NEW DELHI: The Assam assembly on Friday decided to discontinue the practice of giving “two hours” of Jumma break to Muslim MLAs.Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hailed the decision by the assembly, saying it has “prioritised productivity” and has shed the “colonial baggage“.“By doing away with the 2 hour Jumma break, Assam assembly has prioritised…
NEW DELHI: The Akal Takht declared Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal “tankhaiya,” or guilty of religious misconduct, for the “mistakes” made by his party’s government from 2007 to 2017.After a meeting of five Sikh head priests, Gyani Raghbir Singh, the Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest Sikh temporal authority announced that…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that she had not received a response to her previous letter, in which she called for more stringent legislation to address rape cases.In her letter, Mamata said that while she had received a reply from the…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday delivered a stern message to Pakistan and stated that the period of continuous dialogue with the neighbouring nation is over.Speaking at a book launch event in the national capital, the external affairs minister affirmed that emphasizing that actions have consequences.Jaishankar reflected on the potential nature of…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday during the keynote speech at a special session of Global Fintech Fest 2024 held in Mumbai said that there is festivity in economy and markets.PM further said that the fintech revolution is everywhere. He said there was a time when people used to get amazed by our…
NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy issued an apology on Friday for questioning the bail granted to K Kavitha, stating that his comments were “taken out of context”.“I have the highest regard and full faith in the Indian Judiciary. I understand that certain press reports dated 29th August, 2024 containing comments attributed to…
NEW DELHI: Indians will soon get a chance to experience space as TV show producer Banijay Asia has tied up with the Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) to produce a show where ordinary citizens will be sent on a future Blue Origin New Shepard mission. In a statement, Banijay Asia revealed that they will…
NEW DELHI: A Danish court on Thursday turned down India’s request to extradite Niels Holck, accused of air-dropping four tonnes of weapons in West Bengal’s Purulia in 1995. The court said that there is a possible risk Holck would be subjected to treatment that violates the European Convention on Human Rights if he were sent…
Can Railway, NBFCs and PSUs appoint arbitrators unilaterally?NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said at a time when private investment in India is crucial to the country’s economy, the need of the hour is a robust, transparent and independent arbitration system to infuse confidence in the domestic and international investors.This observation came from a…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy’s reported statement that “there is also a talk that Kavitha got bail because of the deal between BRS and BJP” and reminded him that it had just a day before issued notice to additional chief secretary of Maharashtra for contemptuous…
