Religious conversion a serious issue, should not be given political colour: SC
New Delhi: Observing that religious conversion is a serious issue which should not be given a political colour, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the assistance of Attorney General R Venkataramani on a plea seeking direction to the Centre and states to take stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversions. A bench of Justices M […]
Airport passes with ‘distorted’ map of India withdrawn
New Delhi: All passes issued to employees and visitors of airports across the country have been withdrawn by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) after it was found that a “distorted” map of India was printed on them, officials said. Map images of Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeastern region, Rajasthan and Gujarat were wrongly […]
Prasar Bharati evaluating possibility of coming up with OTT channel: Official
New Delhi: Prasar Bharati is “evaluating” the possibility of coming up with an OTT platform months after it signed an agreement with YuppTV to expand the global reach of Doordarshan’s DD India channel, a senior official said on Friday. “That is something we are working upon, evaluating,” the Prasar Bharati official said during an informal […]
Contempt plea against Kunal Kamra
CJI Chandrachud recuses from hearing
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Thursday recused himself from hearing a batch of pleas seeking contempt action against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for his alleged scandalous tweets against the judiciary. A bench headed by the CJI took up the petitions and said, “We will place this matter before a bench to […]
Broadcasting infrastructure, network development scheme will augment infra: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) scheme will augment the broadcasting infrastructure, particularly in the remote areas. This will also help in diverse sectors like health, education and entertainment, he tweeted. In a bid to upgrade Prasar Bharati’s broadcast infrastructure and network, the Cabinet Committee […]
Twitter to relax ban on political advertising
San Francisco: Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year. The company tweeted late Tuesday that “we’re relaxing our ads policy for cause-based ads in the US.” “We also […]
Public functionaries need to restrain their speech: Justice BV Nagarathna
Says they owe duty towards citizenry
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice B V Nagarathna on Tuesday said public functionaries, celebrities and other persons of influence owe a duty to the citizenry at large to be more responsible and restrained in their speech. Justice Nagarathna was part of the five-judge Constitution bench which was unanimous on the larger issue that there […]
Armed Pak intruder shot dead by BSF along Punjab border
New Delhi/Chandigarh: An armed Pakistani intruder was shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab on Tuesday morning, officials said. The infiltration bid was detected near a village, named Dariya Mansoor, in Amritsar district around 8 am and the troops subsequently recovered the body of a man, who […]
SC upholds Centre’s 2016 decision on demonetization
Says no flaw in decision-making process
New Delhi: More than six years after the Centre’s decision to demonetise the Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, the Supreme Court in a 4:1 majority verdict on Monday upheld the 2016 move, saying the decision-making process was not flawed merely because the procedure emanated from the government. Ruling that the decision to scrap […]
Need for widening scope of research on modern Indian history: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underlined the need for widening the scope of research on modern Indian history and called upon academic and cultural institutions across the country to produce well-researched work on the contributions of social reformer Swami Dayanand Saraswati as well the Arya Samaj that he founded in 1875. Modi […]