New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will direct the CBSE to implement a direction of the Orissa High Court to amend the model consent form for the generation of Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry IDs to provide parents with the option to refuse consent or opt out of the scheme. Under the…
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday administered oath to nine newly-elected members of the Upper House. The members who took the oath represent the states of Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Rajasthan and West Bengal. The newly-elected members who took the oath on the first day of the Monsoon session…
New Delhi: Forces resorted to a baton charge near Parliament Street after thousands of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters allegedly tried to breach barricades while marching towards Parliament on Monday. At around 11.25 am, protesters attempted to push through multiple barricades erected in the high-security zone, sources said. A scuffle-like situation ensued, in which some…
New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Monday requested the medical superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital to allow him to leave “even if temporarily” to participate in the Cockroach Janta Party’s Parliament march, asserting that he was feeling “very fine” and that his health parameters were normal. In a handwritten letter addressed to the medical superintendent, Wangchuk…
New Delhi: Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali J Angmo on Monday moved the Delhi High Court to appeal against an order refusing to interfere with the fasting activist’s ongoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital. In her appeal, Angmo contended that the single judge’s Sunday order illegally confines Wangchuk to Safdarjung Hospital without any arrest and effectively directs…
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah left for Delhi on Monday to join the National Conference’s protest there demanding restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. The demonstration coincides with the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament and will be led by the National Conference president Farooq Abdullah. “Under the leadership of our president, the…
Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu): The opposition DMK’s Vilathikulam MLA, G V Markandeyan, was arrested on Monday for making defamatory speech against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, police said. The legislator was picked up by a police team from his residence amidst protests by his supporters who raised slogans condemning the police action. He was…
Spain’s World Cup triumph was a victory for skill, discipline, and attacking football over theatrics and gamesmanship. Spain did not merely win the FIFA World Cup 2026 final. They restored faith in what football’s biggest prize is supposed to reward—the better team, not the better dramatist. The defending champions from Argentina arrived with all the…
MS Shanker The loudest protests against the latest amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2026, tell us something important. Those who claim that the new regulations are an attack on civil society would have the country believe that transparency itself is a threat. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The fundamental question is…
Iran: New violence shook the Middle East early Monday as the United States announced another wave of attacks on Iran, Kuwait said it was intercepting drones, and Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed to have hit an “enemy command centre” in Syria. Bahrain’s interior ministry also said that its air raid sirens had sounded and urged citizens…
