Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon on Friday accused the Trump administration of planning to deport nearly 700 Guatemalan children who came to the United States alone, calling the move a violation of US obligations. In a letter to Angie Salazar, acting director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Wyden warned that such expulsions would breach…
Union home minister Amit Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: The government will on Wednesday introduce three bills in Parliament to provide a legal framework for the removal of prime minister, a Union minister, chief minister, or a minister in a state/Union territory if they are arrested or detained on serious criminal charges.According to PTI, the…
Former India cricketer turned commentator Mohammad Kaif has sympathised with Axar Patel after he got removed from the vice-captaincy spot of the Indian T20I team. Patel was named captain Suryakumar Yadav’s deputy for the five-match series against England earlier this year. However, as Shubman Gill made his return to the shortest format after a year,…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday announced the formation of a three-member committee to investigate allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma in connection with the “cash-at-home” controversy.The panel will include senior advocate PV Acharya of the Karnataka high Court as the jurist member. SC judge Aravind Kumar, Madras HC Chief Justice Manindra Mohan…
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has said India should reassess whether importing cheap oil from Russia is “worth it” after the Trump administration imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods, taking the total levy to 50 per cent — one of the highest by the US on any country.The latest tariff hike, signed…
NEW DELHI: The Central government on Monday recommended six major changes to the controversial film ‘Udaipur Files,’ including replacing the name of a key character, altering an AI-generated execution scene, and deleting sensitive dialogues. The film will not be released until July 24, when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case.The recommendations came…
Ex-CJI DY Chandrachud (File photo) NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court administration has written to the Centre seeking possession of the official residence of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) at the Krishna Menon Marg in the national capital.In a July 1 letter to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA),…
On India Today, the focus is on the latest statement from the United States President Donald Trump, who is pushing for the complete removal of trade barriers with India. Trump mentioned that he will be sending letters to various countries, including India, to notify them of the new tariff amounts. The Indian side has yet…
RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale (ANI) NEW DELHI: The RSS on Thursday urged a review of the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Constitution’s preamble, citing they were added during the Emergency and not included in the Constitution drafted by BR Ambedkar. RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabole was addressing an event marking 50 years of…
NEW DELHI: If Justice Yashwant Varma doesn’t resign and holds on to his argument of being “innocent”, he may earn the unenviable distinction of being the only judge to be removed through Parliament’s removal motion, with most parties pledging “unity” on the issue of corruption, of which the three-member SC panel has found him guilty.Parliamentary…