NEW DELHI — The Uttar Pradesh Population Policy 2021-2030 bill proposed by CM Yogi Adityanath has been at the centre of criticism from the Opposition ever since it was unveiled. The opposition has termed it a move aimed at influencing next year’s assembly elections. Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who recently entered into […]
NEW DELHI — In the midst of the continuing military stalemate with India, the Chinese Army is erecting permanent concrete buildings along the Line of Actual Control, allowing its soldiers to quickly reach the disputed territories with India. According to senior government sources, one such military camp is being built a few kilometres inside Chinese territory, […]
NEW DELHI — JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and sedition law, has moved a bail plea before a court here in a case related to making allegedly inflammatory speeches during the protests against CAA and NRC at two universities. Imam was arrested for his alleged speech at Jamia […]
NEW DELHI — A whopping 85 per cent of the higher education students in India believe they had a learning loss, according to a survey by TeamLease EdTech. The survey, titled “Covid 19 Learning Loss in Higher Education”, showed that while students feel that the loss is between 40 per cent and 60 per cent, […]
NEW DELHI — Continuing his criticism against the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged that the Centre destroyed in seconds what took centuries to build. Rahul posted his remark on his Twitter handle while cornering the government over a range of issues including vaccine shortage, confrontation China along the LAC, unemployment, price hike, […]
NEW DELHI — Supreme Court on Wednesday said messages exchanged on social media platform have no evidential value and that the author of such WhatsApp messages cannot be tied to them, especially in business partnerships governed by agreements. According to a report by Times of India, a bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and […]
NEW DELHI — A 62-year-old man, Kazim Ahmed was attacked by three Hindu youth on Sunday morning in Noida Sector 37 in the National Capital Region leaving him half dead. As per report by Maktoob Media, Kazim Ahmed, resident of Zakir Nagar in Delhi said that he was brutally beaten, harassed and attacked by the […]
NEW DELHI — The Apex Court on Monday expressed shock and concern on being told that more than 1,000 cases have been filed invoking Section 66A of the IT Act. The controversial act in the question, which allowed authorities to arrest individuals for posting “offensive” content online, was scrapped seven years ago. A three-member bench […]
NEW DELHI — Two men were arrested from central Delhi in connection with stealing cars here and selling them in Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Showket Ahmad Malla (25), a resident of Baramulla district in Jammu ad Kashmir, and Mohammad Juber (22), a resident of Shamli district in Uttar […]
CHANDIGARH — Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said the Centre should not put conditions if it wants to resume talks with the protesting farmers. His remarks come after Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar asserted that the three new central agriculture laws would bring revolutionary changes in the lives of farmers, and […]