‘Wondering why govt chose to keep its eyes shut …’: What SC said on Ramdev’s misleading ads case | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday appeared before the Supreme Court and tendered an unconditional apology for violating order related to misleading advertisements of Patanjali‘s medicinal products.The apex court criticized Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved’s managing director, Acharya Balkrishna, for their “absolute defiance” in not submitting proper compliance affidavits.The court also expressed disapproval of Balkrishna’s…

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Election commission appoints special observers in states to ensure level playing field in upcoming general elections | India News – Times of India

Continuing the tradition of deploying special observers to provide critical feedback and oversight of a level-playing field in elections, the election commission on Tuesday appointed special general and police observers for six states as well as special expenditure observers for five states.The general and police will be the special observers who will help EC to…

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Supreme Court declines to stop puja of deities in Gyanvapi cellar | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with a Varanasi court’s order allowing a priest nominated by the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust to conduct daily puja at ‘Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana‘ inside Gyanvapi mosque’s cellar and said Muslims would continue to offer namaz as usual inside the mosque.After a one-and-a-half-hour-long hearing on the…

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Pre-merger woes mount: Cancellations & delays force Vistara to cut flights | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Vistara’s pre-merger woes have mounted with “significant cancellations and delays in past few days” now forcing the airline to “temporarily” truncate its schedule. It will deploy wide body Dreamliners and Airbus A321s on domestic route in a bid to clear the backlog of affected passengers.Discontent has been simmering amid Vistara pilots over reported…

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