Dehradun: Twelve people, including three of a family, were killed and six injured in heavy overnight rains in various parts of Uttarakhand that triggered many incidents of house collapse, flooding and rise in water levels of several rivers, officials said on Thursday. Most parts of the state did not receive fresh rains till Thursday afternoon….
Bengaluru: Karnataka government on Thursday issued a strong advisory to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, urging him to retract his show-cause notice to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The notice demanded an explanation for not granting prosecution sanction in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment scam. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, addressing reporters post-Cabinet meeting, condemned…
New Delhi: India is predicted to record above-normal rainfall in August and September, with a good chance of favourable La Nina conditions developing by the end of August, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. The monsoon is critical for India’s agricultural landscape, with 52 per cent of the net cultivated area relying on…
Wayanad: Rescue and relief operations continue for the third day in Wayanad, with the death toll from Tuesday’s landslides rising to 277 and at least 240 people still missing. The agony and sighs of rescued people linger over the uneasy silence of the dead, buried beneath slush and concrete rubble in the landslide-hit regions of…
Paris: Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Tokyo bronze medallist Malaysian combination of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the men’s doubles quarter-finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday. The Indian pair lost to the Malaysia duo 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 in a thrilling 64-minute clash. The Malaysians, known for their…
Chennai: The Supreme Court’s ruling that says states are empowered to make sub-classifications of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to grant quotas inside the reserved category is a recognition of the DMK’s Dravidian model and its efforts to ensure social justice for oppressed sections of society, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Thursday….
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister, A. Revanth Reddy, has expressed his approval of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, allowing state governments to sub-classify Scheduled Castes (SC) for quotas. Declaring Telangana’s commitment to this progressive move, he stated that the state would be the first to implement it. Speaking in the Assembly, CM Reddy praised the Supreme…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday ruled that the trial in 18 cases relating to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute in Mathura can continue, dismissing a petition filed by the mosque committee that challenged the maintainability of these suits. Justice Mayank Kumar Jain had on June 6 reserved his judgment on the plea moved…
New Delhi: In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that states are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes, which form a socially heterogeneous class, for granting reservation for the uplift of castes that are socially and economically more backward. A seven-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y…
Paris: Chateauroux, the venue for shooting events in the Paris Olympics, is becoming a memorable location for the Indian contingent. Swapnil Kusale, a 28-year-old shooter, added a third medal to India’s tally by winning a bronze in the 50m rifle 3 positions event on Thursday. In the challenging event, which includes kneeling, prone, and standing…
