Amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, PM Modi on Monday warned of possible attempts by “certain elements” to exploit the situation to endanger India’s internal security. He, however, assured that security and law-and-order agencies were in a state of high alert to detect and avert such designs. Drawing attention of Lok Sabha to the…
NEW DELHI: Adopting a tough stand against fraudsters, the Supreme Court Monday directed Ayushi Mittal, in custody since 2017 along with husband Anubhav Mittal in a Rs 3,700 crore ponzi fraud cases in Noida, to give asset details of close relatives from her and in-law’s side prior to entertaining her bail plea.Petitioner’s counsel told a…
Nepal has always been more than a neighbour to India. It has been a shoulder along our northern edge — one where no threat was perceived, whose people mingled freely with ours, whose temples we prayed at with fervour, whose Gurkhas came to define valour itself. A long-running narrative of Roti-Beti — sharing bread and…
NEW DELHI: Disapproving a family court’s decision to involve police in a couple’s custody battle of a minor child, Supreme Court Monday said that it is atrocious to engage police in such cases.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta termed the family court of Bhopal’s directions unconstitutional as it asked the Gurgaon police…
NEW DELHI: To boost IAF’s strength, India is set to conclude several big contracts in the financial year 2026-27, including deals for buying 114 Rafale fighter jets, up to 60 medium transport aircraft (MTA) and additional airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems, the defence ministry has told a parliamentary panel.“There is an increase of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday sought the Nagpur Parsi panchayat’s response on a Parsi woman’s petition challenging the constitutional validity of the religious custom which excommunicated her for marrying a non-Parsi man. She termed the custom gender discriminatory as the rule does not apply to a Parsi man who marries a non-Parsi woman.Appearing for Dina…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that his govt is dealing with the crisis thrown up by the war in West Asia by using India’s interests as the guiding consideration. ” We are with India, with India’s interests, with peace and with dialogue,” said the PM. The remarks at a function organised…
NEW DELHI: The three-day 12th steering committee meeting of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network), which comprises members of investigative agencies from 135 countries, began in the national capital on Monday. It will deliberate on the network’s strategic direction, operational priorities and evolving frameworks for international cooperation.Directors of CBI and…
NEW DELHI: Talking in Parliament on Monday about the “unprecedented challenges” being faced by India because of the West Asia conflict, PM Modi underlined the country’s opposition to attacks on citizens and energy and transport infrastructure, and said strikes on commercial ships and obstacles to international trade are unacceptable.Modi said that as far as diplomacy…
NEW DELHI: Govt is looking to introduce at least two bills – including constitutional amendments – in the current session of Parliament to roll out reservation for women of one-third seats in the next Lok Sabha poll and assembly elections to be held after it. The move promises to change the country’s political landscape and…