United Nations: India has condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan as a “flagrant violation” of international law, saying it is “hypocritical” to invoke Islamic solidarity while carrying out attacks that have killed civilians during Ramzan. Addressing a Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on Monday, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the time has come for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as it termed a plea seeking striking down of provisions of the Shariat law of 1937 for being discriminatory to Muslim women as a “very good case” which advisably only the legislature should look into. A…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government and the Election Commission to provide all logistical support to judicial officers in the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi said the…
New Delhi: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday said the opposition was compelled to bring a resolution for Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s removal to “save the Constitution”, as he accused Birla of partisan behaviour. Initiating the debate on the resolution for the removal of Birla from the Speaker’s post, Gogoi claimed that the environment…
Though the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s league season has ended, our e-paper’s effort to highlight the urgent need to clean up its administration continues. Through a series of articles offering sharp and factual critiques, we have repeatedly pointed out the systemic failures and questionable decisions that appear driven by vested interests rather than the welfare of…
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back sharply in early trade on Tuesday after two days of massive decline, following a drop in crude oil prices and recovery in global markets amid hopes that the conflict in West Asia could conclude soon. The 30-share BSE Sensex rebounded 809.57 points to 78,375.73 in opening…
London: The disruptions to the world order due to ongoing conflicts can be overcome by the Commonwealth as the largest gathering of democratic countries by pooling its resources to move forward together, Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh has said. Singh concluded his UK visit to attend the 26th Commonwealth…
Gurugram: Seven workers were killed after an under-construction wall collapsed in this Haryana district, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday evening at the Signature Global Society in Gurugram’s Sidhrawali area, they added. Around 12 to 15 labourers got trapped under the rubble after the wall collapsed at around 8 pm on Monday. They…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin received a telephone call from US President Donald Trump, where the two leaders discussed the conflicts in Iran and Ukraine, Russia Today reported, citing Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov. As per Russia Today, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told journalists that the American president initiated the call to discuss the latest international…
Johannesburg: India has a major role to play in the remaking of the post-World War II world order, which is on the brink of collapse, South African Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Zuko Godlimpi told a gathering of captains of industry, academics and policy makers in Pretoria on Monday. The minister was delivering the…
