Delimitation based on population will be injustice to southern states: Kharge
Gadag (Karnataka), Mar 16 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that if the delimitation exercise is based on population, it will be an injustice to the southern states as it would reduce their representation in the Lok Sabha and urged people to unite against this “injustice.” Speaking at the centenary celebrations of the […]
59 dead, more than 150 injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia
Kocani (North Macedonia): A massive fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani early Sunday, killing 59 people and injuring 155, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 2:30 am during a concert by a local pop group at Club Pulse, Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski told reporters. He said 39 of […]
Compromising govt exam sanctity ‘chinks’ faith in public administration, executive: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the bail of two men accused of using a dummy candidate in a public recruitment examination saying the offence “chinks” faith of the people in the public administration and the executive. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Ahsanuddin Amanullah allowed the appeal filed by the state […]
Modi govt unsparing in punishing drug traffickers: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Modi government is unsparing in punishing drug traffickers who drag the youth into the dark abyss of addiction for the greed of money. In a post on X, Shah said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government pledges to continue combating […]
SC seeks replies from Centre, states over procurement, quality of HIV drugs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and the states to file their responses over the quality of anti-retroviral therapy drugs for treating HIV patients in the country. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a plea filed in 2022 by NGO Network of People Living with […]
SC irked over many fresh pleas on 1991 places of worship law
Lists pending ones in Apr New Delhi: Expressing displeasure over filing of several pleas on the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, the Supreme Court on Monday said a three-judge bench will hear in April the pending post-notice petitions related to the 1991 law which mandates the religious character of a place to be […]
Eyewitnesses recall Saturday night horror at New Delhi Railway Station post stampede
New Delhi: People’s belongings scattered everywhere, a crowd unlike anything seen before with scores pushing and scrambling for space amid cries for help — eyewitnesses have recalled the horror as the death toll in the overnight stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station climbed to 18 on Sunday. According to official sources, a wrong announcement […]
Chhattisgarh: 11 women among 31 Naxalites killed; rebel toll at 81 this year; 2 cops martyred
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): In one of the deadliest blows to Naxalites in Chhattisgarh, security forces on Sunday gunned down 31 rebels, including 11 women, in a fierce encounter in the state’s Bijapur district, police said. Two security personnel were also killed and as many injured in the face-off, they said. More than 650 security personnel entered […]
Manipur CM N Biren Singh resigns, guv asks him to continue till new arrangements
Imphal: Amidst rumblings within the state BJP seeking a change of leadership in strife-torn Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday tendered his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal. The governor accepted Singh’s resignation, along with that of his council of ministers, and requested that he continue in […]
