India to host first EU-India Track 1.5 dialogue on use of unmanned aerial systems by extremists
New Delhi: Ways to counter the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by extremists and non-state actors will be the focus of the first ever European Union-India Track 1.5 dialogue on Thursday. The day-long dialogue in Delhi seeks to better understand the range of current and emerging threats particularly involved with consumer-grade UAS technology and […]
SC pulls up NGT for ‘unilateral decisions’
Asks tribunal to act with ‘procedural integrity’ New Delhi: In an unusual order, the Supreme Court has pulled up the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for its “recurrent engagement” in “unilateral decision making” and cautioned that in “its zealous quest for justice, the tribunal must tread carefully to avoid the oversight of propriety”. These hard hitting […]
Govt recruitment exams: Lok Sabha passes Bill to check use of unfair means
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill which seeks to deal sternly with malpractices and irregularities in government recruitment examinations, with provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine up to Rs 1 crore. Piloting the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024, Union minister Jitendra Singh […]
India decides to fence entire border with Myanmar
New Delhi: India has decided to fence the entire 1,643-km-long India-Myanmar border, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Tuesday. The move could virtually put an end to the Free Movement Regime (FMR) prevalent along the porous border. The FMR allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other’s […]
SpiceJet to operate Haj flights from Srinagar, Gaya, 5 other cities
New Delhi: SpiceJet on Friday said it has secured rights to operate Haj flights from seven cities, including Srinagar, Gaya and Guwahati. The crisis-hit airline, which is working on revival, said Haj flights have been a significant revenue generator for it. “In the current fiscal year, SpiceJet garnered a revenue of Rs 337 crore from […]
Parliament’s Budget Session begins today, last of present Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament, the last of the present Lok Sabha, begins on Wednesday with an address by President Droupadi Murmu to a joint sitting, as the government sought cooperation of opposition parties to ensure the proceedings run smoothly. All eyes will be on the President’s address and the interim budget Finance […]
Shun practice of mentioning caste or religion of litigants in cases: SC
New Delhi: The practice of mentioning caste or religion of litigants in court cases must be shunned, the Supreme Court has said while directing its registry and all other courts to stop it immediately. A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah directed all high courts to ensure that the caste or religion of […]
Nitish Kumar back in NDA; takes oath as Bihar CM for record ninth time
Patna: JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Sunday took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record ninth time after a dramatic volte-face, ditching the Mahagathbandhan and the opposition bloc INDIA and forming a new government with the BJP, which he had dumped less than 18 months ago. Kumar’s latest crossover, his fifth in a […]
India records 159 new COVID-19 infections
New Delhi: India has registered a single-day rise of 159 new COVID-19 infections and the count of active cases of the disease stands at 1,623 in the country, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. One fatality due to the infection was reported in Kerala in a span of 24 hours, according to the data […]
LS polls: BJP appoints election in-charges, co-in-charges for 23 states, UTs
New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday appointed election in-charges and co-in-charges for 23 states and Union territories in view of the Lok Sabha polls this year. BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde has been made the election in-charge for Bihar, while BJP Rajya Sabha member and former Jharkhand unit chief Deepak Prakash will be the […]
