NEW DELHI: The Uniform Civil Code passed by the Uttarakhand Assembly has become a law. The Uniform Civil Code Act came into force in Uttarakhand after President Draupadi Murmu approved it. The legislature had passed the Uniform Civil Code last month. Common law for marriage, divorce and property rights has been enacted in the state. […]
BENGALURU: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reportedly taken the main accused in the Rameshwaram cafe blast case into custody. A national media report quoting the NIA that the accused Shabbir was taken into custody from Karnataka’s Ballari district. On March 1, an IED explosion took place at Bengaluru’s famous Rameshwaran café in the Whitefield […]
NEW DELHI: Amidst the raging controversy, SBI on Wednesday submitted an affidavit regarding electoral bonds in the Supreme Court. SBI also informed the court about submitting data on electoral bonds to the election commission. The data is contained in two PDF files which are protected by passwords. Between April 2019 and February 15, 2024, 22,217 […]
New Delhi: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear on March 11 an application filed by the State Bank of India (SBI) seeking extension of time till June 30 to disclose details of each electoral bond encashed by political parties before the scheme was scrapped last month. The bench, headed by Chief […]
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu has nominated author and social activist Sudha Murthy to the Rajya Sabha. This was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through X. Prime Minister noted on X that Sudha Murthy’s presence in the Rajya Sabha is a powerful testament to our ‘Nari Shakti’. Sudha Murthy, who was awarded the Padma […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a money laundering probe against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. The Congress leader had moved the top court against the Karnataka High Court order that refused to quash the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons issued to him in an alleged case of money laundering. A bench of […]
Kalpetta: Vice-Chancellor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences College on Tuesday suspended Dean M K Narayanan and Assistant Warden R. Kanthanathan from their duties in connection with the death of a student at the campus. The move comes as the VC found the explanations given by the duo unsatisfactory. Earlier today, justifying his action, M.K Narayanan […]
Kolkata: Abhijit Gangopadhyay announced on Tuesday that he is joining the BJP, hours after he resigned as a judge of the Calcutta High Court.Addressing a press conference, he alleged that the TMC was “synonymous with corruption” and he would fight it till the end. “I will be joining the BJP, possibly on March 7. I […]
JERUSALEM: A Malayali was killed and two others were injured when an anti-tank missile was fired in Israel. The dead has been identified as Patnibin Maxwell of Kollam. The other two injured are also Malayalees and have been identified as Bush Joseph George and Paul Melvin. The missile hit a plantation in Margaliot. Lebanon is […]
NEW DELHI: An Indian, who was working as a security helper of the Russian army in the war against Ukraine, was killed in a missile attack, a report said. The deceased is 23-year-old Hemil Mangukia, a native of Surat, Gujarat. Hemil’s relatives said that they came to know about his death on February 23. A […]