The Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a plea by real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal seeking suspension of their seven-year jail term awarded for tampering with evidence related to the fire that took place at Uphaar Cinemas in the national capital. A bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the ruling on Wednesday. The […]
The Union cabinet on Tuesday approved the setting up of a G20 Secretariat and related structures that will implement policy decisions and be responsible for arrangements for India’s forthcoming presidency of the group in 2023.. India will hold the presidency of the G20 from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023, culminating with the G20 […]
The Union government on Tuesday described the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) remarks on the ongoing hijab controversy in Karnataka as ‘motivated and misleading,’ adding that the 57-member bloc is being ‘misused by vested interests’ for their anti-India agenda. “We have noted yet another motivated and misleading statement from the General Secretariat of the OIC […]
After over four months, Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra was released from jail here on Tuesday evening after fulfilling bail conditions pronounced by the Allahabad High Court. He has been released from jail after completion of bail formalities, Lakhimpur Kheri Jail Superintendent P P Singh told reporters.Ashish Mishra had been lodged in the […]
The official YouTube account of Sansad TV– the government TV channel that live streams Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings– was founded to be “terminated” by YouTube Tuesday morning for “for violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines”. However, Sansad Television in an official statement has revealed the actual reason as to why the YouTube account got removed.In […]
Dr Ashwani Kumar, senior Congress leader and former Union Law Minister, quit the party today.In a resignation letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, which was shared by news agencies, Dr Kumar wrote, “Having given my thoughtful consideration to the matter, I have concluded that in the present circumstances and consistent with my dignity, I […]
A special CBI court on Tuesday convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad in the Rs 139.35 crore Doranda treasury embezzlement case. Prasad has already been convicted in four other cases of the fodder scam.Earlier, the RJD supremo arrived in Ranchi on Sunday to be present in the court during […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Future Group to approach the Delhi high court for a nod to go ahead with proceedings before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLT) on the group’s deal with Reliance. The high court has listed for hearing on February 24 a batch of pleas concerning the ongoing legal […]
New COVID-19 cases in India were recorded below 30,000 after around 44 days, taking the virus tally to 4,26,92,943, while the active cases dipped to 4,23,127, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,09,358 with 347 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.The daily COVID-19 […]
The Congress rebuffed its Karnataka leader Zameer Ahmed on Monday for his statement that “hijab prevents rapes”. Speaking about the hijab row, Ahmed said the veil kept women safe by “hiding their beauty”.Snubbing Ahmed, AICC general secretary Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala said there was no place in modern India and our society for parochial and […]