BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: The Congress leadership veered towards a change of guard in Karnataka, amid indications that CM Siddaramaiah has been offered an honourable rehabilitation including possibly a Rajya Sabha berth as part of smooth leadership transition in the state.On a day Siddaramaiah and his deputy and claimant for his post DK Shivakumar met over six…
CHANDIGARH/ROHTAK: Haryana govt granted another 30 days’ parole to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief serving 20 years in prison for raping two women disciples. Tuesday’s release was his 16th parole since 2020 and his second this year after a 40-day parole from Jan 5. Ram Rahim, convicted by a special CBI…
NEW DELHI: Following up on PM Modi’s announcement in last year’s Independence Day speech, govt on Monday constituted a high-level committee to scientifically examine the nature, causes and impact of demographic changes across the country, including due to illegal immigration as well as abnormal population shifts at the levels of religious and social communities, and…
Bangladeshis gather at Hakimpur border crossing on Tuesday (IANS) SWARUPNAGAR/KOLKATA: Hundreds of Bangladeshis without the documents required to stay in India made a bee-line for the Bithari-Hakimpur border exit in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Tuesday, seeking to return home amid an administrative flurry to implement the new BJP govt’s “detect-delete-deport” strategy for illegal immigrants.CM…
The US is deeply committed to the Quad partnership as it is a linchpin and a cornerstone of the US global strategy as a nation, said US secretary of state Marco Rubio after what was the third Quad foreign ministers’ meeting since the return of President Donald Trump to the White House last year. However,…
If Confirmed By Larger Surveys, It Could Change Treatment Protocol NEW DELHI: In a major medical breakthrough, scientists have shown that a one-time gene therapy can sharply lower “bad” cholesterol for at least a year, potentially opening the door to a future where some heart patients may no longer need lifelong cholesterol medication.The experimental therapy,…
NEW DELHI: After struggling for three years, acid attack survivor, 28-year-old Reshma Qureshi, has finally won a hard-fought battle to get the authorities to conduct a reassessment of her disability, taking into account the damage caused by the lethal acid thrown at her more than 12 years ago by her brother-in-law during an ongoing marital…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has held that the in-laws of a woman cannot be prosecuted for cruelty or making dowry demands merely because they remained mute spectators to disputes between spouses and did not come to rescue of the daughter-in-law. It said that while such conduct is questionable on moral grounds, it does not automatically…
NEW DELHI: With cow slaughter banned by legislations in all states, except Kerala and some in the north-east, an advocate on Tuesday requested SC for an urgent hearing prior to Eid, which falls on May 28, for a direction to states to strictly enforce the laws.Advocate Barun Kumar Sinha sought an urgent hearing on a…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena on Tuesday asked Sonam Wangchuk to desist from “weaving a misleading and provocative narrative” about the situation in the UT, in criticism of the activist’s recent comments that feared Manipur-like social divisions in the border region and indicated his support to Cockroach Janta Party.Saxena said he had a…