NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday reprimanded Karnataka govt for challenging a high court decision to enhance the rate compensation for acquisition of farmers’ lands, dismissed its appeal and said the state, where thousands of farmers die by suicide annually, must allow the distressed community to survive.The case related to the acquisition of lands…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday constituted a three-member SIT, comprising DIG-rank IPS officer Saroj Kumar Thakur and women IPS officers Ayman Jamal and S Brinda, to “objectively and fairly” investigate on a day-to-day basis the September 29 sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl at Anna Nagar in Chennai.From among nine IPS officers, including three women…
CHENNAI: The Supreme Court collegium on Monday recommended the elevation of Justice D Krishnakumar, a senior judge in Madras high court, as the Chief Justice of Manipur high court.Justice Krishnakumar was appointed as the judge of Madras high court on April 7, 2016, and is now set to retire on May 21, 2025. He is…
NEW DELHI: CPM on Monday expressed concern over the “deteriorating” situation in Manipur and demanded that the Union government intervene to end the violence in the northeastern state. Holding CM Biren Singh responsible for the situation in the state, the Left party said that a “grave situation has developed in Manipur with the intensification of…
NEW DELHI: Congress Monday demanded that PM Narendra Modi visit Manipur before the start of Parliament’s winter session on November 25 and criticised him for ignoring the state over the last 18 months. The party reiterated its demand that CM Biren Singh be sacked, even as it questioned the absence of a full-time governor for…
GUWAHATI: NDA ally NPP is open to reassessing its decision to quit the alliance in Manipur if there is change in the state leadership, party chief and Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma clarified Monday, a day after withdrawing support to the N Biren Singh govt over the latter’s failure to resolve the ethnic strife there.“This (withdrawal…
GUWAHATI: Embattled Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh convened Monday a meeting with BJP MLAs and NDA allies to discuss the prevailing situation in the state amid NPP’s withdrawal of support to the alliance.In a demonstration of allegiance, BJP’s other ally, Naga People’s Front (NPF), proclaimed its continued support to the state govt ahead of…
TIRUPATI: The newly-formed Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) passed Monday a resolution requiring non-Hindus employed by the board to either take voluntary retirement or opt for a transfer to other government departments in Andhra Pradesh.TTD is an independent government trust that manages Tirumala Venkateswara temple in Tirupati – the world’s richest Hindu shrine. TTD chairman BR…
BENGALURU: SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket early Tuesday lifted off smoothly from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying India’s Gsat-20 or Gsat-N2, a high-throughput satellite that is designed to elevate communication infrastructure.While the launch happened at 12.01 as planned, details of whether SpaceX managed to place Gsat-20 into a desired orbit was not available at…
US President Biden wandering in Amazon Forest (Image Credit: X) Joe Biden, became the first sitting US president who went to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday.During his landmark visit to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, Biden unveiled a series of significant climate initiatives, including a pledge of $50 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund.A small clip…
