NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed uproar on Monday over the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act. The chaos unfolded after the National Conference (NC)-led alliance government reiterated its intent to bring a resolution opposing the Act, which has now become law following its passage in both Houses of Parliament and Presidential assent.Assembly Speaker Abdul…
NEW DELHI: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra approached the Bombay high court on Monday seeking to quash the FIR filed against him over his indirect reference to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as a ‘traitor’ during a recent performance.The remark led to a controversy, with Shiv Sena workers vandalising Mumbai’s Habitat Studio, where Kamra had…
RAMESWARAM: PM Modi took a swipe at Tamil Nadu’s governing DMK over the contentious language issue on Sunday, questioning why politicians from the state sign official letters in English. “Tamil is a language of pride. I am surprised … no one signs their name in Tamil,” he said, urging them to do so.Addressing allegations from…
Faith is on the menu in UP’s sacred triangle and the writing’s on the wall – or rather, the signboards – as it’s all about going veggie. The transformation of ‘Sanjha Chulha’ was as luminous as the bright red signboard that announced it. For 25 years, the popular eatery on Varanasi-Lucknow highway had been a…
President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Lisbon on early Monday marking the beginning of a historic four-day state visit to Portugal and Slovakia. The visit is at the invitation of Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Slovak President Peter Pellegrini. This is the first state visit by an Indian President to Portugal in 27 years,…
NEW DELHI: Taking exception to the conduct of an NRI woman, who after agreeing before Supreme Court to settle matrimonial dispute with her ex-husband moved a US court seeking an order to restrain the apex court from proceeding, SC has issued a notice to her to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against…
NEW DELHI: A goodwill gesture made by India in 2016, when PM Narendra Modi handed over 88 ambulances to Sri Lanka, is helping the island nation save millions of lives. Sri Lanka, govt sources said, used the ambulances gifted by India to launch its national emergency ambulance service and, as time passed by, added more…
NEW DELHI: India plans to commission its strategic new naval base for nuclear submarines and other warships in coastal Andhra Pradesh next year, with an eye on China’s ever-expanding naval forays into the Indian Ocean Region. India is also progressively upgrading the Karwar base in Karnataka on the western seaboard.The strategic base located near the…
MADURAI/T’PURAM: CPM politburo member Mariam Alexander Baby was appointed Sunday as the party’s new general secretary, becoming only the second from Kerala to hold the position after the state’s first CM EMS Namboodiripad. Baby, 71, succeeded the late Sitaram Yechury at CPM’s 24th congress in Madurai.Former general secretary Prakash Karat, who briefly served as interim…
KOLKATA: A consumer forum cannot issue an arrest warrant like a criminal court. It can only issue detention orders like a civil court, Calcutta high court held in its recent order.“Law does not authorise the forum to issue a warrant of arrest for enforcement of its order under the Code of Criminal Procedure,” Justice Suvra…
