SC upholds validity of SC/ST Amendment Act 2018
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that ruled out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against...
BJP will definitely come again: Fadnavis
Former Maharashtra chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that with the help of people's blessings one can make a comeback. "Nobody can stop you if you have blessings of the people. We definitely make...
RSS ideologue P Parameswaran passes away; PM, others condole
P Parameswaran, veteran Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue, thinker and a prolific writer, died early Sunday at Ottappalam in Kerala, Sangh Parivar sources said. The 93-year-old founder-director of the Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram, established to promote "nationalist thoughts" among Keralites, breathed his...
Nice feeling: Priyanka Gandhi’s 1st-time voter son
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's son Raihan Rajiv Vadra, a first-time voter, on Saturday advocated for access to public transport, saying that it should be subsidised for the students, adding that he wants to see Delhi at par with...
Battle for Delhi: Voting begins amid tight security
The polling for the 70-member Delhi Assembly got underway on Saturday morning, an election that saw the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress engaged in a bitterly fought high-octane campaign. Over 1.47 crore people are eligible...
To protest assault, Mumbai photographers to boycott police marathon
A day after a photojournalist was allegedly beaten up by policemen, the Bombay News Photographers Association said it would boycott Sunday's Maharashtra International Police Marathon in Mumbai. Ashish Raje, a senior photojournalist with a city tabloid, was allegedly beaten up by...
Not interested in bringing down Maha govt: Fadnavis
The Bharatiya Janata Party is not interested in bringing down the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government which would "collapse due to its own burden", said Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly Devendra Fadnavis on Friday. The MVA government...
Delay sending wrong message: Nirbhaya’s mom
Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Friday expressed disappointment over postponing the execution of death warrants of the convicts and said the delay is sending a wrong message to the world. Determined to keep the fight on, she said, "We keep getting...
No right to scold MPs, Speaker chides Supriyo
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday chided Union minister Babul Supriyo for making certain remarks against Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, saying no right has been given to the minister to scold any member in the House. Supriyo made...
MNS flags off poster war with Sena
A poster put up by the MNS outside Matoshree, the residence of Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray. The poster reads,"Respected CM, if you are serious about action against illegal infiltrators, start by cleaning your Bandra locality first...
Nitin Gadkari lauds India Auto Inc for achieving speedy BS VI upgrade
Auto Expo – The Motor Show 202o was officially inaugurated at the India Expo Mart yesterday by Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways & Shipping, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India. Also present at the...
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 5.15%
The six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) on Thursday decided to keep its short-term lending rate -- repo rate rate -- unchanged at 5.15 per cent in the sixth bimonthly policy review of the ongoing financial year. The RBI maintained it accommodative...
SC refuses to stay HC order on reservation to Marathas
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to stay the Bombay high court order upholding a Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta said the matter has been...
Nirbhaya convicts get 1 week for legal remedies
2012 Delhi gang-rape case: The Delhi High Court observes that Delhi prison rules do not state that if mercy petition of one convict is pending, the execution of the other convicts can take place. In effect, the court said that...
No NRC in Maharashtra, promises Uddhav
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said there was no need to fear the Citizenship Amendment Act, but asserted his government will not allow the proposed National Register of Citizens to be implemented as it would "impact people...
1 Dalit among 15 trustees in Ram Temple trust: HM
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that there will be 15 trustees in the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the constitution of 'Shri Ram Janambhoomi Tirath Kshetra', which would...
PM announces setting up of Ram Temple trust in LS
The Union Cabinet has given its nod to set up a trust for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Soon after the meeting of the Union Cabinet ended, Modi...
Felt anguished breaking up with BJP: Uddhav
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that splitting with their decades-old ally Bharatiya Janata Party was a hurtful decision and Shiv Sena had stood like a mountain for BJP during the time of crisis. "I am honestly saying that...
‘No Decision Yet on Implementation of Nationwide NRC’, Home Ministry Clarifies in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday clarified that the government has not taken any decision yet on introducing National Register of Indian Citizens (NRC) across the country. Related Stories Day After Facing Sedition, Karnataka School Headmistress, Parent Arrested For ‘Abuse’...
AAP to release manifesto for Delhi polls today
Three days ahead of polling, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party will release its manifesto for the Delhi Assembly elections. Congress and BJP both have already released their manifestos for the polls. In January, AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind...
Matoshree always wielded power: Uddhav
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that 'power' has always stayed with 'Matoshree', the family residence of Thackeray's, irrespective of the government ruling the State and that with his becoming the CM, the 'government's power has now come to' 'Matoshree'. "Power...
