In a historic victory for India’s first woman candidate, Uma Sekhar was elected to the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit) with an impressive 45 out of 59 votes in the 1st round at the elections held in Rome, Italy, government sources said. India’s membership is from 2024-28. … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has recorded 237 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 1,185, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.The death toll was recorded at 5,33,309, the data updated at 8 am stated.The country’s Covid case tally is 4.50 crore (4,50,03,830).The number of people who have recuperated from … Read more
NEW DELHI: One of the main accused in Parliament security breach Lalit Jha, was reportedly last located in Rajasthan’s Nimrana, as stated by police sources on Thursday. In the ongoing investigation, four individuals have been apprehended. Authorities revealed that Vicky and his wife are currently undergoing interrogation.“So far no connection with any outfit has been … Read more
NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has claimed that his public allegation linking Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing to an Indian official was intended to deter India from resorting to similar action.The Canadian prime minister said the message he delivered in the House of Commons was an extra “level of deterrence” to keep … Read more
A woman lieutenant-colonel posted in Jammu and Kashmir has lodged a rape case against her colleague of the same rank and his mother with Cantonment police station in Varanasi.She has alleged that the accused promised to marry her and had unnatural sex with her on many occasions. He also made a video of her and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday withdrew the three bills to replace criminal laws and introduced a fresh set of draft legislations incorporating recommendations of a parliamentary panel in Lok Sabha. He said instead of bringing several official amendments to incorporate recommendations of the Parliamentary committee on home affairs, the government decided to … Read more
NEW DELHI: Highlighting intergenerational trauma and suffering which people in Jammu & Kashmir had to go through over the years, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, while upholding abrogation of J&K’s special status, recommended setting up a truth and reconciliation commission to talk to the residents and probe human rights violations by state and non-state actors since … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a surprising twist, the BJP on Monday selected three-time MLA Mohan Yadav as the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, denying stalwart leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan a record fifth term at the top post.The BJP also announced not one, but two deputy chief ministers for the state – Jagdish Deora and Rajendra … Read more
JAMMU: Underscoring the populace’s readiness for a political struggle in case of an unfavorable outcome about the verdict of Supreme Court on Article 370 expected tomorrow, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) today asserted that the special constitutional position under challenge was not merely a legal issue for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.“It’s time when Government … Read more
PATNA: Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that the central government never had any intention of creating hurdles in caste-based survey and the BJP had supported it in Bihar when it was in power in the state.Chairing the 26th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council here, Shah said there were some issues regarding … Read more
