NEW DELHI: In a boost for BJP-led NDA’s ranks in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla on Saturday recognised the six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs’ decision to join Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, even as he is yet to take a final call on the merger of 20 rebel TMC MPs with little-known Nationalist Citizens…
NEW DELHI: Drawing a distinction between using abuse language and the offence of obscenity, Supreme Court has said that use of mere swear words, profanities and vulgar expletives, however distasteful or uncivil they may be, cannot be equated with obscenity and is not an offence. It set aside conviction under Section 294 for a person…
NEW DELHI: Medical colleges across the country will now decide faculty appointments and promotions on their own, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) ending routine eligibility clearances. Only exceptional cases involving regulatory ambiguity will be taken up by the regulator for a fee of Rs 25,000 plus GST.The decision comes after it was observed that…
JAMMU: Army troops opened fire after noticing a suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir on Friday night.“The small arms firing was reported from the Tarkundi forward area around 10 pm on Friday and continued for nearly one-and-a-half hours. However, there were no reports of any…
Skyroot Aerospace CEO and founder Pawan Kumar Chandana and co-founder Naga Bharath Daka speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the phone from Sriharikota after the successful maiden launch NEW DELHI: “When I took the bold step of privatising the space sector, I was discouraged not to go ahead, I was told it could not…
Prashant Kishor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Sunday claimed that the ruling BJP is “trembling with fear” over his decision to contest the Bankipur assembly bypoll, a move that marks his electoral debut.“One man has stood up, and the entire BJP, from top to bottom, is trembling with fear,”…
59.95% students mark a improvement NEW DELHI: The Central Board on Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday declared the results for second edition of the class 10th board examinations. According to CBSE, 6,63,777 students appeared for the second board examination, of whom 5,13,955 took the test to improve their scores from the main examination. A total…
Kartik Aryan, Mammootty, Yami Gautam NEW DELHI: A political thriller on the removal of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status won Best Feature Film. A biopic of V D Savarkar brought its actor-director the award for Best Debut Director. A Tamil film on an Army officer killed in Kashmir took Best Direction. Another film set during…
New Delhi: Security personnel detain a supporter of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) after activist Sonam Wangchuk, unseen, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 21 days, is shifted to a hospital from Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday intensified round-the-clock surveillance, vehicle checks and security…
File photo: Union minister Kiren Rijiju and rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has invited rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay and 19 other Lok Sabha MPs, who have joined the National Citizens Party of India (NCPI), to attend the customary all-party meeting ahead of the Monsoon…
