NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the corruption case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam, dealing a massive blow to the AAP leader. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest, holding that it cannot be…
Representative image Hugo Boss has sold its Russian business to wholesale partner Stockmann for an undisclosed fee, the German fashion house said on Monday, joining the ranks of Western brands to exit the Russian market over the war in Ukraine. The German fashion company suspended its retail business in Russia soon after Moscow invaded Ukraine…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the West Bengal government to provide comprehensive data regarding the social and economic backwardness of the 77 castes included in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list. The Court also sought details on the inadequate representation of these castes in public sector jobs.The top court’s order came as…
AYODHYA: A three-member BJP delegation on Sunday met the 12-year-old rape survivor and her family members here, and urged the state government to raise the compensation to the girl’s kin from Rs 5 lakh to 25 lakh.Rajya Sabha MP Sangeeta Balwant Bind, who was part of the delegation, said her blood boiled when she heard…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav launched a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, accusing the ruling party of politicizing the Ayodhya rape case for electoral gain. Yadav alleged that the BJP is orchestrating a conspiracy to tarnish his party’s reputation with an undemocratic and unconstitutional approach.“The Bharatiya Janata…
Starting August 1, 2024, new FASTag regulations have been implemented by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enhance toll collection efficiency and reduce congestion on roadways. These changes are crucial for all FASTag users to comply with by October 30, 2024, to avoid inconveniences at toll plazas.New FASTag regulations: Key changesKYC updates: FASTags…
PATNA: Political strategist-turned activist Prashant Kishor has said that the people of Bihar are fed up with the JD(U), BJP and RJD and on October 2, they will float a new political party to end this ‘vicious cycle’. Prashant Kishor was speaking in Patna after a function of the ‘Jan Suraaj’ campaign he had launched…
The ongoing gender row in boxing at the Paris Olympics continues to make headlines, despite the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stepping in to support the two athletes at the center of the controversy—Algeria’s Imane Khelif (66kg welterweight) and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting (57kg featherweight). Both boxers have now advanced to the semi-finals, securing medals in their…
“Why not you!” That’s what Noah Lyles tweeted after being crowned the new men’s 100m Olympic champion in Paris in the most dramatic sprint in the history of athletics. A five thousandths of a second separated USA’s Lyles and Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as both clocked 9.79 seconds in the first such wind-legal 100m race…
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi NEW DELHI: Former minority affairs minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has urged the Waqf system to move beyond its “touch-me-not” syndrome, following the government’s plan to introduce a Bill to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards. This amendment aims to ensure more accountability and transparency in…
