New Delhi: Chinese People's Liberation Army entered into Indian Territory in Ladakh region last month and did not allow local people's herds from grazing, claimed former BJP councillor Urgain Chodon of Nyoma area Friday. She put out a video on social media platforms purportedly showing...
Nuapada: The nomination of 40-year-old, visually impaired Shantilal Sabar, a candidate for the Sarpanch of Gandamer Gram Panchayat, Nuapada district, was rejected because he signed the nomination papers in Braille. This has triggered a demand for amendment in the Odisha Gram Panchayat Act and reservations...
The Karnataka High Court, hearing the hijab row, Thursday ordered that no religious symbols are allowed for the students until its final order, thus putting an end to use of both hijab and saffron shawls in the school and college premises. The interim order was...
Bengaluru: A Karnataka High Court three-judge bench, hearing pleas on the hijab row, Thursday directed the government to reopen schools in the state. As the bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice Khaji Jaibunnesa Mohiyuddin began hearing the matter,...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refrained from giving a specific date for the urgent listing of a plea seeking transfer of petitions from the Karnataka High Court, which is currently examining the permissibility of hijab in schools and colleges. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday ordered the reinstatement of a former woman judicial officer, who quit in 2014 alleging sexual harassment by a high court judge in Madhya Pradesh. A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai said the resignation of the...
The single-judge bench of Justice Dixit observes in the order that the question of interim relief will also be considered by the larger bench. "Having regard to the enormity of questions of importance which are debated, the court is of the considered opinion that the...
Several activists gathered outside a government school in Puducherry, and held protests after a Muslim girl was allegedly not allowed to wear a hijab inside the class. Representatives of the Student Federation of India (SFI), Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam, along with DMK functionary Mohan, visited...
Ahmedabad: A special court here Tuesday convicted 49 persons in the case related to the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts. The serial blasts had claimed 56 lives and left over 200 injured. In his verdict, which came 13 years after the deadly blasts, special judge AR...
Bangalore: As protests for and against the ‘hijab’ intensified in different parts of Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai declared holiday to high schools and colleges in the state for the next three days. While making this announcement Bommai also appealed for peace. “I appeal to...
The Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Shatrujeet Kapur’s remark on 22 October that Indian and Chinese forces are...
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By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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By Dilip Cherian Five extensions in three months, including those of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan,...
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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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