Mumbai: At least 18 persons were killed in several rain-induced tragedies as Mumbai and the surroundings were clobbered with heavy downpours early Sunday, officials said. As Mumbai slept the skies opened up with torrential rains measuring between 150 mm to over 200 mm in some...
Mumbai: At least 10 persons were killed and another six trapped in a landslide at Vashi Naka's New Bharat Nagar in Chembur Sunday as torrential rains pounded the city, officials said here. According to the NDRF and BMC, the landslide which occurred at around 1...
Bhubaneswar: In view of inconvenience faced by students during online classes due to poor network in rural and remote areas, the Odisha government has decided to reopen schools for Class X and XII students from July 26. Addressing a presser on virtual mode Saturday, Odisha's...
Chandigarh: Amid the 'tussle' over talks of appointing Navjot Singh Sidhu as the new state Congress chief, 'sulking' Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met Congress state in-charge Harish Rawat here Saturday and categorically told him that he won't meet Sidhu until he apologises for his...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday ordered that prisoners, who were released by the high powered committees (HPCs) of states during the second wave of Covid-19 following its May 7 directions, will not be asked to surrender until further orders. The top court also directed...
New Delhi: Health and citizens’ right to life is paramount, the Supreme Court said Friday as it asked the Uttar Pradesh government to re-consider holding even a ‘symbolic’ Kanwar Yatra. The Supreme Court had earlier said that the religious festival should be avoided due to...
New Delhi: Concerned over ‘enormous misuse’ of the colonial era penal law on sedition, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the Centre as to why it was not repealing the provision used by the British to ‘silence’ people like Mahatma Gandhi to suppress freedom movement. Agreeing...
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Tuesday said that 11 billion doses are needed to vaccinate 70 per cent of the world to end the Covid-19 pandemic. "Pledges of doses and funds are welcome -- but they are not enough. We need at least 11...
Mumbai: Adani-led Adani Airport Holdings took over the management control of the Mumbai International Airport. This comes after the Mumbai International Airport Limited's board meeting held earlier today and follows approvals received from the central government, Maharashtra government, as well as the City and Industrial...
New Delhi: Criminal law including the anti-terror legislation should not be misused for quelling dissent or harassment of citizens. This was said by Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud. He made the comment while underlining the role of the apex court in protecting fundamental rights...
More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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