Opposition, CJP react TO CJI remark (PTI, ANI images) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and some opposition leaders on Wednesday criticised Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s remarks after the Supreme Court declined urgent listing of a plea on police action during the July 20 student protest in Delhi.The criticism followed CJI Surya Kant’s…
Fresh face-off unfolded in the Rajya Sabha on the third day of the Monsoon Session (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday reiterated that it was ready to hold a discussion in Parliament on the alleged NEET-UG paper leak and related issues, but accused the Opposition of avoiding a debate by insisting on…
A Sri Lankan-origin doctor at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children has been arrested and charged with possessing and accessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material, Toronto Police said in a press release.Dilan Dissanayake, 44, was held by officers from the force’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit after an investigation into the alleged use of an electronic…
Jaishankar with Chinesecounterpart Wang Yi NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said India-China ties have been steadily improving since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping met in Kazan in October 2024. He also stressed that peace and tranquillity along the border remain the “pre-requisite” for normal bilateral relations.Speaking to Chinese…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday upped the ante against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and dared him to contest from the Diamond Harbour constituency in the next Lok Sabha polls.Speaking in the West Bengal assembly, Adhikari launched a veiled attack, referring to the TMC leader’s remarks at the Martyrs’ Day…
New Delhi, Jul 22 (ANI): Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Sansad TV/ANI Video Grab) NEW DELHI: The opposition on Wednesday submitted a notice under Rule 267, seeking the suspension of the House’s listed business to facilitate an immediate discussion on…
For decades, marine scientists have watched whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), the world’s biggest fish, from boats and while snorkelling. They could only catch glimpses of the world’s largest fish gliding through tropical waters. It turns out that what they have observed until now was only the trailer. A new study published in the journal Marine…
Expressing confidence in the country’s youth, Singh added that they would not be swayed by what he called attempts to mislead them. NEW DELIH: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday accused the opposition of attempting to use students and young people as “political tools” amid the ongoing protests in Delhi. The defence minister described the…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee was suspended from Lok Sabha on Wednesday for using unparliamentary language against a women member of the House.This comes after Kalyan Banerjee engaged in a heated verbal exchange with hid former party colleagues and NCPI MPs in the Lok Sabha chamber.The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) members…
As large portions of the western and central United States along with regions across Western Europe and Central Asia face dangerous and record-breaking heatwaves, a 14-year-old Arizona teen’s quick thinking has created headlines and awareness. An Arizona fire department will be formally honouring Royal Cothrun who helped save an elderly woman with dementia after she…