'Celebrity leaders looting money', says Bengal minister, gets show-cause notice

Kolkata (IANS) Three-time Trinamool Congress MLA and the West Bengal minister of state for consumers affairs department, Srikant Mahata has been censured and issued a show- cause by his party after a video went viral where he was seen questioning…

Senior citizens' 10-year legal fight gets closure with the fall of towers

New Delhi (IANS) With the fall of India's one of the largest towers, a legal fight of over 10 years by senior citizens has come to an end on Sunday.

The fall of the twin towers will mark the victory of the group of elderly people who waged…

Justice U.U. Lalit sworn-in as 49th Chief Justice of India

New Delhi (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday administered the oath of office to Justice U.U. Lalit as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI) with effect from August 27, 2022.

The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan,…

Several senior Congress leaders in J&K resign after Azad quits

Srinagar (IANS) In wake of senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the party on Friday, a number of senior party leaders, including former legislators, of the party in Jammu and Kashmir also quit.

These included G.M.…

SC panel: 5 out of 29 mobiles examined infected with malware, no conclusive proof of Pegasus

New Delhi (IANS) The Pegasus panel in its report submitted in the Supreme Court said the presence of controversial Israeli spyware Pegasus was not conclusively established in 29 mobile phones examined, and also the Government of India did not cooperate…

Nitish Kumar government wins trust vote in Bihar Assembly

Patna (IANS) The Nitish Kumar-led Mahagatbandhan government on Wednesday comfortably won the trust vote in the special Assembly session, with 160 votes in its favour in the 243-member house, while the BJP's 77 members walked out.

As Deputy…

Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari to run Bihar Assembly till Speaker is elected

Patna (IANS) After the resignation of Vijay Kumar Sinha from the post of Speaker on Wednesday, the proceedings of Bihar Vidhan Sabha will be conducted by Deputy Speaker, Maheshwar Hazari.

Such a situation arose after Sinha deliberately announced…

Vijay Kumar Sinha steps down as Bihar Assembly Speaker

Patna (IANS) Ahead of the floor test, Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha resigned from his post on Wednesday.

He announced his resignation during the special Assembly session called by the ruling party.

"As I do not have the number…

BJP suspends Raja Singh for making derogatory remarks against Prophet

Hyderabad (IANS) A city court on Tuesday sent a BJP legislator Raja Singh to judicial custody for 14 days for making derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad.

Raja Singh, who was arrested on Tuesday morning, was presented at Nampally Criminal…

Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to examine plea against remission of convicts

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea challenging the remission granted to the 11 who were convicted for the rape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case.

The plea was mentioned by advocate Aparna Bhat and senior…