NEW DELHI: The UAPA Tribunal of Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, a sitting judge of Delhi HC, Friday confirmed Centre’s July 8 notification declaring terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun-led Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) as an unlawful organisation for a period of five years.SFJ was declared an unlawful organisation in 2019, when there were 11 FIRs registered against…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court said all laws applicable in a state would also be valid in a new state carved out of it unless the law is altered or amended by the new state.A bench of Justice C T Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal also said that state govt permission was not needed for Central Bureau…
NEW DELHI: Emphasising need to protect interests of senior citizens, many of whom are ignored by their children and left to fend for themselves once they hand over property by executing a gift deed, Supreme Court held that such deeds signed by parents could be quashed under Maintenance and Welfare of the Parents and Senior…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand HC has dismissed a petition filed by Welham Boys’ School in Dehradun challenging a govt order prohibiting residential schools from charging fees other than tuition fees during Covid-19 pandemic when classes were conducted online. The petition, pending for over 3 years, sought to quash the 2021 order, arguing “govt has no authority to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday wanted to know from the Centre, University Grants Commission and National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) the steps taken to prevent death by suicide of students, many belonging to SC and ST community, due to discrimination in universities and higher educational institutions (HEIs).Arguing for PIL petitioners Abeda Salim…
RAIPUR: A well-known Bastar journalist, Mukesh Chandrakar, 33, who went missing on New Year’s Day, was found murdered and dumped in a septic tank on the premises of a road contractor in insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Friday.Journalists have called a total shutdown in Bijapur to protest against the murder.Mukesh, who worked as a contributor to…
JAMMU: Advocate Kanav Sharma, president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha’s Jammu wing and son of senior BJP member Chander Mohan Sharma, was injured after being shot by an electricity department employee following a parking feud in Roop Nagar area Friday, police said.“Around 2.15pm, a scuffle broke out between Sharma, a resident of Roop Nagar’s New…
MUMBAI: Shattering stereotypes, Isro has brought together about 12,000 talented girls from 108 countries for an all-girls flight to the lunar orbit, Mission ShakthiSAT. The mission is slated for a Sept 2026 launch by Isro’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Some of the countries on board are Botswana, Greece, Costa Rica, UAE, and Cameroon.ShakthiSAT director Srimathy…
Tesla and Starlink CEO Elon Musk wants you to take note. The world’s richest man who has long described Mars as critical to humanity’s survival has an ‘alien warning’. “If future aliens see us, they will say; there they had rocket and everything, still they regulated themselves,” said Musk addressing a crowd that roared with…
GUWAHATI: An officer of the rank of SP was among several police personnel and civilians injured Friday evening in Manipur’s Kangpokpi as a mob bristling over the deployment of central forces in a Kuki-Zo village laid siege to the district police chief’s office.SP Manoj Prabhakar and his team were the target of stone-pelting by the…
