NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday witnessed a sharp exchange of words between the bar and the bench during the hearing on a bail plea of an accused in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam case.As a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih questioned the Chhattisgarh govt on protracted investigation in the liquor…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will visit Chhattisgarh for three days, starting Saturday, during which he will chair a security review meeting on Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) in Raipur, with likely focus on fine-tuning strategies to achieve the target of eliminating the menace by March 31, 2026. This is not the first time that Shah…
JAMMU: A day after two cattle smugglers died near a check post in J&K’s Samba district, fueling speculation on social media about their death in an encounter, police on Thursday trashed the viral reports, explaining that the duo died in a road accident.“No firing incident took place. In fact, the cattle smugglers’ speeding vehicle broke…
NEW DELHI: At least seven patients were killed and 20 others were injured after a fire broke out in a leading orthopaedic hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul. Among the deceased are one child and two women, according to local authorities.The fire originated in the reception area on the ground floor, with the suspected cause being…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that harassment alone cannot justify convicting someone for abetment of suicide, citing the necessity of clear evidence demonstrating intent to incite the act.The verdict came while the court was hearing an appeal challenging the Gujarat high court’s decision to uphold charges against a woman’s husband and in-laws in…
NEW DELHI: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday announced its list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections 2025. The party fielded Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, against AAP convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi constituency.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…
NEW DELHI: Yet another election … yet another women-centric welfare scheme. With cash-in-account schemes proving to be gamechangers for political parties in some states, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced the launch of the “Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojna” under which a monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 will be given to women in Delhi….
NEW DELHI: A special debate on the Constitution will begin in Lok Sabha on Friday at noon. Union defence minister Rajnath Singh will initiate the debate, according to media reports.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to participate in the debate on December 14.After an agreement with the opposition, the BJP-led NDA government has agreed…
PALAKKAD: Four school students died after a truck hit them in Kalladikode, Palakkad district, on Thursday evening. Several other students were injured. The girls attended a nearby higher secondary school and were walking home when the accident happened.The incident occurred on the Palakkad-Kozhikode National Highway at Panayampadam near Kalladikode. A cement truck lost control, striking…
NEW DELHI: The mother-in-law and brother-in-law of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, who died by suicide after alleging harassment by his wife and her family, have reportedly fled their residence in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district.Nisha Singhania and her son, Anurag alias Piyush Singhania, left their home in Jaunpur’s Khowa Mandi area on a motorcycle around 1…
