Ballari (Karnataka): Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday alleged that a new kind of “Jihad” is taking place across Karnataka with the Waqf Board claiming ownership of lands belonging to farmers, temples and others. Hitting out at the Congress government headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, he said the ruling party has reached “height of appeasement…
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Friday said work is underway to virtually link the various military museums to one e-platform under a project that aims to spread awareness about India’s glorious military heritage. In his keynote address at the inaugural ceremony of the second edition of the Indian Military Heritage…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response to a plea seeking the inclusion of ayurveda, yoga, and naturopathy in the national Ayushman Bharat scheme. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued the notice to the Centre and others on the petition filed by…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the question of Aligarh Muslim University’s minority status to a new bench and overruled the 1967 judgment that said the university cannot be considered a minority institution since it was created by a central law. In a majority verdict headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D…
Amaravati: YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday said that the party is waging a war against a “demonic yellow media” and its “unethical social media”. The former chief minister’s statement comes at a time when more than 100 YSRCP activists were detained by police across the state for alleged disparaging posts on social…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday junked a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the alleged use of animal fat in making Tirupati laddus under the previous Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy-led regime. A bench comprising Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan dismissed the plea filed by one K A Paul, a…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister and veteran Marxist leader Pinarayi Vijayan intensified his attack on the Congress, alleging that its general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, is contesting the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election with the backing of Jamaat-e-Islami. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Vijayan claimed that the by-election in Wayanad has “exposed the Congress party’s secular…
New Delhi: A seven-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday delivered four separate judgements in the Aligarh Muslim University minority status case. Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, who headed the bench, said there were four separate opinions, including three dissenting verdicts. The CJI said he has written the majority verdict for himself and…
These days we see cases of some high-ranking officers in the country getting involved in corruption and sexual crimes and their involvement in protecting the criminals is increasing, which is not a good sign for the country and society. After all, what is the reason that high-ranking personalities (not all) are bent on carrying out…
India’s ambitious bullet train project linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad, launched in 2017, has faced significant hurdles. Originally targeted for completion by 2026, the project now faces uncertainty due to escalating costs and disagreements with Japanese contractors. In response, India’s Railways Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has proposed a bold shift toward self-reliance, with plans to develop indigenous…
