Students gathered in large numbers at IIT-Bombay main gate to protest against the death by suicide of BTech student NEW DELHI: Student representatives at IIT Bombay have issued an official statement following the death of student Sahil Wakode, saying they do not condone cheating or any form of academic misconduct, while calling for reforms to…
Image credit: X/ Jaishankar NEW YORK: Slovakia on Monday backed India’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, with foreign minister Juraj Blanár saying India, as a leading country of the Global South and an emerging power in the Indo-Pacific, should have a place at the UN’s top decision-making body.The remarks…
Shivani Chauhan survived a road-rage incident on Gurgaon’s Golf Course Road in which a man in a car chased her and knocked her off her moving bike. Her injuries will heal, but riding a bike will not be the same again for Shivani Chauhan, who survived a road rage incident in Gurgaon last week in…
Maj Gen Mohit Seth took over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) relieving Maj Gen SS Slaria who has moved to Headquarter Northern Command. JAMMU: Lieutenant General Mohit Seth will take over as the new General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Army’s Nagrota-based White Knight Corps (16 Corps) on Oct 1. He will replace Lt…
Supreme Court Friday pointed to five “evils” associated with the ban on liquor NEW DELHI: Holding that fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution cannot be interpreted in a restrictive manner, Supreme Court on Monday held that a person’s personal liberty cannot be invaded except in accordance with the procedure established by the Constitution, even if…
NEW DELHI: Frowning upon grossly inadequate infrastructure and huge vacancies in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and appellate NCLAT, Supreme Court Monday said the situation is unacceptable as these two tribunals have to daily deal with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code matters involving thousands of crores of rupees.“They are govt’s lifeline now. All nationalised banks, banking…
An additional financial burden of Rs 7,000 crore wo- uld be imposed on NHAI in creating and managing the shelters New Delhi: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Monday moved SC seeking to absolve it from the court-assigned responsibility of creating infrastructure along 72,000-km network of national highways (NHs) to shelter stray cattle and animals,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday said investigation of a crime was the police’s exclusive domain and should be left to the investigating agency’s discretion, and courts should not interfere to decide when a probe should stop.Quashing a Bombay High Court order which had refused to grant an extension of time to file a chargesheet…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has set aside a 2025 magisterial order rejecting a plea to probe alleged irregularities in the inclusion of Sonia Gandhi’s name in the electoral rolls. It observed that the “impugned order suffers from manifest errors in law”.Special judge Vishal Gogne of Dwarka courts remanded the matter to the ACJM for…
A view of the Barapullah Phase-3 elevated corridor that is scheduled to be inaugurated on September 29, 2026, in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: New access-controlled high-speed national highway corridors will have no median (divider) openings and no at-grade (surface level) intersections, a move that aims at eliminating conflict points and reducing…