DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand high court has issued notices to the Centre and the state govt, directing them to respond within six weeks, while hearing public interest litigations challenging the provisions of the Uniform Civil Code that came into effect in the state last month. Among other submissions, the petitioners have claimed that the Act discriminates…
NEW DELHI: A record 12 JEE-Main questions were dropped from the final answer key due to errors, the highest in recent history, raising serious concerns about the National Testing Agency‘s ability to conduct a fair and transparent exam of such a large scale.Despite reducing the total number of questions from 90 to 75, the error…
US President Donald Trump plans to announce reciprocal tariffs ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to America, the White House said. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters she believed Trump’s tariff plan could be announced before he meets with PM Modi on Thursday.PM Modi is scheduled to reach US on Thursday and…
A mysterious confidential report landed before SC bench hearing Enforcement Directorate‘s plea for cancellation of bail to former bureaucrat Anil Tuteja in Chhattisgarh liquor scam case, with none of the parties claiming to have filed it.At the outset of the hearing, the bench told lawyers appearing for ED, Chhattisgarh govt and Tuteja that a sealed…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the plea of Indrani Mukerjea, an accused in her daughter Sheena Bora murder’s case, to travel abroad during pendency of the trial.Expressing doubt whether she will return to the country to face trial, a bench of Justices M M Sundaresh and Rajesh Bindal refused her request to go…
PM Modi delighted the three children of the US Vice President J D Vance and US Second Lady Usha Chilukuri with unique gifts. Meeting the Vance family during the AI summit in Paris, Modi also attended the birthday celebration of Vivek, one of the US Vice President’s son. The evening was marked by a dinner…
US Vice President J D Vance on Tuesday endorsed PM Narendra Modi‘s views on AI and agreed that the technology will make people more productive and not replace human beings.“And I appreciate PM Modi’s point. AI, I really believe, will facilitate and make people more productive. It is not going to replace human beings. It…
French President Macron bid farewell to PM Modi at Marseille airport On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron personally came to Marseille airport to bid farewell to Narendra Modi as the Indian PM took off for Washington, a gesture that symbolised the camaraderie between the two leaders.Modi’s three-day visit to France began with a dinner hosted…
PM Narendra Modi, accompanied by French President Emmanuel Macron, on Wednesday visited the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in southern France to witness the development of the Earth’s first “mini Sun” that aims to produce nuclear energy on an industrial scale through the nuclear fusion process.Harnessing the power of nuclear fusion, which powers the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that a spouse involved in a void marriage like bigamy is also entitled to seek permanent alimony and maintenance from his or her partner under the Hindu Marriage Act.In view of contradictory judgments delivered on the issue of maintenance of spouse in cases of void marriage, a three-judge bench…
