TRICHY: Tamil Nadu‘s crusade against delimitation took “baby steps” towards a full-blown public showdown with the Centre on Monday, with CM M K Stalin calling on newlyweds to “immediately” have children for the state to have an upper hand when the exercise is rolled out in over a year.The CM was speaking at a wedding…
DK Shivakumar and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday strongly opposed the proposed nation-wide delimitation exercise, alleging that the central government aims to reduce Lok Sabha seats in southern states.“The Congress party opposes delimitation. They (Centre) want to reduce the seats of the Southern states….
NEW DELHI: Dismissing an appeal of the Centre against a Sikkim high court decision, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said that lottery distributors are not liable to pay service tax to the Union government. “Since there is no agency in the relationship, the respondents (lottery distributors) were not liable to pay service tax….
Justice Sanjiv Khanna (File photo) NEW DELHI: Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is currently a Supreme Court judge, will take charge as Chief Justice of India (CJI) on November 11 this year. Justice Khanna will succeed CJI DY Chandrachud, who is serving as the country’s 50th chief justice.Last week, CJI Chandrachud had formally proposed Justice Sanjiv…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday announced a new initiative aimed at providing essential commodities to the people of strife-torn Manipur at affordable prices. Shah said the Union government will make Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandars accessible to civilians starting September 17.Taking to X, Shah said, “In line with PM Shri Narendra Modi…
NEW DELHI: “Sensitive material” with the Centre is holding up the implementation of the SC collegium‘s recommendations for appointments of chief justices of high courts, attorney general R Venkatramani told Supreme Court on Friday to explain what is impeding execution of the decisions taken by the collegium, which has the sole say in appointments to…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday lambasted former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi after he accused the Union government of curbing ‘free speech’ of newly elected MP and radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh by invoking the National Security Act against him.Accusing the grand old party of siding with the Khalistanis, Union minister…
NEW DELHI: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday clarified his party’s stance regarding the formation of the upcoming Union government in India. In a press briefing, he expressed his firm support for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is at its lowest point in the last 15 years.Chandrababu Naidu said, “You always want…
NEW DELHI: Union government on Tuesday told Supreme Court that Constitution-framers intended to give Centre complete control over any industry in public interest through a Parliament-enacted law ousting states’ jurisdiction and this power was used by Modi govt to order diversion of steel plant produced oxygen to hospitals and industrial alcohol for hand sanitisers during…
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Tuesday provided chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar with a Z-category VIP security cover in the wake of potential threats, official sources said.The Union ministry of home affairs has entrusted the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) with the responsibility of deploying a contingent of approximately 40-45 armed commandos to ensure…
