NEW DELHI: Supreme Court flagged the colonial mindset among bureaucrats who habitually attempt to boss over elected representatives, especially women, in grassroots democratic institutions and said they must instead encourage women’s participation and leadership in governance.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan noted with concern that this was a recurring pattern of treatment…
The Supreme Court (File photo) NEW DELHI: Warning the director general of UP Police to rein in his forces from routinely converting civil disputes into criminal cases to harass civilians, Supreme Court on Thursday said if the practice did not cease, it would pass orders that the DGP would “remember his whole life”.A bench of…
Taylor Swift and her partner, Kansas City Cheifs tight end Travis Kelce have been spotted supporting each other’s careers since they started dating last year. Kelce has been spotted many times at Taylor’s concerts grooving and singing, even recently with Swift’s mother, which made the fans go crazy. Similarly, Taylor has also been seen regularly…
Night temperatures dropped further throughout Kashmir on Friday as Srinagar recorded its coldest night of this season so far at minus 1.2 degrees Celsius. SRINAGAR: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, and many other parts of Kashmir recorded the season’s coldest night so far, reeling under sub-zero night temperatures.According to the officials, the…
Representative image (Picture credit: Canva AI) An Indian-origin neurosurgeon in US has been fined over $2 million for falsely claiming to perform surgeries, according to attorney Alamdar S Hamdani. Dr Rajesh Bindal, 53, from Houston, was accused of defrauding Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).Bindal, who practiced at the Texas Spine &…
NEW DELHI: Highway commuters have shelled out around Rs 2.1 lakh crore as user fee since the govt started tolling on NHs in 2000. This is a small part of the spend on building a nationwide network of highways and expressways undertaken by the Centre with the allocation for the current fiscal year itself estimated…
Jared Goff’s MVP hopes take a hit after Amon-Ra St. Brown’s Brother’s warning to Lions QB The Detroit Lions are soaring with a 10-1 record, but the debate over Jared Goff’s place among the league’s elite quarterbacks is heating up. While his teammate Amon-Ra St. Brown backs his QB’s impact, his brother Osiris isn’t sold…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Australian media has been heavily promoting the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, with a particular focus on Virat Kohli, given his immense popularity and fan following in the country.India are scheduled to face Australia in a Pink Ball Test in Adelaide on December 6, following a two-day…
NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar announced plans to contest the upcoming Delhi assembly elections in a bid to reclaim the party’s national status after a resounding victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections. He declared his intent to contest Delhi assembly polls during a felicitation ceremony at the NCP office in Delhi…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday apologised to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, regarding an incident where his Labrador was present during their 2007 meeting.The former Chancellor, who is knows to fear animals, described the incident as Putin’s deliberate “demonstration of power” in her memoir published on Tuesday. “I could tell from Putin’s facial expressions…
