NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor’s recent praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ruffled some feathers in the Congress as fellow party leaders have questioned the move. Demanding an explanation for his praise, Tharoor’s colleague Sandeep Dikshit went on to ask “why are you in Congress” and even termed him a “hypocrite”.“Shashi Tharoor’s problem is that…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Union govt through National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (Notto) to evolve model national guidelines to address concerns of gender, class and region, and provide for appropriate remedial measures.This order came on a PIL by Indian Society of Organ Transplant which, through senior advocate K Parameshwar, had…
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested gangster Lawrence Bishnoi‘s brother, Anmol, upon his deportation from US. He arrived here on a special flight around 2pm, was produced in court and taken on a remand of 11 days. The agency arrested him in a case registered in 2022 to investigate an alleged nexus…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the validity of the practice among Muslim men to authorise a lawyer to send notices to his wife for divorce through three talaqs, each notified after a month’s gap, and said this would not be regarded as a valid annulment of marriage as the notices do not bear…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court struck down Wednesday the Tribunal Reforms Act as unconstitutional and slammed the central govt for its repeated attempts to override SC’s consistent rulings to shield the judicial independence of tribunals, which decide disputes in a gamut of regimes – taxation, environment, electricity, telecom and real estate. Days before his retirement, a…
NEW DELHI: Amitabh Kant, India’s former sherpa to G20, has said the country needs to fire on all cylinders to reach the goal of a $30 trillion economy. “If we want to create an employable population, it is very critical to focus on improving health outcomes and nutrition standards as we-ll. If we want to…
NEW DELHI :A group of 272 prominent citizens including retired judges, bureaucrats and armed forces veterans Wednesday wrote an open letter, lashing out at Congress neta Rahul Gandhi for unleashing his “impotent rage born out of repeated electoral failure” to tarnish EC’s dignity.They said Rahul has repeatedly attacked EC over accusations of “vote theft” using…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday participated in a ‘nagar kirtan’ (religious procession) in Srinagar as part of the commemorative events to mark 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur.The procession, which started from Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi in…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday took a sharp dig at Congress for criticising party MP Shashi Tharoor after he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent address at the Ramnath Goenka Lecture, saying the party should rather be called “Indira Nazi Congress.”BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said the Congress reacts harshly to anyone who “keeps national…
Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as CM for the tenth time (File photo) NEW DELHI: Patna is set to witness a major political show of strength on Thursday, with JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar scheduled to take oath as chief minister for a record 10th time at the historic Gandhi Maidan. He resigned on…