NEW DELHI: After expressing reservations, SC Friday sought news portal NewsClick’s response to ED’s appeal challenging a Delhi HC order quashing an ECIR under PMLA against the online media outlet purportedly based only on the contentions of the accused while disregarding the unimpeachable evidence produced by ED.Though a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices…
NEW DELHI: Acknowledging that the enormous amount of judicial time spent over the years to tackle pollution in Delhi had yielded only marginal benefits, Supreme Court Friday said when more and more restrictions, without scientific basis, were put in place, people tended to violate them with a vengeance, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.Reflecting on numerous orders and…
NEW DELHI: Observing that the Constitution is supreme and that no individual or political organisation stands above it, Supreme Court Friday issued notice to office-bearers of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), including its president, seeking their response on why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them over a now-deleted social media post on CJI…
NEW DELHI: India’s postgraduate medical education system is set for a major expansion, with 9,783 seats being added for the 2026-27 academic year. The increase takes the total approved PG intake to 68,305, up from 58,522, with govt medical colleges accounting for the largest share of the new seats.Of the additional seats, 4,373 have been…
Karnataka minister Rizwan Arshad Friday alleged that tests at state-authorised labs found “excess” mixing of ethanol in E20 fuel, as high as 31.2% in some cases. Samples were collected from 63 petrol bunks across the state and 14 of them had ethanol above the prescribed limit, he said. PSUs denied the claim, saying it was…
Dal Lake floating post office SRINAGAR: Working hours at India’s only Floating Post Office, operating from a houseboat on Dal Lake in Srinagar, have been extended from five hours to 12 hours, Department of Posts announced Friday. According to the revised timings, the post office (PO) at Nehru Park will now remain open from 9am…
Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah SRINAGAR: With National Conference (NC) facing its biggest internal challenge in recent decades, party president Farooq Abdullah and Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah held a meeting with 15 of the 25 rebel MLAs at the former’s residence for over two hours on Friday morning in a bid to…
Panic as Karmabhoomi Express catches fire in Punjab; bomb threats to Bombay HC, BSE and Amitabh Bachchan’s residence. A fire broke out in three coaches of the Karmabhoomi Express in Punjab’s Patiala district; no casualties were reported. The Indian stock market rallied strongly in the festive season, defying global trends. The Bombay High Court received…
NEW DELHI: In a relief to Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, a city court on Friday dismissed a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against her for allegedly comparing Delhi government officials to Lord Hanuman.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar dismissed the application filed by complainant Ram Niwas Sharma, observing that Gupta’s remarks appeared to…
Rahul Gandhi shared a video of Amit Shah’s contrasting remarks on a parliamentary debate on SIR. NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, urged home minister Amit Shah to convince Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have a debate with him on special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls in the Parliament. He…
