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A bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar said the suspension could have only been for a session of the House. It further added that the resolution for suspending the 12 BJP MLAs for a year was illegal and declared it ineffective.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said the state governments are obligated to collect quantifiable data, on inadequacy of representation, before granting reservation in promotion to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) employees in government jobs. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao said the collection of quantifiable data is mandatory to […]

Pietersen's tweets were a response to PM Modi's letter of appreciation, in which he had thanked the former skipper for his affections towards India.

Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel, 39, Vaishaliben Jagdishkumar Patel, 37, Vihangi Jagdishkumar Patel, 11 and Dharmik Jagdishkumar Patel, 3, all from the same family, were found dead near Emerson, Manitoba

The $700 million equity investment in Bharti Airtel is at a price per share of Rs 734, while $300 million will go towards investments in scaling Airtel's offerings that covers a range of devices to consumers.

A video of the event, held on Wednesday at a primary school in Sohratgarh Block of Siddhartha Nagar district, has gone viral.

New Delhi: India reported 2,51,209 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry reported on Friday. With this, the daily positivity rate in the country dropped to 15.88 per cent. As per the ministry, the country’s active caseload mounted to 21,05,611, which is 5.18 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases […]

"Six bombs recovered in Kandi subdivision of the Murshidabad district under Salar Police Station. An accused named Anarul Sheikh has been arrested."

New Delhi: The Indian government asked Twitter for data on 2,200 user accounts in the January-June 2021 period and the micro-blogging platform complied with just 2 per cent of the requests. There were also nearly 5,000 legal demands to remove Twitter accounts from India in the reporting period, the company’s latest transparency report has revealed. […]

Mumbai: In a significant decision, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra on Thursday permitted all supermarkets to sell wine manufactured in the state as part of the new wine policy, officials said. The decision was taken by the state Cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray – and it immediately attracted flak […]

New Delhi: The union government is working on a model for staggered opening of schools for physical classes following all Covid-19 related protocols, sources said on Thursday. Schools have been closed in most parts of the country for physical classes after the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the virus. Students have been mostly […]

New Delhi: Tata Group on Thursday took over the ownership of national carrier Air India. “The strategic disinvestment transaction of Air India successfully concluded today with transfer of 100 per cent shares of Air India to M/s talace Pvt Ltd along with management control,” DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said in a tweet. A new […]

New Delhi: N. Chandrasekaran, the chairman of Tata Sons, who control the entire Tata conglomerate, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday ahead of the official handover of Air India after the Tata group won the bid on October 8, 2021, leaving behind its competitor SpiceJet. Tata won the bid with a […]

Coimbatore: A leopard, which attacked three people in neighbouring Tirupur district, is on the prowl again, pouncing on two persons on the premises of a knitwear manufacturing unit in the district. A group of Forest department officials, with anti-poaching squad had started search operations immediately after receipt of information that a leopard had attacked two […]

Under the conditions, the firms shall submit data of ongoing clinical trials and the vaccines to be supplied for programmatic setting besides recording all vaccinations done within the country on the CoWIN platform, the sources said.

The court further quashed an FIR against the individual and his family members lodged on the charges of cheating after committing to marry the woman.

The chilling incident happened late on Tuesday night when a 6-year-old boy Ajay Y. Pardhi succumbed to acute pneumonia at the government's sub-district facility, Cottage Hospital, Jawhar, around 9 p.m.

Panaji: Former Goa Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal Parrikar offered prayers at Mahalaxmi Temple in Panaji on Thursday ahead of filing his nomination for the assembly polls contest. Utpal will file his nomination papers from the Panaji Assembly constituency on Thursday as an Independent candidate. “I came here to seek God’s blessings but […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Thursday decided to lift the weekend curfew and odd-even rule for shops in the market. However, the night curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. will continue in the national capital. The decision to relax the curbs was taken following a DDMA meeting chaired by Delhi […]

Lakhimpur Kheri: Samajwadi Party spokesman Zahid Ali Khan, 60, has been grievously injured after he was attacked by a stray bull on Wednesday night. Khan was on his way to make arrangements for the inauguration of the new party office on Wednesday night, when a stray bull tossed him around. He has been admitted to […]

Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju on Thursday informed through Twitter, that due procedures are being followed including the medical examination.

A Division Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh reduced the fine after the cine star volunteered to work with Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) for the cause of marignalised women and children.

"An unfortunate incident of sexual assault of a woman due to personal enmity happened in Shahdara District," said R Sathiyasundaram, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shahdara.

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said its leader Rahul Gandhi’s stand that democracy and social media platforms cannot be suppressed or subjugated by the ruling government and allowed to become a space for mere abuse and trolls stands vindicated. This came out after Twitter said it is committed to India and healthy debate on […]