NEW DELHI: Admitting that “injustice has been inflicted” by all courts, including itself, in rejecting the juvenility plea of a death convict who had to spent 25 years in jail, Supreme Court on Wednesday directed his release from prison forthwith by holding that he was just 14 years old at the time of committing the…
NEW DELHI: On the heels of a senior Supreme Court judge’s proposal to pause for some years the selection of sitting or former judges’ lawyer children for appointment as high court judges, another senior SC collegium member has proposed that such candidates must meet a higher benchmark to be in the zone of consideration.After the…
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh with Maldives defence minister Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and others upon Maumoon’s arrival, in New Delhi. (PTI) NEW DELHI: The Maldives on Wednesday assured India that it will not undermine its larger neighbour’s security…
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri meets acting Afghan FM. (ANI) In another sign of India’s deepening ties with the Taliban, foreign secretary Vikram Misri met Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai, conveying India’s readiness to respond to the urgent development needs of the Afghan people and getting an assurance that the Taliban would…
NEW DELHI: At least four people were killed in a stampede that broke out late Wednesday evening in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati temple. The stampede broke out near Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan ticketing center during the distribution of tokens. Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu expressed his deep shock over the death of the devotees in the stampede,…
BENGALURU: The two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites that Isro was hoping to unite early Thursday have drifted too far apart late Wednesday, causing a second postponement of the final procedure in three days.“While making a maneuver to reach 225m between satellites the drift was found to be more than expected, post non-visibility period. The…
PM Modi addresses rally (Image crediy: BJP handle on X) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited Visakhapatnam and launched several projects worth Rs 2 lakh crore, stating that it was to serve the people of Andhra Pradesh by boosting its overall development.“Our Andhra Pradesh is a state of possibilities and opportunities. Andhra…
NEW DELHI: The Congress is all set for a lonely political battle in Delhi with at least two key INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc partners backing Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party in the assembly elections. The Congress and the AAP were allies during the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi but will be contesting…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ramesh Bidhuri over his recent sexist ‘cheeks’ remark, terming it “ridiculous” and “unnecessary”.“It is a ridiculous remark. He never spoke about his cheeks. All this is unnecessary. During the elections, we should talk about the important issues of the…
NEW DELHI: A day after Congress MP Danish Ali accused the Centre of indulging in “dirty politics” over its decision to set up a memorial for Pranab Mukherjee and linked it to the former President’s alleged “love for RSS”, his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee said the remark showed his ignorance and lack of knowledge of the…
