NEW DELHI — The government was bound to pay ex gratia to the next of kin of all those who died of Covid-19, the Supreme Court has said. It rejected the Centre’s plea to declare Section 12 of the National Disaster Management Act as nonmandatory and absolve the government of any duty to pay ex […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday extended the suspension on international commercial flight operations till July 31, 2021. “In partial modification of circular dated 26-06-2020, the competent authority has further extended the validity of circular issued on the above subject… regarding scheduled international commercial passenger services to or from India till 2359 hrs IST of […]
NEW DELHI — A woman has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection for herself and her family claiming that they are facing life-threats and being witch hunted by the UP police, media and vigilante groups after her wilful conversion from Hinduism to Islam, the New Indian Express reported. The woman, who is working in […]
NEW DELHI – A 50-year-old Muslim man was beaten to death by three youth for objecting to his daughter’s molestation in Madaniya village under Meja police station in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, according to reports. The accused, identified as Madhav Nishad, Kallu and Golu, allegedly passed lewd comments on Majid Ali’s daughter Sadia […]
NEW DELHI — In a late night development, Bulandshahr police booked Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari under Section 505 (2) of IPC and Section 74 of the IT (Amendment) Act 2008 for showing a wrong map of India on its website. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of a local lawyer, Bulandshahr SP […]
NEW DELHI — India has redirected at least 50,000 additional troops to its border with China in a historic shift toward an offensive military posture against the world’s second-biggest economy. Although the two countries battled in the Himalayas in 1962, India’s strategic focus has primarily been Pakistan since the British left the subcontinent, with the […]
LUDHIANA — People of Punjab’s Ludhiana are making a beeline for a shop selling Pakistani suits in the city. The clothing store named ‘Pakistani Attire’ is winning hearts and has garnered a lot of love and praise on social media. People are praising Puneet Chhabra, the owner of the store, for bringing Pakistani suits to […]
MUMBAI — Shiv Sena on Sunday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government for allegedly using CBI and ED for pressurising the non-BJP governments and political opponents in the country. “Even in the pre-independence period, people were not afraid of the tyrannical British rule. Today rich politicians, industrialists submit before the ‘ED’ and ‘CBI’. The […]
NEW DELHI — Several netizens took to Twitter to hail Manoj Sinha, the Lieutenant Governor of Union of Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, for his outstanding commitment towards public service after it was revealed that the Manoj Sinha had skipped his son’s wedding to attend the crucial all-party meeting with Prime Minister to discuss the […]
NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Friday demanded that the FIR lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police against a news portal and some journalists for circulating a video clip of an elderly Muslim man on social media be withdrawn immediately. It said “this wanton use of the law” to criminalise reporting […]