Panel Draws Fire For Failure To Present Notification On Poll Officers Kolkata: Calcutta HC judge, Justice Krishna Rao, on Thursday slammed the Election Commission for not producing notifications indicating if assistant professors could be appointed as presiding polling officers in assembly elections. “You (EC) can appoint judges also under Section 26 (of the Representation of…
PESHAWAR: At least eight people — including a woman and a young girl — died in a gas pipeline explosion at an industrial estate in Pakistan’s northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, a Rescue 1122 official said.The incident occurred in Hattar Industrial Estate area of Haripur district.According to Rescue 1122 sources, the explosion happened near…
New Delhi: Observing that the discharge of an accused in a criminal case stands on a “better footing” than acquittal, the Supreme Court has held no disciplinary or administrative action can be initiated against a discharged person.Busting the myth that an accused, unless he is acquitted, carries the label of being accused, a bench of…
US says the number of Indians applying for Green Card through the EB-5 program is increasing. Indian-origin tech entrepreneur Vijay Thirumalai pushed back the hatred against Indians on social media which found a new excuse through the EB-5 Green Card program after the State Department released its May 2026 visa bulletin. The department said Green…
New Delhi: Nearly a decade after declaring instant divorce through triple talaq unconstitutional and void, Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the validity of blatant discrimination of Muslim women in property inheritance under the 90-year-old Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought…
Douglas Dixon (left) had been living in the US since 2005 and had a Green Card. He was deported for failing tax payment. 61-year-old Douglas Dixon, who has been living in Florida since 2005 and had a Green Card giving him permanent residency in the US, was deported to Canada after he failed ti pay…
New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah seized on Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav’s demand for quota for OBC and Muslim women to hammer home his party’s avowed opposition to reservation based on religion.He also reiterated govt’s stand that the caste of citizens will be mentioned during the ongoing census to reject SP chief Akhilesh…
Clavicular (Image Via Getty) Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, is once again in the spotlight, but this time for what he did not say. Just days after a serious health incident, the streamer was seen at the opening of his new club, where he was asked directly about his reported overdose. The question…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had a “very good” phone conversation with his “friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week.“I had a very good talk with him and he’s a friend of mine from India and he’s doing great. We had a very good conversation,” Trump said in response to a…
Azzi Fudd and Paige Bueckers. Image credit : Melanie Fidler/ NBAE via Getty The Dallas Wings used the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft to select Azzi Fudd, pairing her once again with Paige Bueckers, a teammate from UConn and, publicly since 2025, her partner. The move brought together two players who…