the...
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It is a happy augury for Indian democracy that the country's young talents aspiring to join the legal profession have...
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In any democracy, the most disturbing threat to freedom is not always censorship. Sometimes it is the language used to...
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By Dilip Cherian India’s bureaucracy may be running short of one thing more important than babus: succession. The Centre’s decision...
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