New Delhi: A day after Justice NV Ramana retired, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was sworn in as 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office of the Chief Justice of India to Justice Lalit at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the morning hours. He succeeds Justice NV Ramana, who retired […]
SRINAGAR: Chinese-made guns were used by the Pakistani terrorists who were killed in the encounter in Uri sector near the Line of Control, said the Indian Army. The army killed three terrorists during anti-infiltration operation. Two AK series guns, a Chinese M-16 weapon and explosives were recovered from the Pakistani terrorists. The Indian Army clarified […]
NEW DELHI: Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday informed his resignation from all positions of the party including the primary membership of the party. Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was in leadership for more than half a century, left the party after the rebellion. “The Indian National […]
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed on Wednesday that the BJP has approached four of its legislators in Delhi, asking them to switch sides and join the saffron party or else, face “false cases, the CBI and the ED”. Addressing a press conference here, AAP’s national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the bail plea of Kerala journalist Sidhique Kappan on Friday (August 26). Kappan along with three others were arrested on October 5, 2020 by the Uttar Pradesh Police under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)while going to Hathras after the rape and murder of a […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court ordered that a Muslim girl can marry upon reaching puberty irrespective of her age as per the ‘Mohemmadan Law’, the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937. The husband cannot be booked under The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act in such cases, it added. In the order […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a five-judge bench the petitions filed by the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde raising several constitutional questions related to defection, merger and disqualification. The top court ordered the listing of petitions before the constitution bench on Thursday and directed the Election Commission not […]
NEW DELHI: Women social workers have filed a public interest petition in the Supreme Court against the release of eleven accused in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. The petition was filed by CPM leader Subhashini Ali, Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra, media worker Revathi Laul and Roop Rekha Verma. The plea states that the convicts […]
New Delhi: The Union Finance Ministry has clarified that no service charge would be levied on UPI transactions.”UPI is a digital public good with immense convenience for the public & productivity gains for the economy. There is no consideration in Govt to levy any charges for UPI services. The concerns of the service providers for […]
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday carried out searches at 21 locations in Delhi-NCR, including at the premises of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and IAS officer Arava Gopi Krishna, after registering an FIR in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, officials said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered the FIR in […]