NEW DELHI: Motorcyclists weaving through waiting traffic to go right up to the railway crossing, closed to allow passage of a train, is common in India. But an airman indulging in such ‘indiscipline’, leading to his detention for a day, made SC order Union government to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to him.AFT had allowed…
MUMBAI: Seeking maximum sentence of death against the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the intervenor, father of one of the victims, submitted in the final arguments that the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt, reports Rebecca Samervel.“Changes in the regime led to shifts in the approach of the prosecuting agencies, but…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal‘s plea challenging an order of the Gujarat high court refusing to quash summons in a defamation case over his remarks on PM Modi’s educational qualification.Noting that another SC bench earlier rejected a plea of AAP leader Sanjay Singh in the same case,…
MUMBAI: The still-unresolved row between Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) in the Maha Vikas Aghadi is over 15 assembly seats, three of them in Mumbai and 12 in eastern Vidarbha. As both parties are claiming these seats, NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar, UBT Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and AICC general secretary Ramesh Chennithala are set…
MUMBAI: In the 99 seats for which BJP announced candidates on Sunday, the party took 5 seats that were contested by the undivided Shiv Sena in 2019. Political observers said this indicates that the CM Eknath Shinde-led Sena may have to compromise on seats and give up several of the seats that the Sena traditionally…
NEW DELHI: Hate-monger Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Monday issued an ominous warning that an Air India plane could be attacked ahead of the 40th anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.“An attack could occur on an Air India flight” between November 1-19, said the terrorist, a US citizen, who has been on India’s “most-wanted”…
NEW DELHI: National University of Singapore (NUS) will explore collaborations with Indian higher education institutions in areas such as joint and dual degree programmes as well as academic and research initiatives, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said during his visit to the country on Monday. He also met Singapore PM Lawrence Wong.According to senior education…
NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry had sought time from PM Modi for opening the 6.4 km Z-Morh tunnel on Srinagar-Leh highway as it was ready for inauguration. However, Sunday’s terrorist attack on the camp office of the tunnel contractor has prompted government to raise security for the project.The tunnel, which will ensure all-weather connectivity…
Security personnel check vehicles on Srinagar-Ladakh highway NEW DELHI: Concerned that Sunday’s terror attack targeting employees of an infrastructure project in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ganderbal may affect the confidence level of major infrastructure companies executing projects in the UT, LG Manoj Sinha on Monday ordered beefing up of security forces’ presence in residential areas of…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Monday asserted that India does not believe in being “taken-for-granted” in international relations, and that the world is realising trust and reliability alone make the foundation for good ties with the country. His remarks come at a time when Canadian PM Justin Trudeau‘s brinkmanship has pushed bilateral ties into a…
