Mumbai: In a morale-boosting victory for ‘Mahayuti’ in Maharashtra ahead of assembly polls, the ruling alliance on Friday won all the nine seats it contested in the biennial elections to 11 Legislative Council seats, while the opposition MVA faced a setback as a candidate backed by Sharad Pawar’s party lost. In the results announced in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reaffirmed India’s commitment to seven-nation grouping BIMSTEC and stressed on its role as an engine for economic and social growth. The foreign ministers of the BIMSTEC member states made a joint call on Modi on the second and final day of their retreat in Delhi. The Bay…
Chennai: A sessions court here on Friday extended the remand of former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested in a money laundering case last year by the ED, till July 16. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 14, 2023 in connection with the case. Principal Sessions Judge S Alli, before whom…
New Delhi: The government has decided to observe June 25, the day the Emergency was declared in 1975, as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’ to commemorate the “massive contributions” of those who endured inhuman pains of the period, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday. He also said the observance of ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’ will help…
United Nations: India’s population is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion and then decline by 12 per cent, but the country will remain the world’s most populous throughout the century, the United Nations has said. The World Population Prospects 2024 report, released here on Thursday, said that the world’s population…
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh police registered an “attempt to murder” case against former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, two senior IPS officers and two retired officials, following a complaint lodged by a TDP MLA, an official said on Friday. The complaint was lodged by the ruling party’s Undi MLA K Raghurama Krishna Raju….
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With the rise in terrorist activities along Indian borders and the Pakistan army’s active role in sending armed militants to disturb peace in Jammu and Kashmir, India has apparently made the right decision hold back its cricket team’s travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy scheduled for February/March next year. This decision is underscored by…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a probe into the Hathras stampede that left 121 dead, and asked the petitioner to move the Allahabad High Court. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said such incidents are “disturbing” but the high…
New Delhi: In a notable turn of events, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal received a significant reprieve on Friday as the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in the Delhi excise case. The Court recognized that Kejriwal had already spent over 90 days in custody and acknowledged his status as an elected representative, providing him…
