VARANASI: The court of civil judge senior division Hitesh Agrawal dismissed the Hindu side’s plea seeking repairs and restoration of the”Vyas Ka Tahkhana“and gathering of namazis over it. The court declined to direct the custodian of the basement – the district magistrate of Varanasi – for any such action.The order came on a petition by…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court, while dealing with an alleged effort to cover up an attempt to insulate the then PM from the multi-crore rupee coal scam in 2013, came out with the “caged parrot” comment for CBI for not taking an independent stand and speaking its “master’s voice”. The perception stuck and came back to…
HYDERABAD: About seven months after a video of him pleading to be rescued from the war-hit Russia-Ukraine border surfaced, Telangana native Mohammad Sufiyan returned home to a rousing welcome on Friday. The 22-year-old was accompanied by three other young men from Karnataka – all deceived by a fraudulent agent and slyly drafted into a private…
NEW DELHI: “Sensitive material” with the Centre is holding up the implementation of the SC collegium‘s recommendations for appointments of chief justices of high courts, attorney general R Venkatramani told Supreme Court on Friday to explain what is impeding execution of the decisions taken by the collegium, which has the sole say in appointments to…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a CBI case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, ensuring his release from jail as he had already been given bail in a money laundering case pursued by ED.The order in the corruption case came as a big relief…
AGRA: Incessant rain in Agra for 48 hours caused significant damage to the city’s historical monuments, including Taj Mahal. Archaeological Survey of India had put its staff on “surveillance” Thursday after water began to seep from the main dome of Taj, while its adjacent garden remained inundated.Superintending archaeologist Rajkumar Patel said Friday that a probe…
The govt this week set the ball rolling for toll collection based on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) coupled with on-board units (OBUs) installed in vehicles. The new system, once fully operational across highways, will ensure nonstop travel and remove the need for physical toll plazas or toll gates. The full rollout will need a…
NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences for the loss of lives in a drowning incident in Gujarat‘s Dehgam taluk area in a social media post, in the wee hours on Saturday.At least eight people drowned while bathing in the Meshwo River in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district on Friday evening, an official…
NEW DELHI: An encounter between terrorists and security forces began on Friday night in the Chak Tapper Kreeri Pattan area of Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir.Law enforcement and security forces are actively involved in the ongoing operation. Further details awaited.In a separate incident, two army soldiers died while two others were injured in an ongoing encounter…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Friday demanded that a FIR be filed over a purported “threat” issued by a BJP leader to Rahul Gandhi for his remarks in the US concerning the Sikh community. The Congress also called for a review of the Rahul’s security, citing his new role as a Leader of Opposition,…
