GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh on Friday informed the assembly that 10,675 illegal immigrants have been detected in the state in the last five years and they are from Myanmar, China, Bangladesh, Norway and Nepal.In reply to a question from a Congress legislator, Surjakumar Okram, the CM said 85 such illegal immigrants had been…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Friday sought an unconditional apology from leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his statement in the House that the entire examination system of the country was a “fraud and compromised” while education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said government’s stand was vindicated as Supreme Court ruled there was no systemic…
NEW DELHI: Only government can confirm whether any information related to it is correct or not, I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Rajya Sabha Friday, responding to queries in the House on PIB’s Fact Check Unit, including one on the Supreme Court‘s stay on the Centre’s notification for setting up a fact-checking unit.“The amendment in the…
NEW DELHI: In a big boost to highway development, the cabinet on Friday approved eight major national high-speed road corridor projects of 936 km entailing Rs 50,655 crore investment. Goverment said the projects, spread across nine states, will improve logistics efficiency, reduce congestion, enhance connectivity and generate around 4.4 crore mandays of direct and indirect…
“The home department and other agencies will chalk out guidelines governing the consumption and sale of liquor once the proposal is cleared,” the source said. GANDHINAGAR/SURAT: Surat Diamond Bourse, the glitzy behemoth built to house India’s aspiration to be a global diamond trading hub, is aiming for a different high in dry Gujarat. After GIFT…
BHOPAL: Irritated by a five-year-old boy urinating on the bed, his stepmother inflicted burns on the boy’s private parts in Chachoda area of Guna district.Following a complaint from the child’s grandmother, the police have registered an FIR against the stepmother, identified as Raiza Bano (44), a resident of Barbat Pura.According to the complaint lodged by…
A bench led by CJI D Y Chandrachud asked petitioner-advocate Ashwini Upadhyay – ” Development of scientific temper among people cannot be done by judicial orders.” NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday criticised a serial PIL petitioner for seeking a direction to govts to take steps to eradicate superstitions, which he said claims hundreds…
The Supreme Court of India, led by CJI D Y Chandrachud, criticised a petitioner for submitting a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to eradicate superstitions and promote scientific temper. The court emphasised that such matters fall under the domain of educational policy experts and cannot be mandated by judicial orders. The petition was subsequently withdrawn. Source…
NEW DELHI: EC will visit J&K, where assembly polls are to be conducted before Sept 30 as per SC’s orders, between Aug 8 and 10 to assess overall poll preparedness. Since the review is a standard protocol followed by EC prior to announcement of polls in any state/UT, the visit is being seen as pointer…
BENGALURU: A man in his late 40s allegedly stabbed his wife to death after barging into her mother’s house in Chamarajpet Friday. Later, he recorded a video as he threatened his mother-in-law and others not to file any case against him and uploaded it on Facebook, before going incommunicado.Police are looking for the suspect —…
