Noida: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed 14 appeals challenging the acquittal of Surendra Koli, one of the main accused in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. A bench led by Chief Justice B R Gavai, along with Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and K Vinod Chandran, upheld the Allahabad High Court’s October 2023 decision that…
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): Marking ISRO’s maiden collaboration with NASA, a GSLV rocket on Wednesday blasted off from this spaceport to place the NISAR earth observation satellite, jointly developed by the two space agencies, in an intended orbit. The 51.7 metre tall three stage GSLV F-16 rocket soared into the skies at the end of a…
Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from India starting on August 1. “While India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World,…
Dubai: India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Wednesday stretched his lead to consolidate as the world No. 1 all-rounder in Test cricket, while Abhishek Sharma rose to the top spot in the T20 format for the first time. In the latest ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, Jadeja stretched his lead by 117 rating points from the…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot state that US President Donald Trump is lying about his role in bringing about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, as if he does so, the American leader will lay bare the truth. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Prime…
New Delhi: The government is taking various measures, including setting up the Digital Intelligence Platform, to curb cyber frauds, Union Communication Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Wednesday. He also highlighted that international spoofed calls have come down by 97%. The communications and home ministries have taken four to five major measures to deal with cyber…
Hyderabad: There is no tsunami threat to the Indian coast following the 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the East Coast of Kamchatka in Russia, the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) here said on Wednesday. “Based on pre-run model scenarios, there is no threat to India,” the centre said in a bulletin issued in the morning….
New Delhi: Observing that Justice Yashwant Varma’s conduct does not inspire confidence, the Supreme Court on Wednesday posed sharp questions to the judge seeking invalidation of a report by an in-house inquiry panel which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row. The top court asked Justice Varma why he appeared before the…
New Delhi: Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties, including Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, protested in the Parliament House complex for the seventh consecutive day on Wednesday against the Election Commission’s voter roll revision in Bihar, and demanded its rollback. Ahead of the day’s proceedings in Parliament, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and…
United Nations: The Resistance Front (TRF) had twice claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack and “published a photograph of the attack site”, the UN Security Council’s sanctions monitoring team has said. The team in a report also cited assertions that the attack could not have happened without the support of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT). The 36th…
