Delhi L-G grants prosecution sanction against Shehla Rashid for tweets against Indian Army

New Delhi (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena has granted prosecution sanction against Shehla Rashid Shora, former vice president of the JNU Students' Union and member of AISA, for her two tweets against the Indian Army.

The tweets…

'There are democratically elected institutions', SC agrees to hear plea on Joshimath sinking

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea on January 16, seeking its intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand's Joshimath as a national disaster.

A bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud declined…

'Response lackadaisical, delayed': DGCA showcause notice to Air India on Paris flight incidents

New Delhi (IANS) Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said that the response of Air India has been lackadaisical and delayed with regard to two incidents of passenger misbehaviour occurring on Air India flight AI-142 on from Paris to New Delhi on December…

'Serious issue, don't make it political': SC on plea against forced religious conversions

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought assistance of Attorney General R. Venkataramani on a plea seeking direction to the Central government and state governments to take action against forced religious conversions.

A bench, headed…

'Reshuffle of Union Cabinet likely this month'

New Delhi (IANS) The last cabinet reshuffle of Modi government 2.0 before the general elections in 2024 is likely soon and could be a major shakeup, while leaders from states going to elections could be given preference, sources said.

In 2023,…

ICICI Bank-Videocon scam: Bombay HC grants bail to Kochhar couple

Mumbai (IANS) In a relief, the Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim bail to former ICICI Bank honcho Chanda Kochhar and her businessman husband Deepak Kochhar who were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Videocon loan…

Suicide squad videos in devices of two arrested IS men from Bengal keep sleuths worried

Kolkata (IANS) Certain videos and still photographs relating to the activities of the suicide squad modules of terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) have been recovered from the laptops and mobile phones of the two recently arrested IS activists, Mohammad…

Andhra politics heat up as Pawan Kalyan meets Chandrababu Naidu

Hyderabad (IANS) Actor and Jana Sena Party (JSP) leader Pawan Kalyan met Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad on Sunday.

The actor-politician called on the former chief minister at the latter's residence…

After banning J&K terror outfits, Home Min all set to move on target killings

New Delhi (IANS) The recent spate of targeted killings by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir continues to pose a major challenge for the security forces to maintain peace and safeguard the lives of common citizens living in the union territory.

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Rahul invokes Gita, says Congress is doing 'tapasya' unlike BJP

Kurukshetra (IANS) Rahul Gandhi has said that he was doing his work much like what has been mentioned in the holy book Bhagavad Gita, and the Congress party was doing 'tapasya (penance) unlike the BJP which was forcing people to do their 'puja…