NEW DELHI — Noting that law graduates in this country are only accustomed to considering legal problems in a theoretical manner, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday stressed the need to introduce courses that are more practical. Speaking at the 18th Annual Convocation of Nalsar law University near here he cautioned the graduating […]
NEW DELHI — A Tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Monday sought the stand of Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in proceedings to consider the Union government’s decision to declare it as an unlawful association. The one-member Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, comprising Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel, issued […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday, December 17, 2021, asked the Delhi High Court to decide within three months a petition for an FIR to be registered and investigation started against BJP leaders who had allegedly made hate speeches capable of inciting crowds ahead of the 2020 Delhi riots. A bench comprising Justices […]
NEW DELHI — Some decisions made by the BJP-led central government might have been wrong but no questions could be raised about its intention, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Friday. Addressing the annual general meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Shah said no charges of corruption were […]
NEW DELHI — All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday took a dig at the Central Government and said that if a girl can choose the Prime Minister at the age of 18, then why not a partner. Speaking to ANI, Mr Owaisi said, “This is a very good example of the […]
NEW DELHI — Following the ban on Tablighi Jamaat by Saudi Arabia, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has demanded a ban on similar patterns in India, with VHP working president Alok Kumar calling the organisation “a manufacturing hub of radical Islamic terror” and “a host and patron […]
NEW DELHI — The concept of investigative journalism is “unfortunately” vanishing from the media canvas, “at least in the Indian context”, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Wednesday. CJI Ramana remark came while speaking at the launch of the book “Blood Sanders: The Great Forest Heist” authored by senior journalist Sudhakar Reddy Udumula, […]
KARNATAKA — Controversy has engulfed Karnataka after Senior Congress leader K R Ramesh Kumar and Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri’s sexist conversation went viral. Kumar, a former speaker of the House, said to the Speaker, “There’s a saying… when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it. That’s exactly the position into which you are.” […]
MUMBAI — Ex-INX media executive Indrani Mukerjea today made a sensational statement, claiming that her daughter Sheena Bora is alive and in Kashmir. Indrani Mukerjea, who is accused of murdering Bora and is currently serving time in prison for the same, has written a letter to the investigating agency as well the special CBI court […]
DHAMTARI — A 26-year-old woman allegedly hanged her two minor sons to death and then committed suicide at their home in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday in Dhuma village, located about 50 km from the state capital Raipur, when the woman’s husband, a vegetable vendor, and other […]