PHOENIX: Arizona’s highest court on Tuesday upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for women’s healthcare and poll-year politics in a critical battleground state.The Arizona Supreme Court said that because the federal right to abortion in Roe v. Wade had been overturned, there was no federal…
MUMBAI: An army of retail investors has found a strong footing on Dalal Street over the last decade thanks to a bullish market and a pandemic-driven digital push. In April 2015, India had just over 2 crore individual demat accounts – the actual number of investors would have been even less as one person can…
A gurdwara president, also the owner of a construction firm, was shot dead on Monday in Canada. Indian gangsters are suspected to be behind the killing of Buta Singh Gill, who was shot near a construction site in Edmonton‘s Millwoods area. He was the owner of the firm Gill Built Homes Ltd.According to Canada-based sources,…
NEW DELHI: What is the maximum number of alcoholic drinks that can be served in-flight to passengers to keep them sober to prevent incidents like the ones on two Air India flights in Nov-Dec 2022 where inebriated persons ended up allegedly urinating on co-passengers? Responding to a petition by a 72-year-old woman who was urinated…
NAGPUR/CHANDRAPUR: Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Tuesday urged EC to cancel the candidature of Maharashtra forests minister and BJP Chandrapur candidate Sudhir Mungantiwar for alleged “incestuous remarks” against Congress at a rally on Monday later addressed by PM Narendra Modi.Mungantiwar’s remarks went viral, triggered outrage, ignited protests across the state and led to a police…
KOZHIKODE: The small village of Muthuvallur in Kerala‘s Muslim-majority district of Malappuram has scripted a heart-warming tale of communal harmony over the renovation of a 400-year-old Durga temple, reaffirming in this Ramzan season a centuries-long tradition of Hindu-Muslim generosity centred on places of worship.Muthuvallur Sree Durga Bhagavathy Temple, near Kondotty, stands out as an exemplary…
MUMBAI: Maha Vikas Aghadi finalised on Tuesday its seat-sharing formula for all 48 LS seats in Maharashtra with Congress conceding two prime seats – Sangli and Bhiwandi – to its allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP). Sena (UBT) has got 21 seats, the biggest share, Congress 17 and NCP(SP) 10, reports Prafulla Marpakwar.With Congress…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday held that non-disclosure of all assets owned by an electoral candidate would not amount to a defect and such assets should be of substantial value to attract invalidation of , while also saying that the right of voters to know has to be balanced with the right to privacy…
NEW DELHI: The home ministry has moved to upgrade the security of chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar in view of alleged threats from pro-Khalistan elements based abroad. Sources indicated that that CRPF is likely to take charge of his security, which will “be Z-category level” and shall be provided to him on an all-India basis.TOI…
CUDDALORE: A fortune-teller whose parrot had predicted a win for Thankar Bachan, PMK candidate from Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore LS seat, was arrested on Tuesday for keeping the bird in captivity. PMK, part of BJP-led NDA, described the action in the DMK-governed state as “height of fascism“.Forest ranger J Ramesh claimed parrots were categorised “Schedule II…
