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...
New Delhi: The Centre said Tuesday that it is worried due to the ‘gross violations’ of Covid-appropriate behaviour by people in India. It also expressed surprise at the casual way people are talking about the third wave of Covid-19. The Centre said that such attitude...
Bhubaneswar: As many as 17 out of 30 districts of Odisha have received deficit rainfall during the monsoon period as of June 13, Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre said Tuesday. The state has received 273.6 mm rainfall between June 1 and July 13, which is 21 per...
New Delhi: A decline in average daily vaccination against the coronavirus has been seen since June 21. It was the same day when the new phase of universalisation of Covid-19 vaccination commenced, data released by the Health Ministry showed. This development has become a worrying...
Bhubaneswar: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will conduct laser scanning of parts of the Jagannath Temple structure in Puri during the nine-day Ratha Jatra festival. This will happen when the deities will travel out of the temple. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator...
New Delhi: India has pulled out around 50 diplomats and security personnel from its consulate in Kandahar in Afghanistan in view of the deteriorating security situation and the Taliban gaining control of new areas around the southern Afghan city, people familiar with the development said...
Lucknow: According to a draft of the proposed population control bill, anyone violating two-child policy in Uttar Pradesh will be debarred from contesting local bodies elections, from applying for or getting promotion in government jobs, and receiving any kind of government subsidy. The Uttar Pradesh...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday said there is a need for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to become reality so that youth of modern India belonging to various communities, tribes, castes or religions who solemnise their marriages ought not to be forced to...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Thursday announced a Rs 23,000 crore second emergency Covid package to improve the facilities in the health sector across the country, which will be used by both the Central and state governments to deal with the issues facing the country...
New Delhi: Twitter has informed the Delhi High Court that it will take eight weeks to appoint resident grievance officer (RGO) in compliance with the new IT Rules, and it is in a process of setting up a liaison office in India, which will be...
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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