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…
I am sick and tired of people adding ‘sic’ to the end of their comments on X (Twitter). Do they even know what it means, or do they think it’s just the trendy way to close a tweet? Or maybe it’s their way of saying they, too, are ‘sick and tired.’ ‘Sic’ is written after…
Despite initial aggressive posturing, the newly elected Congress government in Telangana, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, appears to be slowing down on its plans to take legal action against former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and his family. While the government has hinted at possessing incriminating evidence, especially concerning alleged financial misconduct…
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named his campaign manager Susan Wiles as his White House chief of staff, making her the first woman ever to hold this powerful position in any administration. “Susie will continue to work tirelessly to Make America Great Again. It is a well-deserved honour to have Susie as the…
New Delhi: Days after the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province called for ‘climate diplomacy’ with India to jointly address the issue of smog, the MEA on Thursday said New Delhi has not heard anything formally from Islamabad so far on this matter. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in…
Washington: Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to ensure a peaceful and orderly transfer of power to President-elect Donald Trump in January and appealed to the people to accept the election results for the White House. Biden made the comments during an address to the nation a day after Trump, 78, was re-elected…
