President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday accepted Anil Baijal’s resignation and appointed Vinai Kumar Saxena as the next Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. A statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said Saxena’s appointment as the Lt Governor of the National Capital Territory will be effective from the date of he assumed charge of his office. “The President […]
The Varanasi district court on Monday completed hearing of arguments in the the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque case and reserved its decision until tomorrow. Distinct Judge AK Vishvesha heared a civil suit in the case. The hearing began in the court days after the Supreme Court said it would not interfere with the Gyanvapi mosque […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Tokyo, kickstarting a jam-packed schedule. On Day 1, the prime minister will attend a meeting convened by US President Joe Biden to launch the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. He will also hold a bilateral meet with the United States president. Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome on his […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be among the first leaders to meet Australia’s new prime minister Anthony Albanese during the Quad summit in Tokyo on Tuesday. Albanese, whose Labor Party defeated the Conservatives in the general election, said he would hold one-to-one meets with PM Modi, US president Joe Biden and Japanese premier Fumio Kishida, […]
Bowing to public pressure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a Rs 8 per litre cut in excise duty on petrol and Rs 6 a litre on diesel to avoid increase in fuel prices that were necessitated due to surge in international oil prices. Also, the government will give Rs 200 per cylinder subsidy […]
Around 10 international and domestic flights were on Saturday diverted from Delhi to Shri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar, after heavy rain and unfavorable weather conditions occurred in Delhi during the night.The Delhi Airport authorities have advised passengers to get in touch with the airlines for updated flight information. However, thundershowers and gusty […]
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu surrendered before a court here on Friday, a day after being sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a 1988 road rage death case.”He surrendered before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Amit Malhan,” said senior advocate HPS Verma, who accompanied Sidhu to the court. The former […]
A Supreme Court-appointed Justice Sirpurkar commission on Friday said the police encounter of the accused in the 2019 sensational gang rape and murder of a woman in Hyderabad was a fake one. The three-member panel, led by an ex-judge of the top court, said three of the four rape and murder accused, killed in the […]
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu will request the Supreme Court to allow him a few weeks’ time to surrender in connection with the 1988 road rage case in which the top court on Thursday sentenced him to a year’s imprisonment. The Congress leader, represented by senior advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, said he […]
A part of an under-construction tunnel at Khoni Nallah on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district collapsed on Thursday night during an audit, injuring four people and trapping several others, officials said. The collapsed portion is about 30 to 40 metres inside the tunnel. A joint rescue operation was launched immediately by police and […]