BHOPAL: Cheetahs were not part of the Kuno management plan, stated a MP govt audit report, pointing out violation of rules and absence of certain documents related to expenditures on Project Cheetah.Kuno was marked for the relocation of Gir lions and was designated as their secondary habitat, but there was no movement on that front, … Read more
AAP suporters and party workers rejoice outside Arvind Kejriwal’s residence after the Delhi chief minister walked out of jail on Friday. (Nivedita Singh/News18) All roads in the national capital seemed to lead to the AAP convenor’s house in Civil Lines where an enthusiastic throng of party workers threw caution to the wind and burst firecrackers … Read more
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to a PIL by criminal law practitioner Aabad H Ponda, advocating wide publicity to stringent provisions of amended rape laws prescribing stiff punishments as a measure to curb crimes against women.Referring to the RG Kar Hospital … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Centre on a petition seeking action against growing incidents of rape in the country by increasing awareness about rape laws and rights available to women under various laws, by introducing it as part of school curriculum. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) … Read more
AAP on Friday demanded the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah after Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan came down heavily on the CBI for arresting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and said the central agency must dispel the notion of being a “caged parrot”. The top court on Friday granted bail to Kejriwal in … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on March 21. (PTI file photo) Political attacks aside, what may create hurdles for Arvind Kejriwal to carry out his Chief Ministerial duties once he is out of Tihar Jail are a set of strict conditions imposed on him by the apex court in the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) … Read more
In big relief to Delhi Chief Minister, Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Arvind Kejriwal in CBI case of alleged excise policy scam. The two-judge bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, had reserved the order on September 5, after the hearing was concluded. The AAP chief was arrested by the CBI on … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) directive that limited the number of participants in ‘dhol-tasha’ groups to 30 during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.“Let them do ‘dhol-tasha’, it is the heart of Pune,” the bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud remarked while passing the interim order.The bench, which … Read more
If you like your progressive politics with a side of Millennial nostalgia, has Kamala Harris got just the Thursday plans for you. Sophia Bush and Busy Philipps will be on board Harris’s Reproductive Freedom Bus for an event in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the planning. Bush and Philipps … Read more
Disgraced musician Jacob Hoggard says he’s faced threats while in custody and is being held in solitary confinement, as his lawyers mount another appeal of his sexual assault conviction. The former Hedley frontman’s lawyer, Arash Ghiassi, appeared in a Toronto courtroom by Zoom on Tuesday morning. Hoggard’s legal team is seeking to have Hoggard, 40, … Read more
