Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court granted a temporary relief to union minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other BJP leaders on Monday by issuing an interim stay on the investigation into the electoral bond extortion case.According to the court’s ruling, Section 286 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),…
Photo credit: X/Royal Moroccan Armed Forces NEW DELHI: Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) has secured a contract to manufacture Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) combat vehicles for the Moroccan defence forces.“Kingdom of Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces and Tata Advanced Systems sign deal for local production of Wheeled Armoured Platform. Developed in collaboration with the DRDO and…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court used extraordinary power on Monday and directed IIT Dhanbad to grant admission to a Dalit youth who lost his seat after missing the deadline to deposit fees. The court was hearing the case of an 18-year-old student Atul Kumar who lost his hard-earned seat in IIT Dhanbad after he narrowly…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu‘s claim that animal fat was used in making Tirupati laddus, stating that at least the Gods should be kept out of politics.The court sought proof of the claim and noted that the chief minister made the statement on September 18,…
NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday, called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the “the biggest terrorist” of the world.In an interview with news agency PTI, Mehbooba Mufti compared Netanyahu to German dictator Adolf Hitler saying that while Hitler “built gas chambers to kill jews” the Israeli PM has turned Palestine…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the state of Assam to maintain status quo on Sonapur demolitions drive and issued a notice to the authorities in response to a contempt petition filed by 47 residents, who alleged deliberate non-compliance with the Court’s interim order dated September 17.The order had directed that no demolition…
CJI DY Chandrachud (File photo) NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India DY Chadrachud on Monday reprimanded a petitioner in the Supreme Court and reminded the party-in-person about court room etiquettes.The petitioner who was seeking a probe against former CJI Ranjan Gogoi and while responding to a question by the apex court, replied ‘yeah, yeah’.This miffed…
Amit Shah takes a jab at Mallikarjun Kharge after the Congress president fell ill on stage in J&K. NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday took a swipe at Mallikarjun Kharge over his ‘won’t die till PM Modi removed from power’ remark made after the Congress president got sick while making a speech…
NEW DELHI: The marked improvement in security situation in J&K since the last assembly elections — with terror-related incidents this year down to one-tenth of the levels seen in 2014 — has been a major contributory factor in the good turnouts witnessed in most parts of Kashmir region, according to J&K administration sources. This, an…
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (file photo) CHANDIGARH: Rape-murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim‘s latest plea for 20 days of parole, less than a month after he returned to Rohtak’s Sunaria Jail after a 21-day furlough, has led Haryana‘s chief electoral officer Pankaj Aggarwal to ask state govt to explain what “compelling” circumstances,…
