Thiruvananthapuram: The suspicious death of a 24-year-old Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer, M Megha, in Thiruvananthapuram has prompted her family to file a complaint with IB and Kerala Police, seeking an investigation.Megha’s body was found on the railway track at Chackai on Monday. While her family says she had no reason to be near the railway…
NEW DELHI: Noting that the application to disqualify three BRS MLAs who allegedly defected to Congress is pending for almost a year before the Telangana assembly speaker, Supreme Court on Tuesday asked why there no decision has been taken one way or the other. The court wondered if the decision would be taken after the…
NEW DELHI: The bogey of foreign interference continues to plague India-Canada ties with Ottawa listing India among countries that could interfere in the Canadian elections that will be held on April 28.A top Canadian intelligence official said Monday that India has both intent and wherewithal to interfere in Canada’s democratic processes.Canada has in the past…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday automobile tariffs are coming soon even as he indicated that not all of his threatened levies would be imposed on April 2 while some countries may get breaks. At the White House, Trump told reporters he may give “a lot of countries” breaks on tariffs, but provided…
Lawyers in Prayagraj on Tuesday during an indefinite strike called by Allahabad HC Bar Association over Justice Yashwant Varma’s transfer to the high court. PRAYAGRAJ: Lawyers at Allahabad high court shut down judicial work indefinitely Tuesday, launching a protest against Supreme Court collegium’s decision to transfer Delhi HC judge Justice Yashwant Varma to their court.Allahabad…
NEW DELHI: The newly formed BJP government gave the capital a talking point on Tuesday by presenting an ambitious Rs 1 lakh crore budget for 2025-26, a sharp increase of 31.6% over last year’s outlay of Rs 76,000 crore. Revving up the double engine that now runs the capital, it got valuable support from the…
DEHRADUN: ‘Ni hao’ is as good as ‘namaste’ for 250-odd students of Class 11 and 12 in 15 govt schools of Uttarakhand, thanks to Doon University‘s initiative to teach them Mandarin, the official language of China. The aim: to equip them with “language skills to tap into global job markets while also supporting national security…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Centre and Delhi government to send a joint team of experts to inspect the records of Apollo Hospital for the last five years to find out whether it had fulfilled its commitment to provide free treatment to 30% indoor and 40% outdoor patients as per the 1994…
NEW DELHI: The three-member judicial inquiry panel, appointed by CJI Sanjiv Khanna to inquire into the alleged discovery of huge amounts of cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s official residence on March 14, visited the judge’s Tughlaq Crescent bungalow Tuesday afternoon and spent nearly 45 minutes there.Sources said the panel — comprising Punjab & Haryana HC…
Suspended MLAs of Odisha assembly. The Odisha assembly faced a significant disruption on Tuesday when 12 suspended Congress MLAs continued their protest in the well of the House. They demanded a committee investigation into crimes against women during the eight-month BJP governance. Speaker Surama Padhy suspended these MLAs, including CLP leader Rama Chandra Kadam, for…
