RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: In a serious breach of women’s privacy, CCTV videos from a private hospital in Rajkot showing women undergoing gynecological check-ups and medical treatment were circulated on social media, prompting the police to lodge an offence.The Ahmedabad cybercrime branch, which was entrusted the probe along with its Rajkot counterparts, revealed that videos of multiple women…
NEW DELHI: Faced with BJP’s fierce assault over Sam Pitroda’s remarks suggesting that India has unnecessarily been confrontational towards China, Congress washed its hands of the latest controversial utterances of the long-time confidante of the Nehru-Gandhi family.BJP said Pitroda’s statement that the threat from China was blown out of proportion and India’s attitude has been…
NEW DELHI: In a rare honour for a visiting head of state, PM Narendra Modi received the Qatar Amir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, at the airport. This is the first visit by the Amir to India in nine years.Al-Thani joined a select group of people, which includes former US President Barak Obama, Donald Trump…
JAIPUR: A govt senior secondary school in Bikaner has become the second institute in Rajasthan to receive a communication from the education department to replace Urdu with Sanskrit as a third language from the new academic session commencing in April. Director of secondary education Ashish Modi’s Feb 14 order came within days of the school…
KOLKATA: The issue of the US deporting illegal immigrants, including Indians, came up for discussion in the Calcutta High Court on Monday as the court turned down the bail applications of a Bangladeshi couple, now behind bars, accused of entering India with fake passports.A division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi…
NEW DELHI: With Elon Musk-led DOGE’s (Department of Government Efficiency) disclosure that USAID contributed $21 million to EC allegedly for boosting voter turnout, BJP Monday demanded a probe into the whole affair.“So, DOGE has discovered that USAID allocated $21 million for ‘voter turnout’ in India, a euphemism for paying voters to cast their votes to…
MUMBAI: The cold war between CM Devendra Fadnavis and deputy CM Eknath Shinde took a new turn Monday with the home department held by the CM downgrading security cover for over 20 Shiv Sena MLAs who are not ministers from Y+ category to just one constable and withdrawing cover given to some other Sena netas.In…
NEW DELHI: Responding to Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin‘s accusation once again that the BJP-led Union govt is attempting to impose Hindi on the state, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticised the DMK govt for “doing politics” over the issue while reiterating Centre’s commitment to implementing the National Education Policy 2020.The latest row…
NEW DELHI: Responding to the argument that the verdict passed last week by a Supreme Court bench, that twin conditions must be followed while granting bail in PMLA cases, was inconsistent with earlier rulings, another bench of the court on Monday clarified that there was no conflict as the issues of delay in trial and…
NEW DELHI: As many individuals, organisations, politicians and political parties continue to approach Supreme Court filing applications in support and against the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, the apex court Monday said there should be a limit on such applications. The court deferred the case to April to be heard by a three-judge…
