File photo: Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre, Delhi Police and others on a plea seeking to hold organisers of protests personally or jointly liable for loss of life, injuries, damage to public or private property and the costs incurred by the authorities.A bench comprising Chief Justice…
The EC’s notice comes amid the SIR row. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) has informed the states that it would be conducting a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in 17 states, including the poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa.In a letter to the chief electoral officers of the states…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday questioned the Centre’s “silence” on US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s upcoming India visit, especially over US ambassador Sergio Gor’s statement that US officials “expect” external affairs minister S Jaishankar to meet Rubio in Mumbai.“It is not surprising that the US Ambassador to India has just given more details…
Russian diesel reaches global markets after Trump deal, Kremlin says (representative image) Russian diesel has begun reaching global markets following an agreement with US President Donald Trump, the Kremlin said on Thursday, adding that the supplies could help stabilise oil markets but would not be sufficient to fully achieve that goal.“The diesel has started reaching…
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party addresses a press conference in New Delhi, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday accused the government of detaining protesters and even opposition leaders that include former chief ministers, just to save “one man”, chief election…
In 2011, billionaire Chuck Feeney donated $350 million through his philanthropic organisation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, to help Cornell University establish a technology and applied sciences campus in New York City. Six years later, the first phase of Cornell Tech opened on 12 acres of Roosevelt Island, bringing together researchers, students and technology companies in a…
Ukraine’s navy said on Thursday that it had destroyed six Russian Su-34M military aircraft in an overnight strike on the Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region, as attacks on energy infrastructure and shipping continued on both sides, news agency Reuters reported.The navy said it used its Neptune coastal missile system in the attack, according to…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a coordinated crackdown on a North Korean remote IT worker scheme that allegedly infiltrated dozens of American companies using stolen identities, warning businesses about a growing threat that generated millions of dollars for Pyongyang. More than 70 US companies were affected by the operation, according to the…
Converts to Islam from Hinduism cannot claim OBC reservation, rules Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Madras high court ruling that a person who converts to Islam from Hinduism cannot claim reservation benefits under the Backward Class (BC) category.A bench of Justices PK Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar observed that a…
Unmanned systems, such as the Shtrum unmanned tank, are expected to be the mainstay of combat in the future. (image credit: Russian MoD) Russia has fielded an unmanned tank called Shturm, which means assault, which was revealed at Center-2026, one of the large exercises the Kremlin holds periodically alongside Vostok, Zapad and Kavkaz. The Shturm…