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NEW DELHI: Nearly three decades after Supreme Court’s Vishaka judgment mandating a mechanism against the sexual harassment of women at workplaces, it remains unimplemented by many high courts, including Calcutta, Patna, Orissa, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Allahabad and Uttarakhand.Appearing for PIL petitioner Geeta Rani, senior advocate Sonia Mathur told SC that, significantly, district courts in Delhi, Punjab…
UPPSC LT Grade admit card 2025 UPPSC LT Grade admit card 2026: The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has issued the admit card for the LT Grade Teacher Examination 2026. The hall tickets have been released on its official website, uppsc.up.nic.in. Candidates appearing for the examination scheduled on January 24 and January 25, 2026,…
Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav (ANI Photo) Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar lauded skipper Suryakumar Yadav for bringing sharp match awareness into India’s game after their commanding 61-run victory over Pakistan in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Colombo.Gavaskar underlined how Suryakumar stepped up in contrasting pressure situations. He recalled the game against USA,…
An Indian national has pleaded guilty in a US court to plotting the assassination of a Khalistani terrorist and US citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York in a $100,000 murder-for-hire scheme that US prosecutors say was directed by an Indian government employee.The US Department of Justice said Nikhil Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty before US…
Nasscom highlighted concerns about geographical and sector-based disparities in the new system proposed for H-1B visa issuance. (AI image) H-1B visa overhaul: Donald Trump administration’s proposed move to replace the lottery-based system for H-1B visas with a ‘wage-weighted’ system will be disruptive, Nasscom has warned. Nasscom, the IT industry body, has sharply criticised the US…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it has the authority and jurisdiction to determine whether a practice within a religion is superstitious, pushing back against the Centre’s contention that such questions fall outside judicial scrutiny.The remarks came during the hearing of petitions linked to discrimination against women at places of worship, including the Sabarimala…
NEW DELHI: After a nine-year gap, the central govt has launched a fresh National Mental Health Survey to assess the scale of mental illness across India, expanding its coverage to all states and UTs for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. National Mental Health Survey-2 (NMHS-2), being conducted by the National Institute of Mental…
New Delhi: Supreme Court has said offering of prayers by Muslims at premises not included on the list of auqaf cannot give it the character of a mosque and ruled unless the mosque stood over waqf land, waqf tribunal could not entertain a suit to declare the place a mosque.The ground floor of an apartment…
AAP’s Kejriwal, Sisodia move Supreme Court after Delhi HC rejects plea to transfer excise policy case NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal and senior party leader Manish Sisodia have approached the Supreme Court after the Chief Justice of the Delhi high court rejected their request to transfer the CBI’s plea against their…
MEERUT: Stressing that “no home can be demolished without due process”, a division bench of justices Ajit Kumar and Satyavir Singh of Allahabad HC stayed the demolition of 27 houses in Bareilly’s Shahabad area in Prem Nagar, directing the civic authorities not to take any coercive action “until the competent authority passes a final order.“The…
