NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the West Bengal govt how a central agency can approach a state authority headed by the CM when its complaint is against the CM herself. The court put the question to CM Mamata Banerjee‘s counsel Kapil Sibal when he argued that Enforcement Directorate cannot petition SC over alleged…
NEW DELHI: The ‘ED vs West Bengal CM’ proceedings in SC on Tuesday saw a sharp exchange between the bench and CM Mamata Banerjee‘s counsel Kapil Sibal.When the bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria asked how ED could file a complaint against the CM before a state authority headed by her,…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Tuesday said five LPG tankers with nearly 2.3 lakh tonne of cooking gas are in the west of Strait of Hormuz and another tanker will get loaded in the next few days. It said the two ships, Pine Gas and Jag Vasant, will reach New Mangalore and Kandla ports this week,…
NEW DELHI: After PM Narendra Modi made a statement in both houses of Parliament on the West Asia conflict, govt has called an all-party meeting over the issue on Wednesday as it seeks to address the points raised by different parties and present a united face over the spiralling crisis.Senior govt functionaries, including defence minister…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the formation of seven empowered groups to assess the implications of the ongoing military conflict in West Asia on energy supplies, essential commodities and supply chains, and chart a strategy to cushion its impact on the Indian economy.In a statement in Rajya Sabha, Modi said the conflict…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment for conspiring to commit a crime against the State.Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh also sentenced two of Andrabi’s associates, Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen, to 30 years’ imprisonment in the case. The court awarded life sentences to…
NEW DELHI: In a setback for RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad, Delhi HC on Tuesday refused to quash a CBI case in the alleged land-for-railway-jobs scam involving him and his family.Justice Ravinder Dudeja rejected Lalu’s argument that the FIR under Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act was unsustainable as the legislation…
NEW DELHI: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi said India’s foreign policy under PM Modi has become a “universal joke”, adding the policy is “compromised” because the “PM is compromised”. To a query that Pakistan could be a mediator in the Iran war while India had no role, he said, “Our foreign policy is Modi’s personal foreign policy,…
NEW DELHI: A last-minute change in plans will cost you dearly, as the Railways has announced a revised rule linking refunds to the timing of ticket cancellations. Passengers who cancel their tickets less than eight hours before departure will receive no refund, while cancellations made between eight and 24 hours before departure will result in…
NEW DELHI: Even as the opposition demanded that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 be referred to a parliamentary standing committee for wider consultations, Lok Sabha passed it by a voice vote, with govt responding to allegations of “exclusion” by saying the changes were aimed at ensuring that the protection and benefits…