GUWAHATI: Assam govt tabled a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in assembly on Monday, proposing a common law on marriage, divorce, live-in relationships and succession, following in the footsteps of Uttarakhand and Gujarat, to enact UCC post-Independence.The ‘Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 bill’ introduced by state parliamentary affairs minister Atul Bora, states that the common…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the National Testing Agency over the NEET-UG paper leak issue, saying no lesson had been learnt and mistakes were being repeated, a reference to recurring incidents of mismanagement of the medical entrance exam‘s conduct.In view of difficulties being faced by lakhs of students after the May 3…
Chinese proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) This Chinese proverb shows up everywhere. Education talks, charity discussions, even business strategy slides. “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. But if you give him a fishing rod, you feed him for a lifetime.” It sounds simple enough….
NEW DELHI: CJI Surya Kant, who had clarified that he respected youth of India a day after his ‘cockroach’ remark went viral and led to setting up of a satirical Cockroach Janta Party, on Monday made light of a lawyer’s emotive arguments accusing CJP founder Abhijit Dipke of attempting to denigrate and defame the judiciary.Advocate…
NEW DELHI: Petrol prices breached the Rs 100-a-litre-mark in the capital on Monday after state-owned oil companies effected the fourth hike in retail fuel rates in 11 days, raising petrol prices by another Rs 2.61 to Rs 102.12 a litre to cut losses from selling auto fuels below market cost. Petrol price was last past…
In the National Capital Region (NCR), owning a home is becoming increasingly expensive. From Delhi’s proposed revision of circle rates to recent changes in Gurugram and rising property prices in Noida, real estate costs across the region are seeing an overall uptick. This is also pushing up registration and transaction expenses, adding to the total…
Indian-origin investor says he waited eight years for his Green Card. An Indian-origin investor shared his Green Card journey but got slammed on social media as he was taking sides of those who wait decades for permanent residency in the US, yet do not get it. The post from Arnav Sahu, a Silicon Valley investor,…
William Nylander #88 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Auston Matthews #34 line up for a face-off against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Scotiabank Arena on March 2, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images) The Toronto Maple Leafs are under a lot of offseason pressure after franchise stars Auston…
NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over a govt order to take over Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) premises, it has come to light that the Land and Development Office (L&DO) had written three letters to the club management since Sept last year to clear around Rs 48 crore in rent that DGC owed to it.The latest…
A top neurosurgeon has been suspended after a medical tribunal found he had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable female patient and repeatedly prescribed her addictive painkillers without proper records or safeguards.Chirag Patel, a consultant at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, was handed an eight-month suspension after admitting to the relationship and sending…