New Delhi: India has fielded a 56-member squad for the Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships being held in Amman, Jordan. This is the first event organised by Asian Boxing, endorsed by both the Olympic Council of Asia and the newly formed World Boxing. The standout names in the U-17 boys’ squad include Sahil Duhan…
Pune: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has criticised political parties for opposing the move to make Hindi a mandatory third language for students in classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium schools across the state. He said those opposing the decision are raking up “unnecessary disputes for lack of real issues”. “Marathi is our…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday voiced concern over the recent demolition of a Jain temple in Mumbai, accusing the BJP government of systematically targeting the peaceful Jain community across India. He was responding to reports in a section of the media that a Jain temple had been demolished in Mumbai. In a…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Elon Musk and talked about “various issues, including the topics we covered during our meeting in Washington DC earlier this year,” he said in a post on X on Friday, without saying when the conversation took place. Modi said that they discussed the immense potential for collaboration…
Kolkata: Despite Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting him to postpone his visit to the violence-hit Murshidabad district, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Friday left for Malda, where he is likely to meet the victims of the riot who fled there. “I am going to the field,” Bose told reporters while leaving for…
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, a seasoned constitutional authority and a practicing lawyer before assuming high office, has sent a clear warning to India’s judiciary: do not exceed your brief. His caution comes at a time when the Supreme Court has been increasingly accused of judicial overreach, intruding into domains explicitly reserved for the legislature and…
There’s an old joke doing the rounds – one of those that is so ridiculous you wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out to be true. A certain nawab’s prized horse, the story goes, once paused in a pasture to relieve itself. Now, a few generations and many legal fictions later, the land is claimed…
Indore: BJP MLA and former Madhya Pradesh minister Usha Thakur has slammed those voting on the basis of money, liquor and gifts and asserted that such persons who sell democracy will be reborn as camels, sheep, goats, dogs and cats. A video of her purported remarks, made at a meeting on Wednesday in Hasalpur village…
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said the Supreme Court, which gave the basic structure doctrine, demolished its impregnability during the Emergency. Dhankhar was addressing Rajya Sabha interns here. Referring to the recent remarks of former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman at an event on the basic structure doctrine, the vice president said…
Kolkata: National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said that she and other members of the panel will visit riot-hit Murshidabad district in the next few days and meet the affected women. The panel has already taken suo motu cognizance of the violence against innocents at some places of Murshidabad on April 11 and…
