SC quashes multiple FIRs under UP Act on religious conversion, says law not tool to harass innocent
New Delhi: Observing that criminal law cannot be a tool to harass innocent citizens, the Supreme Court on Friday quashed several FIRS registered at Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh over the alleged offense of “mass religious conversions” of Hindus into Christianity. In a significant judgment on the invocation of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful…
D.K. Aruna to Head TCA’s New Council
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA), formed over fifteen years ago, has been consistently fighting legal battles for recognition. Its efforts were vindicated when the Supreme Court of India directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to consider granting it Associate Membership, as provided in the BCCI Constitution. The precedent for such…
210 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh; CM Sai calls it a ‘historic day’
Jagadalpur (Chhattisgarh) As many as 210 Maoist cadres, including one Central Committee member, surrendered before authorities in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur on Friday, making it the largest mass surrender in the history of anti-Naxal operations in the state, officials said. With this, a total of 238 Naxalites have quit the path of violence and joined the mainstream…
Gujarat CM reshuffles cabinet; total strength rises to 26; Sanghavi takes oath as Deputy CM
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday reshuffled his cabinet by inducting 19 MLAs as ministers, taking the total strength of his council of ministers, including himself, to 26, and elevated junior home minister Harsh Sanghavi to the post of Deputy Chief Minister. Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office and secrecy…
Murthys have misconceptions about Karnataka survey: CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy and author Sudha Murty have “some misconceptions” about the ongoing social and educational survey being conducted in the state. “There is a notion that this is a survey for backward castes,” Siddaramaiah told reporters here. “It is not a backward classes…
Sabarimala missing gold case: Court grants SIT custody of prime accused Potty
Pathanamthitta (Kerala): A local court in Ranni here on Friday granted custody of Unnikrishnan Potty, the prime accused in the Sabarimala gold missing case, to the SIT probing the matter. The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court granted the custody of Potty to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) till October 30. The accused claimed he had…
Nitish serving ‘cocktail of crime, corruption and communalism’ to Bihar: Dipankar Bhattacharya
Patna: CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya has charged the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar with serving its people a “cocktail” of crime, corruption, and communalism, the three “Cs” on which the Chief Minister had promised not to compromise. In an interview with PTI here, the Left leader described as “scary” the situation in the…
‘You will to await judgement on Presidential Reference: SC to Tamil Nadu
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday told the Tamil Nadu government to await the outcome of the Presidential Reference to decide its plea challenging Governor R N Ravi’s decision to refer the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to the President instead of granting his assent. A bench of Chief…
Pessimists’ Nightmare, Nationalists’ Pride
It’s almost amusing how a certain breed of self-styled defence experts in India—perpetual cribbers and professional pessimists—find comfort in running down their own country’s military progress. Every indigenous success, every technological leap, every global acknowledgment of India’s growing might is met with skepticism, sarcasm, or silence. For them, the glass is never half full—it’s broken….
UP’s resilient agriculture model global example for small farmers: World Bank chief Ajay Banga
Lucknow: World Bank Group President Ajay Banga has praised Uttar Pradesh’s efforts to integrate technology with agriculture, describing the state’s “resilient farming model” a global example for small and marginal farmers. Speaking at the AgriConnect Flagship event during the 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank, Banga showcased the UP model, having visited the state…
