The Central government told the Supreme Court that in deference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s views, the government will go for a comprehensive reconsideration of the sedition provision, Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, for necessary...
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20th May 2022 | Updated at 06:28am 20th May 2022
Punjab govt to end VIP culture in jails
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said his government will soon end the ‘VIP culture’ in state jails by converting ‘VIP cells’ there into administrative blocks. Mann made the announcement in a video message emphasising that jails...
Fire at Amritsar hospital, over 600 rescued
Amritsar: A major tragedy was averted at the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital here after a massive fire broke out in two wards and the outpatient department (OPD). The staff and the attendants scrambled to save patients and there was no loss of life...
Karnataka bans use of loudspeakers from 10 pm to 6 am
Bengaluru: Karnataka government has banned the use of loudspeakers between 10 pm and 6 am amid a raging debate over loudspeakers. The government said that a loudspeaker or a public address system shall not be used (between 10 pm to 6 am) except...
Amit Shah sounds poll bugle in Telangana
Hyderabad: Sounding the poll bugle in Telangana, Union home minister Amit Shah hit out at the TRS government in the state for alleged corruption and unkept promises and said his party is ready to face the polls, due in the state next year.
CAA won't be implemented in Bengal: Mamata
Kolkata: Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah`s remark about implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that the BJP will not return to power in 2024 and no CAA will be implemented.
AFSPA may soon be lifted from entire Assam: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah exuded confidence that AFSPA will soon be revoked from entire Assam, as improved law and order and peace accords with militant outfits during the last six years have already led to its partial withdrawal in the...
Vibrant Gujarat roadshow held in Mumbai
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a roadshow in Mumbai on November 26, for the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
India and the World Health Organization are at loggerheads over the latter’s new estimates of 47,00,000 excess deaths in the country due to the Covid-19...
Aviation regulator DGCA instituted a probe to look into IndiGo denying boarding to an anxious 13-year-old boy in a wheelchair at Ranchi airport two days ago after civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia tweeted about “zero tolerance towards...
Monsoon could arrive in Kerala any time after May 20 and before its normal onset date of June 1.
The home ministry has granted security clearance to Jet Airways that is planning to relaunch commercial flight operations in the next few months, according...
India is all set to conduct a slew of tests of several indigenously-developed advanced weapons, ranging from air-to-air missiles and anti-radiation missiles to smart anti-airfield weapons and long-range glide bombs.
Twists and turns in the Shringar Gauri-Gynvapi masjid case of Varanasi circled a roundabout on Monday when the chief of a religious outfit said his social...
Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala took oath as Supreme Court judges on Monday. Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana read out the oath...
Khalistan flags appeared at the main entrance to the Himachal Pradesh assembly complex at Kaned in Kangra district on Sunday morning, accompanied by a...
Observing that it is the constitutional mandate to hold elections after every five years and any delay cannot be brooked, the Supreme Court directed Maharashtra election commission to start election process for over 2,400 local bodies across...
