‘If Ramchandra married once, Rahim too should marry once’: MP CM Mohan Yadav’s UCC pitch NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday strongly backed the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), saying there should not be different personal laws for people of different religions and that everyone should be treated equally…
Mamata stands firmly behind nephew amid rebellion in TMC NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday strongly defended her nephew and party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, saying he had ‘done no wrong’ and would remain in politics for the next 50 years. Her remarks came as the party continues to face…
Delhi high court sought responses from the Centre and Delhi government on a PIL seeking urgent medical intervention for climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. TMC MLA Madan Mitra resigned from the Mamata Banerjee-led faction and joined the rebel camp led by Ritabrata Banerjee. The Union Cabinet approved seven major decisions covering semiconductors, mobile phone manufacturing, fertiliser,…
Tharoor urged Sonam Wangchuk to end his strike NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday penned an open letter expressing solidarity with the students protesting at Jantar Mantar over alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, while urging climate activist Sonam Wangchuk to end his indefinite hunger strike.He appealed to Wangchuk to end his fast, saying…
China’s ‘project of the century’ near Arunachal Pradesh fuels concerns over water security, seismic risks and strategic leverage (Image credit: PTI ) NEW DELHI: China’s construction of the world’s largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo, known downstream as the Brahmaputra, has renewed concerns in India over water security, seismic safety, ecological impacts and the…
EC releases revised SIR schedule for electoral rolls NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday released a revised schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in six states, updating the dates for draft publication and final electoral rolls.The revised schedule covers Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Punjab, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh. The exercise…
2020 Delhi riots case: Court allows Umar Khalid 2 family video meetings every week NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed activist Umar Khalid’s plea seeking restoration of two video meetings with his family every week in jail. The court observed that Khalid had been using the facility for the past six years without…
Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj leaders switch to BJP ahead of Bankipur bypoll NEW DELHI: In a setback to Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor ahead of the Bankipur Assembly bypoll, several party leaders, including candidates who contested the 2025 Bihar assembly elections on the party’s ticket, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.The leaders who…
KNPP targeted by ‘serious’ data leak. (Image source: Reuters) NEW DELHI: A ransomware group has published thousands of files allegedly linked to India’s largest nuclear power plant, Kudankulam, in what experts warn could pose a “serious” risk to the facility’s safety.The hacker group World Leaks posted on the dark web what it claims are more…
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Wednesday allowed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) faction to hold its annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally at a site near the Birla Planetarium instead of its traditional venue in front of Victoria House in central Kolkata.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya directed the Kolkata Police to shift the venue,…