NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has allowed a complainant to submit additional documents in a case alleging that Congress MP Sonia Gandhi was included in poll rolls before acquiring Indian citizenship.The ACJM court has scheduled the next hearing for Nov 18 after the complainant’s counsel sought more time to place further evidence on record.The complaint…
NEW DELHI: Sikkim HC, with a sanctioned strength of three judges but a working strength of two, is unable to hear intra-court appeals against judgements rendered by two single-judge benches headed by the chief justice and the other judge.Pendency of appeals against single-judge bench’s orders has forced Sikkim CJ A Muhammed Mustaque to write to…
NEW DELHI: India’s postgraduate medical education system is set for a major expansion, with 9,783 seats being added for the 2026-27 academic year. The increase takes the total approved PG intake to 68,305, up from 58,522, with govt medical colleges accounting for the largest share of the new seats.Of the additional seats, 4,373 have been…
NEW DELHI: A dip in gold prices drew shoppers to jewellery stores on Dhanteras on Friday. Carmakers lined up thousands of festive deliveries, while televisions led demand at an electronics retailer.Senco Gold & Diamonds reported sales growth of more than 25% by value, with footfall up 10-12% from last year, CEO Suvankar Sen said.Kalyan Jewellers…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference The US Treasury Department has imposed financial sanctions on eight money services firms based in Canada, alleging that they facilitated transactions with sanctioned Iranian entities.The sanctions effectively cut the firms off from the US dollar-based financial system, blocking any assets they may hold in the…
A conversation may last five minutes, but its impact can stretch well into the night. A person might remember a sentence they used, wonder how it sounded to someone else and imagine what they could have said instead. Soon, one small interaction becomes a long mental discussion, complete with different explanations, imagined replies and arguments.This…
A once-crowded home in Brisbane’s bayside suburb of Wynnum is attracting attention for a rather unusual reason. The three-bedroom property, which spent years filled with thousands of books, music records and personal collections, was eventually left to deteriorate after its owner moved into care. With the house empty, pigeons began nesting in its ceiling, wasps…
The monument of Stonehenge. Image credits: Canva It is surprising how the stonehenge, one of the most recognisable and famous prehistoric monuments, still holds its secrets. One such secret it is hiding is of a six-tonne rock, ironically.For more than a century, scientists have been trying to work out where one particular stone at Stonehenge…
NEW DELHI: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Friday released date sheets for the Class X and XII board examinations for 2027, with both scheduled to begin on Feb 16.The schedules were announced 101 days before the start of the examinations, giving students more than three months to prepare.According to a circular issued by CBSE…
NEW DELHI: From a Bajaj Auto dealership in Maharashtra to one of the largest consumer durable companies in the country, life has come full circle for Videocon Industries’ ousted promoter Venugopal Dhoot who was declared bankrupt by National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) a day before Dhanteras, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.Dhoot is one of the most…
