New Delhi: Observing that the discharge of an accused in a criminal case stands on a “better footing” than acquittal, the Supreme Court has held no disciplinary or administrative action can be initiated against a discharged person.Busting the myth that an accused, unless he is acquitted, carries the label of being accused, a bench of…
New Delhi: Nearly a decade after declaring instant divorce through triple talaq unconstitutional and void, Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the validity of blatant discrimination of Muslim women in property inheritance under the 90-year-old Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought…
New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah seized on Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav’s demand for quota for OBC and Muslim women to hammer home his party’s avowed opposition to reservation based on religion.He also reiterated govt’s stand that the caste of citizens will be mentioned during the ongoing census to reject SP chief Akhilesh…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had a “very good” phone conversation with his “friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week.“I had a very good talk with him and he’s a friend of mine from India and he’s doing great. We had a very good conversation,” Trump said in response to a…
Engineer Rashid (PTI image) SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday urged central govt to release Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, who has remained incarcerated at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, on humanitarian grounds, to meet his ailing father.In a statement, the Mirwaiz said he had visited the jailed MP’s father,…
NEW DELHI: A Border Security Force (BSF) officer was killed after a fire broke out at a fuel depot in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, officials said.The incident occurred at the Bankra border outpost (BOP) in Hingalganj along the India-Bangladesh border. The outpost is part of the 77th Battalion of the BSF.Assistant Sub Inspector…
PM Modi in Lok Sabha NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday “gave guarantee” that no injustice will be done to any state while allyaing delimitation fear that northern states may gain at the expense of the south Indian states.Speaking in Lok Sabha, during the The Delimitation Bill, 2026, along with the women quota…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath drew parallels between the current situation in Bengal and the condition of Uttar Pradesh nine years ago, focusing on issues of law and order.Addressing a rally in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, he said, “The anarchy you see here, the atmosphere of fear, the riots, the reign of…
NEW DELHI: A massive fire broke out on Thursday at three cottages near a beachside property in Mandrem, Goa. According to Namdev Pawar, in-charge of Pernem Fire Station emergency teams rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.This is a breaking story. Details awaited Source link
Himanta Biswa Sarma (left), Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said it is important to fence West Bengal’s border with Bangladesh, alleging that “infiltrators” from the neighbouring country are entering the state under Mamata Banerjee’s watch.Campaigning in the poll-bound state days after elections were held in Assam, which borders…