NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing NEET-UG exam row, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday assured the students that he would be their “voice in the Parliament”. The comments came in after the Centre decided to set up a 4-member panel to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,563 candidates in the medical entrance…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has asked Centre to furnish details of issuance of notices and arrests done under the provisions of the Goods and Services Tax, saying it may interpret the law and lay down appro-priate guidelines to avoid any har-assment of citizens by depriving their liberty.A special bench of justices Sanjeev Khanna, MM…
NEW DELHI: Stating that it has no administrative and supervisory control over CBI, which is an independent agency, Centre told Supreme Court that West Bengal’s original suit under Article 131 of the Constitution against it to not allow probe by the agency in the state was not maintainable and is an abuse of legal process.Arguing…
BENGALURU/KALABURAGI: Nearly six months after Karnataka submitted a memorandum, the state on Saturday finally received Rs 3,454 crore from Centre under Natural Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to counter the prevailing drought situation. This, however, is way short of Karnataka’s initial demand of Rs 18,174 crore, which included Rs 5,662 crore for compensation to farmers.Congress has…
BENGALURU/KALABURAGI: Nearly six months after Karnataka submitted a memorandum, the state on Saturday finally received Rs 3,454 crore from Centre under Natural Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to counter the prevailing drought situation. This, however, is way short of Karnataka’s initial demand of Rs 18,174 crore, which included Rs 5,662 crore for compensation to farmers.Congress has…
NASHIK: Bringing much-needed relief to onion cultivators, specially across Maharashtra, Centre allowed the export of nearly one lakh tonnes of the kitchen staple, mainly sourced from Maharashtra, to six neighbouring countries – Bangladesh, Sri lanka, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius, and the UAE. Centre has also permitted the export of another 2,000 tonnes of white onions cultivated…
MUZAFFARNAGAR/MEERUT: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday said her party will take concrete steps to make western UP a separate state if voted to serve at the Centre.At a rally in support of BSP candidate from Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat Dara Singh Prajapati, Mayawati also said BJP has a very slim chance of coming to power…
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge Supreme Court bench addressing a tricky question – whether ‘industrial alcohol‘ is same as ‘intoxicating liquor’ – would have been a treat for tipplers as the lead advocate, a self-confessed whisky lover, spiritedly tried to establish states‘ exclusive jurisdiction over all sorts of alcohol-from denatured spirits to whisky, vodka, gin, rum…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it intends to extend Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar’s tenure by six months and as and when the occasion for a new chief secretary’s appointment would arise, a panel of five senior IAS officers would be given to the Delhi chief minister to choose…
MUMBAI: The Delhi HC has issued a notice to the Centrein a writ petition filed by a pilot seeking flight data recorder information of the Air India Express aircraft that hit the Trichy airport’s perimeter wall during takeoff in 2018. This is probably the first time in India that a HC has been approached with…
