NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday posed discomfiting questions to Bengal govt and its SSC on the ‘scam’ relating to recruitment of 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff, and said there are too many flaws in the selection of candidates.Commencing final hearing on the issue, pending for over a year in SC, which had stayed Calcutta…
File photo for representation NEW DELHI: BJP leader Rajneesh Singh has written to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, asking the government to take back the land allotted for the construction of mosque in Ayodhya. He claimed that the ‘intention was never to establish a mosque’ since the Supreme Court’s verdict in 2019.The top court’s…
NEW DELHI: BJD, headed by Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday sought greater consultation with political parties to address key issues for the ‘one nation, one election’ plan, on a day the Union Cabinet approved bills related to simultaneous polls. The bills are likely to be introduced in Parliament’s ongoing winter session.BJD Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra…
NEW DELHI: Days after TMC MPs floated the idea of appointing Mamata Banerjee as the leader of the INDIA bloc, the West Bengal chief minister herself weighed in on Friday, saying she is ready to lead the opposition bloc if asked. The statement from the CM comes amid simmering disagreements within the INDIA bloc over…
NEW DELHI: Former JNU student Umar Khalid on Friday asked before the Delhi High Court the basis on which the Delhi police made him an accused in a UAPA case related to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the February 2020 northeast Delhi violence. Appearing before Justices Navin Chwla and Shalinder Kaur, senior advocate Trideep Pais…
England’s Ben Stokes during the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch. (AP) England Test captain Ben Stokes voiced his concerns regarding the International Cricket Council‘s communication with players about over-rate penalties. He believes the ICC should review its over-rate regulations for the World Test Championship.This follows penalties imposed on both England and New Zealand…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to ensure that ongoing protests do not obstruct highways or inconvenience the public. The court pointed out that while peaceful protests are a democratic right, they must be conducted responsibly.The SC made these observations while disposing a habeas corpus plea filed…
NEW DELHI: Lucknow Police on Monday issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai asking him to postpone his Sambhal visit. Police asked Rai to cooperate in the public interest so that the order passed by the District Magistrate of Sambhal district, Section 163 BNSS is not violated keeping in mind the peace…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the management committee of Shahi Idgah Masjid in Sambhal to approach the high court, regarding the trial court’s survey order of the mosque, which Hindu parties claim was originally a temple.The Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, whilst hearing the matter, stated that…
Sheikh Hasina (File photo) NEW DELHI: Ousted former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina condemned the interim Muhammad Yunus government in the wake of unabated violent attacks on the Hindu community in Bangladesh that were triggered after the arrest of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das.Hasina said Chinmoy Krishna Das has been “unjustly arrested and must be released…