NEW DELHI — Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on Monday. The 82-year-old veteran politician was admitted in the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, Haryana. Akhilesh Yadav confirmed the news of the leader’s death on Twitter. In a tweet he said, “My respected father and everyone’s leader […]
NEW DELHI — The government has written to Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit to name his successor, sources said on Friday. The letter was sent this morning, they said. As part of the procedure, the law minister writes to the CJI to name his or her successor. Justice Lalit retires as the CJI […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to submit information on welfare schemes for the elderly with respect to pension, old age homes in each district and level of geriatric care. A bench of Justices Anirudhha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia said the report of the States shall also disclose […]
ITANAGAR — A pilot was killed and another injured when an Army aviation Cheetah helicopter flying in the forward area near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh crashed on Wednesday, defence sources said. Defence spokesman Lt. Col Mahendra Rawat said that during a routine sortie, the Cheetah helicopter crashed at around 10 a.m. injuring both the pilots […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Monday issued advisories to news websites, OTT platforms and private satellite channels asking them to refrain from carrying advertisements of offshore betting sites. “…the private satellite television channels are strongly advised to refrain advertisements of online offshore betting platforms and/or their surrogate news websites or any such product/service depicting […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, and urged everyone to purchase khadi and handicrafts products as a tribute to him. He also fondly remembered India’s second prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose birth anniversary also falls on October 2, noting that he is […]
NEW DELHI — A Jamia Millia Islamia student was shot at and injured by another student inside the Holy Family Hospital in southeast Delhi’s Jamia Nagar area Thursday evening, police said. Around 8.50 pm, information was received regarding a quarrel at Jamia Millia Islamia university library, they said. During inquiry, it was found that the […]
NEW DELHI — The government has ordered internet companies to block 67 pornographic websites following court orders and for violating the new IT rules that were issued in 2021. In an email sent to internet service providers, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked them to block 63 websites based on the order of a […]
NEW DELHI — The Government on Wednesday extended by three months its programme to provide free rations to the poor at a cost of over Rs 44,700 crore, as it looked to ease pain from high inflation and make political gains in the upcoming Gujarat election. The scheme to provide 5 kg of wheat and […]
NEW DELHI — The Government of India on Wednesday appointed Lt General Anil Chauhan (Retired) as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). In a statement, the ministry of defence said the retired Lt General will also function as Secretary to Government of India, Department of Military Affairs. “Govt of India appoints Lt General Anil […]