- Sunday, April 20, 2025
Detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) after being accused of having "tremendous potential to create public disorder", former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been included in a 21-member consultative committee on defence. The name of the 81-year-old National Conference leader, in detention at his Srinagar…
Punjab has the highest number of Waqf Board properties under encroachment with such properties numbering around 17,000 across the country, the government told Parliament on Thursday. In a written reply to BJP MP Ajay Nishad's question, Minorities Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told the Lok Sabha that a total of…
A NUMBER of JNU students were detained and some injured when the police allegedly baton-charged and stopped them at many places as thousands of protesters marched towards the Parliament on the first day of the Winter Session on Monday demanding a total rollback of the hostel fee hike. The students,…
SUPERSTAR Rajinikanth has said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami "would not even have dreamt" of coming to the top post and described the AIADMK leader's elevation as "wonder and marvel." The actor, who has announced entering politics and facing the next Assembly polls, scheduled in 2021, said "wonder and…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said a final call on extending the odd-even scheme would be taken on Monday. "We do not want people to undergo unnecessary inconvenience," Kejriwal said at a press conference here on Friday. "Air quality is predicted to improve over the next two-three days. A final…
Justice R F Nariman of the Supreme Court on Friday said the government must read the "extremely important dissent" order in the Sabarimala case. Justice Nariman had penned the dissent order on behalf of himself and Justice D Y Chandrachud. "Please tell your government to read the dissent judgment delivered…
INDIA’S top court, Supreme Court on Friday (15) held former Ranbaxy promoters Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh guilty of contempt of court for violating its order asking them not to divest their shares in Fortis Healthcare Limited. The apex court had earlier asked the Singh brothers to give it a…
CONSUMER spending in India has slumped for the first time in four decades, a leading business daily reported on Friday (15). Consumer demand in India's villages fell 8.8 per cent between July 2017 and June 2018, compared with 2011-12, the Business Standard reported, using unpublished National Statistical Office (NSO) data.…
The Delhi High Court Friday denied bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case filed by the ED, saying prima facie allegations against him are serious in nature and he played active and key role in the offence. Justice Suresh Kait said that wrong…
The Congress on Friday attacked the Modi government over the detention of mainstream political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, and asked whether sitting Lok Sabha member from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah will be allowed to attend Parliament from Monday. The opposition party also alleged that the Centre had left "no stone…
