New Delhi: The Centre has issued directions for blocking multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to the BBC documentary "India: The Modi Question", sources said. The directions were reportedly issued by Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Friday using the emergency...
New Delhi: Indian wrestlers called off their protest late Friday evening after a second meeting at the Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur's residence in the national capital. The meeting lasted beyond midnight, following which wrestler Bajrang Punia announced to the media that the other wrestlers...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said that it will set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and 'nikah halala' practice among Muslims. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha took note of...
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court granted interim bail to Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot Friday, nearly a month after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan fraud case. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium has for the second time reiterated the names of two advocates, Amitesh Banerjee and Sakya Sen for appointment as judges of the Calcutta High Court "expeditiously", saying it was not open for the government to repeatedly send back the...
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal was allegedly dragged by a car for 10-15 metres when she was reprimanding a drunk man who had stopped near her and asked her to sit in his car. When she went near the driver's side,...
New Delhi: Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat Wednesday levelled serious allegations against Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, saying that he sexually harassed the female wrestlers. The Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medallist broke down in tears while speaking to the reporters...
New Delhi: Assembly polls will be held in Tripura February 16 and in Nagaland and Meghalaya February 27, with the counting of votes scheduled for March 2, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced Wednesday. While the term of the Nagaland Assembly ends March 12, the...
Bhubaneswar: Two minor girls were reportedly abducted and raped at Patia railway station here Monday night, an official said, Tuesday. The incident came to the fore after the victims, aged 12 and 14, narrated their ordeal before their parents, who informed the Childline authorities Tuesday....
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda's term was extended till June 2024 at the party's national executive meeting Tuesday, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserting that it will win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls with a bigger mandate than 2019. Shah told reporters...
Every few years, India calls in its envoys for a reality check. At the 11th Heads of Mission Conference recently,...
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The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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The Pentagon’s announcement on 2 May to significantly reduce American troop presence in Germany marks a pivotal moment in the...
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