Justice RS Sodhi of Delhi high court had quashed all charges against the Hinduja brothers and AB Bofors, holding that the prosecution failed to provide admissible, reliable evidence NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal challenging a 2005 Delhi HC judgement that had quashed criminal proceedings in the Bofors pay-off case, bringing to…
The criticism came after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed an agreement that would treat an attack on one country as an attack on all three An Iranian lawmaker on Friday criticised the new defence agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan,…
Since its establishment under an Act of Parliament in 1996, TDB has relied upon independent expert committees rather than individual officials for evaluating technology proposals NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund is being implemented through a robust institutional framework with “stringent conflict-of-interest safeguards” in place, highlighting that…
A freshly cooked curry rarely goes to waste, and the leftovers often become the next day’s lunch. Yet many gravies spoil sooner than expected because they are stored incorrectly. A sour smell, separated texture, or mould usually appears long before the container is empty. In most cases, the recipe is not the problem. The way…
Members of the JSSC-JPSC Reforms Manch meet the ministerial delegation on Friday Ranchi: The Hemant Soren-led govt on Friday held its first formal talks with protesting civil services aspirants amid weeks of demonstrations over alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) examinations, but the students said their agitation would continue until the govt…
The panel, it said, shall devise suitable norms and guidelines ‘keeping in view the cultural ethos and sensitivity of the country’ NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry has told a parliamentary committee that it is mulling a comprehensive statutory framework to regulate the airing of programmes on OTT platforms, “which are offensive to…
R Ashwin and Sanjay Manjrekar (Agency Image) Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has revealed that sharp criticism from Sanjay Manjrekar early in his career left him deeply hurt, but eventually became one of the biggest turning points in his journey as an international cricketer.Ashwin admitted that he was upset after Manjrekar questioned his fitness following…
The HC issued a notice to FSSAI on the company’s petition challenging the prohibition NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Friday stayed an FSSAI directive prohibiting Dabur India from selling food products such as honey, cow ghee and edible oils with “100%” claims.Justice Amit Mahajan noted that Dabur was selling the products for decades and…
The 36th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) on Thursday saw both sides agreeing to continue using existing diplomatic and military channels NEW DELHI: In another round of diplomatic engagement on the border issue, India and China had “frank discussions” and reviewed the situation along the line…
Solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta told the bench that despite intense search and rescue operations, the missing Indian seafarers — Deepak Kumar Gupta and Ram Chandra Dubey — could not be located NEW DELHI: The government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that there is very little hope of locating two Indian seafarers who are…