New Delhi: India and Australia on Tuesday held talks focusing on developments relating to nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament, and security of outer space. The discussions took place at a meeting of the India-Australia bilateral dialogue on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control. “The two sides discussed developments in the areas of nuclear, chemical, biological disarmament and non-proliferation,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday protected owners of diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years in Delhi-NCR. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria passed the order after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Delhi government,…
New Delhi: South African cricketer Dewald Brevis has etched his name into the history books as he slammed a jaw-dropping century in the second T20I against Australia at the Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin on Tuesday, August 12. Brevis has hit the fastest century against Australia in T20Is as he slammed a ton off just…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday called itself the “custodian” of all citizens in the country as it reserved its decision in a suo motu case on summoning of lawyers by probe agencies while representing clients in cases. A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced hearing a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission’s decision to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound Bihar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi began hearing senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for RJD leader Manoj Jha, arguing that while in one…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of not performing its duty of enforcing the ‘one man, one vote’ principle and said “abhi picture baki hai”, alluding to the claims of irregularities in the voters’ list. Gandhi asserted that his party was engaged in protecting the Constitution and would continue…
New Delhi: Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties held a protest in the Parliament House complex on Tuesday against the Election Commission’s voter roll revision in Bihar, with many of them wearing white T-shirts that had the name of a “124-year-old voter” allegedly found on the state’s voters’ list emblazoned on it. Congress president…
Bhubaneshwar: The BJD said that it would approach the Orissa High Court regarding “discrepancies” during the 2024 assembly and Lok Sabha polls, as the EC has “failed” to give any satisfactory reply to the regional outfit on the issue. BJD spokesperson Amar Patnaik, MLA Dhruba Charan Sahoo, and former MP Sarmistha Sethi announced at a…
Srinagar: The State Investigation Agency on Tuesday carried out raids at several places in central Kashmir as part of its investigation into the murder of a Kashmiri Pandit woman 35 years ago, officials said. The officials said the agency conducted the raids at the residences of several persons, who were formerly associated with the banned…
New Delhi: The parliamentary panel on external affairs has expressed “concern” over the “escalating Chinese presence and its increasing influence” in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), saying the development poses “substantial risks” to India’s national security and broader strategic interests. Of “equal concern” is the “strengthening of the China-Pakistan naval nexus”, which not only facilitates…
