New Delhi: Three academicians engaged by NCERT as experts – Prof Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar and Alok Prasanna Kumar – whom the Supreme Court banned for life “for projecting a negative image of judiciary” by mentioning about corruption in judiciary in a Class 8 textbook, approached the apex court Monday seeking a review of the…
T’puram: EC on Monday sought a report from Thiruvananthapuram district collector over BJP’s Kattakkada candidate P K Krishnadas’s controversial speech saying the victory of LDF or UDF would promote ‘love jihad‘ in Kerala. EC has also sought legal advice on the matter.At an election rally inaugurated by Union home minister Amit Shah, Krishnadas alleged that…
New Delhi: Observing nepotism and patronage has no place in distribution of public resources, Supreme Court on Monday directed a CBI inquiry into the allegation of allotment of public contracts worth over Rs 1,200 crore by the Arunachal Pradesh govt to companies owned or controlled by CM Pema Khandu’s close family members.Taking note of CAG…
SRINAGAR: Hope blooms in Srinagar’s Tulip Garden. Some cancer-struck kids just came back with rich pickings.The children were brought to the garden along Dal Lake on Monday from Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) as part of the hospital’s immunotherapy efforts — strengthening the immune system with hope, optimism and positivity. The children numbered around…
Representative image (AP) JAMMU: On Sept 13, 2025, a 23-year-old Jammu man, who had travelled to Russia a little over a month ago with dreams to land a job, made a WhatsApp call to his family, informing them that he was being sent to the frontlines in the Russia-Ukraine war, and pleading for help. That…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has, for the first time, come out with dedicated rules to manage tar balls – weathered product of oil spills due to offshore oil exploration activities, oil tanker/ ship/ vessel accidents or pipeline leakages that cause marine pollution – and proposed mandatory provisions for owner of oil facilities for its collection,…
File photo (Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai with PM Modi) New Delhi: With Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division now free from the hold of Maoists, state chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah here on Tuesday to discuss the roadmap for a development and infrastructure push in the…
File photo: PM Modi (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India had taken a “defining step” in its civil nuclear journey after the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attained criticality, marking a major milestone in the country’s nuclear energy programme.In a post on X, PM Modi said…
CEC Gyanesh Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected the impeachment motion against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, who has been facing opposition’s heat over the pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the “conduct” of the recent assembly polls.It was the first time a notice was…
NEW DELHI: Delhi police on Monday detained three suspects for breaching security at the Delhi Assembly and placing a bouquet and garland in Speaker’s vehicle parked on the porch before fleeing.According to officials, a SUV car bearing an Uttar Pradesh registration number of Pilibhit area, entered the Assembly premises after breaking through the Gate number…
