High courts should function like emergency services: CJI-designate Surya Kant
Ranchi: Chief Justice of India (Designate) Justice Surya Kant on Saturday emphasised that the judiciary’s role goes beyond settling disputes and must also focus on protecting the innocent. He asserted that the high courts must begin to envision their institutional growth much like a modern hospital’s emergency services, ensuring swift, decisive and effective responses. Addressing […]
After NDA sweeps Bihar polls, PM urges all parties to participate in SIR
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged all political parties to participate in the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls by appointing their workers in all polling stations, as he lauded the people of Bihar for “supporting” the exercise to “clean up” the voters’ list. Addressing BJP workers at the party headquarters here after […]
Police moves Interpol for Red Corner Notice against south Kashmir doctor
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police has approached Interpol to issue a Red Corner Notice against Qazigund-based Dr Muzaffar in connection with the interstate ‘white collar’ terror module busted earlier this week, officials said on Thursday. Muzaffar is the brother of Dr Adeel who was amongst the eight people, including three doctors, arrested in the case […]
India’s CO2 emissions see slower increase in 2025: Report
New Delhi: India’s carbon dioxide emissions were projected to rise by 1.4 per cent in 2025, marking a slower increase than in previous years, according to a report published on Thursday by a global network of more than 130 climate scientists and research institutions. The slowdown is attributed to an early monsoon that reduced cooling […]
Climate disasters killed 80,000, hit 1.3 billion in India since 1995: Report
New Delhi: India ranks ninth globally among countries most impacted by climate disasters over the past three decades, with nearly 430 extreme weather events killing more than 80,000 people, according to a new report. The Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2026 released by the environment think tank Germanwatch at COP30 in Belem, Brazil, on Tuesday said […]
India logged highest number of TB cases in 2024: WHO report
New Delhi: India accounted for the highest number of TB cases in 2024, followed by Indonesia, the Philippines, China, and Pakistan, said the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025, as it called for increased funding to eradicate the disease. Geographically, most people who developed TB in 2024 were in the WHO regions of South-East Asia (34 […]
Conspirators behind Delhi blast will not be spared: PM Modi
Thimphu: The conspirators behind the Delhi car blast will not be spared as the probe agencies investigating it will get to the bottom of the case to bring those responsible for it to justice, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. In an address at an event at Changlimethang Stadium to mark the 70th birth […]
Report GPS spoofing within 10 min of occurrences: DGCA to Pilots, ATC’s
Mumbai/ New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has asked airlines, pilots and air traffic controllers to report GPS spoofing incidents within 10 minutes of the occurrences, amid recent such incidents at the Delhi airport. In recent days, incidents of GPS spoofing and interference has been reported in and around the national capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport […]
Blast near Red Fort leaves several people dead
Cars gutted, several injured as panic grips entire area New Delhi: A high-intensity explosion ripped through a car parked near the Red Fort metro station on Monday evening, gutting several vehicles and killing around eight people, officials said. Twenty-four people were injured in the blast that took place on a busy evening when the area […]
Hindus are ‘responsible’ for Bharat: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
Bengaluru: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said that Hindus are “responsible” for Bharat, asserting that the RSS aims to organise Hindu society for the glory of the nation, not for power. He said there is no “Ahindu” (non-Hindu) in India, as everyone is a descendant of the same ancestors, and the core […]