NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has asked social media platforms to furnish their standard operating protocols (SOP) and timelines for dealing with requests for information from law-enforcement agencies. Dealing with a habeas corpus plea filed by the parents of a 19-year-old student allegedly missing since Jan, a bench of Justices Pratibha M Singh and Amit…
GUWAHATI: The ethnic conflict in Manipur has morphed into a “battle of narratives” driven by alleged falsehoods such as drones dropping bombs and 900 militants trained in Myanmar infiltrating the state for targeted attacks, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said Tuesday at an event in Delhi.“It all started in May 2023 with a rumour that…
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been given 20-day parole ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls.Haryana authorities have granted 20-day parole to Ram Rahim Singh, official sources told news agency PTI on Tuesday.This comes a day after Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Haryana…
NEW DELHI: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on Tuesday decided to take back the 14 plots alloted to Karnatak CM Siddaramaiah‘s wife Parvathi B M. The MUDA has also ordered to cancel the sale deed of these plots.“Smt. Parvathi’s son Dr Yathindra, a MLC, had submitted a letter….we have gone through the provisions in…
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Prashant Kishor (R) NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor, who is all set to launch his political party in Bihar, on Tuesday claimed that state chief minister Nitish Kumar was not “physically and mentally” fit and accused the BJP of propping him up to run its government at the Centre. The…
NEW DELHI: A photo of IIT Bombay professor Chetan Singh Solanki, sitting in a luxury hotel but wearing torn socks in New Delhi, has gone viral on social media, sparking a widespread conversation about sustainability and resource efficiency. Known as the “Solar Man of India” or “Solar Gandhi,” Solanki has responded to the viral attention,…
Badlapur sexual assault case: HC raps police for inability to nab accused school trustees NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday sharply criticized the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for its failure to apprehend two school trustees accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case. The division bench, comprising Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan,…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday brushed aside the allegations of corruption after his wife Parvati decided to surrender 14 compensation plots to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda).Parvathi Siddaramaiah’s decision to surrender the plots comes after the Enforcement Directorate booked Siddaramaiah, Parvathi, and others in a money laundering case linked to the…
Several opposition leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Arvind Kejriwal, strongly criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for detaining environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk and approximately 150 volunteers.While Kharge described the action against Wangchuk as “cowardly” and “undemocratic,” Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the BJP would not gain anything from it.Wangchuk and his…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reiterated its stance on ‘bulldozer justice‘ and said that mere accusations or even conviction of heinous crime can’t be ground for demolition of property.“We are going to make it clear that merely because somebody is an accused or convict, it can’t be a ground for demolition,” the top…
