NEW DELHI: The law ministry on Saturday withdrew the draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 from public consultation after various lawyers’ bodies threatened protests against the bill that proposes to take disciplinary action against any lawyer for disrupting court functioning, even cancelling their license to practice. Furthermore, the bill lays down “standards of professional conduct and…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (Pic credit: PTI) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Four-time Congress MP Shashi Tharoor appears to be growing increasingly disillusioned with the party, following what he perceives as a continued sidelining by the high command. His recent public criticism of a leadership vacuum in Kerala Congress and a meeting with Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul…
Telangana tunnel collapse (Pic credit: ANI) HYDERABAD: Six members of the team behind the heroic Nov 2023 Silkyara tunnel rescue operation in Uttarakhand joined the Army, NDRF, SDRF and local agencies on Sunday in accelerated efforts to save the eight workers – two of them engineers – trapped inside a collapsed portion of Srisailam Left…
PM Modi (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: To “salute the indomitable power of women”, PM Narendra Modi will hand over his social media accounts to women achievers from different fields on March 8, observed as International Women’s Day. The women will share their challenges and experiences to amplify the message of empowerment.The PM had handed…
EAM S Jaishankar (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: After India called upon authorities in Dhaka to not spread negativity in the relationship, external affairs minister S Jaishankar again raised the issue of its hostile behaviour, saying Bangladesh has to make up its mind about what kind of a relationship it wants with India.Speaking barely a…
File photo of PM Modi and US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Stating that claims about USAID funds to India have proved to be false, Congress on Sunday accused BJP of indulging in “anti-national work” by spreading “fake news from America”. It said while BJP is actively involved in using fake news…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan‘s seat on the Air India airbus that flew him Bhopal-Delhi Saturday was not “broken”. That, sources say, is the new light seat increasingly chosen by airlines to keep aircraft weight low and help save fuel burn with the lean cushion taking…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: AP) NEW DELHI: India was implementing seven projects worth $750 million in partnership with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which has been at the centre of controversy since US President Donald Trump alleged funding for elections in the country.The money – $97 million (around Rs 825…
NEW DELHI: American Airlines New York JFK-Delhi nonstop (AA 292) diverted to Rome following a bomb threat for the flight. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner had taken off from JFK on Saturday (Feb 22) 8.14 pm and was over the Caspian Sea when it turned back towards Europe.In a statement, the airline said, “AA 292, operating…
NEW DELHI: Another flight carrying the fourth batch of illegal immigrants from the United States landed at Delhi airport on Sunday.Four out of the total deported Indians were from Punjab. Among the four deportees, two were from Gurdaspur, one from Patiala and one from Jalandhar. This is a developing story… Source link
