NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday wrote a letter to Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and urged it to withdraw advertisement for lateral entry recruitments.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, and several other opposition leaders had opposed the recruitment and accused the BJP of “snatching reserveration” and…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata that has led to a massive uproar across the nation over women safety at the workplace.The top court pulled up the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its disapproval to the statements made by the Calcutta high court, which advised teenage girls to “control their sexual desires and not give in to two minutes of pleasure.” The apex court overturned the high court’s decision that acquitted an individual charged under the Protection of Children…
NEW DELHI: A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 struck Jammu and Kashmir‘s Baramulla district early Tuesday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. There have been no immediate reports of casualties or significant damage. Authorities are monitoring the situation for any further developments.More details awaited Source link
NEW DELHI: Centre has decided to increase security personnel by 25% at all hospitals run by it in view of the protests by doctors demanding better safety and security for healthcare workers following the Aug 9 rape-murder of an on-duty doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. It has also directed these hospitals…
An Ahmedabad civil court dismissed a suit filed by a Hindu man seeking declaration that his Muslim brother was not entitled to a share in their parents’ property because he had converted to Islam and was disinherited by their parents.The case involved Kamal Sathwara and his younger brother, Julesh alias Junaid Sathwara, who converted to…
An Ahmedabad civil court dismissed a suit filed by a Hindu man seeking declaration that his Muslim brother was not entitled to a share in their parents’ property because he had converted to Islam and was disinherited by their parents.The case involved Kamal Sathwara and his younger brother, Julesh alias Junaid Sathwara, who converted to…
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Monday told the Supreme Court that Parliament was compelled to enact a law in 2019 to make Muslim men who instantaneously divorce their wives through ‘triple talaq‘ liable to imprisonment as the SC’s 2017 ruling declaring it unconstitutional did not prove to be a deterrent against such unilateral sudden…
Report of 3-member panel of retired HC judge K Hema, star Sharadha and retired IAS officer K B Valsala Kumari was released following a HC observation THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Justice Hema Committee report paints a sordid picture of humiliating “compromises” that women are forced to make to survive in Malayalam film industry, including being subjected to ‘casting…
NEW DELHI: General Sundararajan Padmanabhan, who was the Army chief during the massive forward troop deployment on the western front with Pakistan under Operation Parakram, passed away in Chennai on Sunday night. He was 83.Widely regarded as a straight-talking cerebral officer, affectionately called “Paddy” in defence circles, Gen Padmanabhan had publicly rubbished Pakistan’s nuclear sabre-rattling…
