NEW DELHI: After rendering positive rulings in numerous PILs on diverse issues – gender justice, rights of disabled, queer and marginalised, CJI D Y Chandrachud signed off on Friday by entertaining the last PIL in his 25-year-long career that pleaded for including Indian healthcare system in PM Jan Arogya Yojana.The petitioner was serial PIL litigant…
NEW DELHI: In a consequential move, a key parliamentary panel is set to discuss proposal for reservation in private sector, a sensitive issue with serious political and social repercussions.The issue pertains to extending the frontiers of quota for Dalits and tribals from govt to private sector, a demand which gained prominence during UPA decade but…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has disapproved of HC interim orders to keep a MBBS seat vacant in a medical college for a candidate alleging unfair denial of admission and said such a direction can be passed only in exceptional circumstances when a candidate presents a strong prima facie case.This order was passed by a…
MUMBAI: In the charged poll season, candidates are going all out on social media to ensure messages make a lasting impression. Timelines are buzzing as incumbents and new contenders work overtime to amplify their reach, using hashtags to stand out.From assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar, who is using #PaanchSaalBemisaal to highlight his work in Colaba since…
BHOPAL: Robbers hacked off both legs of a 75-year-old woman in MP’s Sehore district to steal her silver anklets and threw her in a drain. She bled to death through the night.The victim, Motan Bai, was attacked in Guradia Rupchand village in Ashta region, 90km from Bhopal, on Friday evening. Her family grew alarmed when…
In a first-of-its-kind campaign, social media lit up with cinematic AI-powered election ads from Maharashtra’s deputy CM Ajit Pawar that racked up thousands of views and plenty of chatter.In one video, a young girl in a village takes a break from household chores under a tree when a newspaper lands on her lap with a…
JAMSHEDPUR: On the second day of his campaign blitzkrieg in Jharkhand, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that inflation and unemployment had reached an all-time high under PM Narendra Modi-led NDA govt, and singled out “politics of hate, violence, and anger” as the reasons behind what he alleged was a crashing economy.Addressing election rallies in Jamshedpur…
Relatives and locals during the funeral of Village Defence Guard (VDG) Nazir Ahmed, who was killed by terrorists, in Kishtwar district (Pic credit: PTI) JAMMU: Residents of Ohli village in Kishtwar district of Jammu region gathered Saturday to bid a tearful farewell to two local village defence guards (VDGs) and friends whose bodies were discovered…
RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal and wife Kanika Beniwal (Image Credit: X) NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party chief Madan Rathore made controversial sexist remarks on Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) MP Hanuman Beniwal’s wife saying that he will benefit if Kanika Beniwal loses the Khinvsar assembly bypoll as she can then be at home and take…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Jagat Prasad Nadda, addressing an election rally in Jharkhand’s Bishrampur on Saturday, pledged that if the BJP is elected to power, it would prevent children of Bangladeshi infiltrator fathers and local Adivasi mothers from accessing tribal rights. Nadda accused the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led government of harboring Bangladeshi…
