KUSHINAGAR (UP) — An Islamic flag hoisted on a mobile tower in Kasia town near Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh was removed after the local people spotted it and informed the police. According to reports, angry locals who spotted the flag, which was installed parallel to a saffron flag, took to the streets and forced traders […]
SRINAGAR — A group of students from Bihar and other states clashed with Kashmiri students on the premises of Lala Lajpat Rai College of Engineering and Management at Ghal Kalan village in Moga district on Sunday evening. Some students from both sides were injured in the incident, The Tribune reported. The injured students were rushed […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its strong discontent over delay in appointment of judges, saying, “needless to say that unless the bench is adorned by competent lawyers, the very concept of rule of law and justice suffers”. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka said: “If we […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of all the six life-term convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case in view of the Tamil Nadu government’s recommendation. In May, the top court had ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment over the 1991 assassination of the […]
CHIKKAMAGALUR (KARNATAKA) — Karnataka police have detained four minors in Chikkamagalur on account of celebrating victory of Pakistan in cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup, police said on Friday. According to police, the accused had shouted pro-Pakistan slogans. The incident had taken place at N.R. Pura near Balehonnur on November 9. The boys have come out in […]
NEW DELHI — Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud was sworn in as the 50th Chief Justice of India on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. President Droupadi Murmu administered him the oath at a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Justice Chandrachud takes over as the head of India’s Judiciary from Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, who demitted […]
NEW DELHI — More than 20,000 schools shut down across the country during 2020-21 while the number of teachers also declined by 1.95 pc in comparison to the previous year, according to a new report by the Ministry of Education. The Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report on school education in India […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to examine the possibility of putting people with disabilities under different categories in civil services. Attorney General R. Venkataramani, representing the Centre, contended that the government was looking into the matter and sought time from a bench comprising Justices S.A. Nazeer and V. Ramasubramanian. […]
BENGALURU — A special court in Bengaluru has jailed an engineering student for five years over derogatory Facebook posts about the Pulwama militant attack, police said. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) said on Monday that the resident of Kacharaknahalli in Bengaluru Faiz Rasheed has been in jail since his arrest in February 2019 after his […]
MORBI (GUJARAT) — The death toll due to the collapse of a suspension bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi has increased to 141 as of Monday morning, a top police official confirmed. The toll was confirmed to the media by Rajkot Range Inspector General of Police Ashok Yadav. However, the toll according to the Minister of State […]