New Delhi: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to travel to the International Space Station next month as part of an Axiom-4 mission, four decades after Rakesh Sharma's iconic spaceflight onboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Friday. Singh made the remarks after...
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Thursday questioned the judiciary setting a timeline for the President to take decisions and act as a "super Parliament", saying the Supreme Court cannot fire a "nuclear missile" at democratic forces. Dhankhar's strong words to the judiciary came during...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will continue hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 Thursday. The top court will hear the matter at 2 p.m. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday proposed to order that the properties declared as waqf including "waqf by user" won't be de-notified but the Centre opposed the suggestion and sought a hearing before such a directive. The top court also asked the Centre if Muslims would...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre whether Muslims would be allowed to be part of Hindu religious trusts during the hearing of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices...
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna Wednesday recommended to the Centre the name of Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the next CJI. Justice Gavai, the second senior-most Supreme Court judge after the incumbent CJI Khanna, is set to become the 52nd CJI May...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, Wednesday. As per the cause list published on the apex court website, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna...
New Delhi: A 'criminal conspiracy' was carried out by Congress leaders to "usurp" properties worth Rs 2,000 crore of its public company AJL by transferring 99 per cent shares for just Rs 50 lakh to their private company Young Indian, where Sonia Gandhi and Rahul...
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin Tuesday announced the formation of a high-level committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph to study and recommend measures to strengthen Centre-State relations, including the proposal to return education to the State List of the...
Boston: The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus. In a letter to Harvard Friday, the administration called...
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The Supreme Court on 28 July told the Election Commission of India (ECI) to adopt a voter verification approach based...
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In a landmark ruling that has come as a shot in the arm for the global climate movement, the International...
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