The bench made the observation while hearing a motor accident compensation case (Representational image) NEW DELHI: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the right to walk on a demarcated footpath is a fundamental right and shall have priority over movement by vehicles.A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar…
NEW DELHI: In a bid to discourage old, polluting trucks, buses and other goods vehicles from entering the Core NCR — the area within the Western and Eastern Peripheral Expressways — govt is considering imposing a new “Green Charge” on such vehicles at 34 entry points to NCR along these ring expressways.The charge would be…
A fire broke out near the helipad at Ram Katha Park in Ayodhya minutes before Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath landed there on Friday, officials said.Police have launched an investigation to ascertain the cause of the fire and determine how it broke out close to the helipad designated for the chief minister’s arrival.The blaze…
While the NDA turned the tables on the INDIA bloc in Jharkhand and won an extra Rajya Sabha seat, in Karnataka, the Congress outmanoeuvred the BJP to defeat JD(S) candidate in the state council elections. NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand and the Legislative Council polls in Karnataka had one thing in common…
The incident had occurred a day before PM Narendra Modi was set to inaugurate the refinery NEW DELHI: HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL), which caught fire on April 20, a day before it was to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi, has been restored and has started production of petroleum products.In a regulatory filing, the…
Italian painter Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Madonna and Child’ flanked by Hariti—the former ogress-turned-Buddhist-goddess of children and fertility—on the left, and Mater Matuta, the ancient Roman goddess of dawn and childbirth, on the right. The works will be part of an exhibition at Delhi’s Humayun’s Tomb Museum Before Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, there was Botticelli. The…
Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said the revolt brewing in Shiv Sena (UBT) was “just a trailer” and that the movie was “yet to come”.Shinde, a former Thackeray loyalist-turned arch nemesis, played a pivotal role in the party’s 2022 split and may again hurt…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday made an emotional appeal to party workers amid a fresh rebellion in the party, saying he was ready to step down as party chief if supporters no longer had faith in his leadership.Addressing the party’s 60th Foundation Day event in Mumbai, Thackeray said, “I am…
Dipke questioned the government’s handling of the NEET controversy and renewed his criticism of the education system amid continuing concerns over paper leaks and student welfare. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has criticised the Centre’s decision to temporarily block Telegram ahead of the NEET re-examination, comparing the move to shutting down…
I am an Indian, and everyone says I lack civic sense.Some Westerners can overturn cars, burn streets, and vandalise a city after a championship game. But I dance at an airport excited about my first foreign trip, and suddenly I am the face of poor civic sense.I am an Indian, and everyone says I steal…