NEW DELHI: SC on Tuesday criticised 12 ’eminent’ persons who together filed a PIL “targeting” CMs of BJP-governed states for alleged hate speeches while making a plea for framing guidelines to restrain constitutional functionaries and bureaucrats from breaching fidelity to constitutional morality. Appearing for petitioners, senior advocate Kapil Sibal told a bench of Chief Justice…
CHENNAI: Over eight years after a trial court acquitted 23 accused of killing a man over an election rivalry in Villupuram in 2013, Madras HC on Tuesday reversed the order and convicted and sentenced 21 of them to life imprisonment.“On a careful re-appreciation of the entire evidence on record, we find that the prosecution proved…
NEW DELHI: Tina Ambani, the wife of Anil Ambani of Reliance group, skipped her second date with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday. She did not appear at the agency’s headquarters here on a summons issued in connection with a money laundering probe. Tina was earlier summoned on Feb 9. Her husband has been summoned…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that development isn’t an absolute goal and that the right to a clean environment, which is part of the right to life, cannot be traded off with economic benefits. Declining permission for change of land for a cement factory to come up at Sangrur, Punjab, close to farms…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: At a joint press meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Indian soldiers who participated in the first World War and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar, as the PM recalled their association with France’s port city Marseille which he had visited last year.“Marseille is…
French President Emmanuel Macron is in Mumbai for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Defence, artificial intelligence, and critical minerals are key topics. President Emmanuel Macron extended an invitation to PM Modi to participate in the G7 Summit to be hosted by France in 2026. According to a joint statement, he invited India to participate…
JAMMU: J&K CM Omar Abdullah voiced a mix of hope and scepticism Tuesday after Union law minister Arjun Meghwal said a decision on restoring statehood to the Union territory would be announced “soon”, citing an assurance by home minister Amit Shah in Parliament.“One-and-a-half years have passed since an elected govt assumed office and we are…
Two Pakistani nationals arrested in Ambala after escaping from Jammu Juvenile Observation home AMBALA/JAMMU: Two Pakistan nationals who fled from a juvenile observation home in Jammu’s RS Pura area Monday were arrested 400km away at Ambala Cantonment railway station by Haryana STF.Mohammad Sana-Ullah, 20, of Jaatala village in Muzaffargarh district of Punjab, Pakistan, and 23-year-old…
Bhupen Borah with Himanta Biswa Sarma (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday announced that former state Congress chief Bhupen Borah will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on February 22. The announcement comes as Sarma met Borah at his residence in Guwahati today evening.Addressing reporters, Sarma said, “Bhupen Borah will…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will revamp 400 km of road stretches by the end of the year, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Tuesday. According to officials, more than 241 major roads have been identified for redevelopment under the government’s comprehensive road improvement project, at the total cost of Rs 802 crore. “The initiative…
