New Delhi: As India began its G-20 presidency from Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it will work to further promote oneness, inspired by the theme of "One Earth, One Family, One Future", and listed terror, climate change, pandemic as the greatest challenges that can...
New Delhi: Bilkis Bano Wednesday challenged the remission of sentence and release of convicts in the 2002 rape and murder case filing a plea before the Supreme Court. The top court said it will consider listing the matter for hearing. A bench comprising Chief Justice...
New Delhi: Days after the emotional speech of President Droupadi Murmu flagging the plight of poor tribals languishing in jails in petty offences despite bail, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed prison authorities across the country to provide details of such prisoners within 15 days to...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking to double the number of judges in the high courts and trial courts, saying more judges does not mean more disposal, instead good judges are required. A bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y....
New Delhi: The Election Commission will hear the warring factions of the Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde December 12, official sources said Tuesday. They said the symbol dispute of the party has reached the stage of "substantive hearing". December 12 has...
New Delhi: A police van carrying Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in partner, was attacked by some sword-wielding people outside the Forensic Science Laboratory in Rohini where he was taken for a polygraph test Monday, sources said. A car stopped the police van...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court expressed anguish Monday over the delay by the Centre in clearing the names recommended by the Collegium for appointment as judges in the higher judiciary. The Supreme Court lamented that the delay ‘effectively frustrates’ the method of appointment. A Supreme...
New Delhi: In a chilling recall of the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a woman and her son allegedly killed her husband, chopped his body into 10 pieces, and kept them in a fridge before dumping them across east Delhi, police said Monday. Anjan Das (45)...
Beijing: China's rare public protests opposing stringent COVID lockdowns turned political Sunday with protestors shouting slogans against President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party, as the demonstrations spread to the university campuses in Beijing and Nanjing. Shanghai, where thousands of protestors converged at the...
Milan: A landslide triggered by a storm on the southern Italian island of Ischia has killed at least eight people, Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini said Saturday. The news agency ANSA reported that at least 10 buildings had collapsed and more people are missing, including...
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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By Aakar Patel The three democratic tools available to us are the vote, the court and protest. The only one...
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By Dilip Cherian Appointing Gaurav Yadav as regular Director General of Police in Punjab settles a question that should never...
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Defeat in Ayodhya in 2024, where the Ram temple was built with much pomp, appears to have deeply shaken the...
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