Mumbai, 27/9: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said the Election Commission of India will apply the transparent process of the “rule of majority” after the Supreme Court allowed the EC to go ahead with the hearing of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde group’s plea for recognition as the “real” Shiv Sena and…
Mumbai, 27/9: After a day-long hearing, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the Election Commission from deciding the claim of Eknath Shinde group to be the “real” Shiv Sena. A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud, said there will be no stay on proceedings before the EC to…
Ahmedabad, 28/9: Billionaire Gautam Adani said China will feel increasingly isolated as rising nationalism, shifts in supply chains and technology curbs threaten the world’s second-biggest economy. China’s Belt and Road Initiative has run into resistance in many countries, challenging Beijing’s global ambitions, the world’s third-richest man told a conference in Singapore on Tuesday….
New Delhi, 28/9: The suspense over a Congress presidential candidate supported by the Gandhi family heightened on Tuesday, as party treasurer Pawan Bansal took two sets of nomination papers for a “potential candidate”. The development comes on the heels of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot falling out of the leadership’s favour following the Jaipur rebellion….
New Delhi, 27/9: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and several of its leaders from levelling “false” allegations against Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, and directed them to take down the alleged libelous posts, videos and tweets against him on social media. Justice Amit Bansal, while pronouncing the order…
Kyiv, 27/9: Ukrainians who help Russian-backed referendums to annexe large swathes of the country will face treason charges and at least five years in jail, Ukraine’s presidential adviser said, as voting in four regions entered its last day. We have lists of names of people who have been involved in some way,” presidential adviser Mikhailo…
New Delhi, 27/9: In a historic moment for India and the judiciary, the Supreme Court began live streaming its Constitution Bench proceedings from Tuesday. The apex court is streaming proceedings by three separate five-judge Constitution benches. A five-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit is hearing petitions challenging the validity of…
New Delhi, 27/9: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids in over eight states and at multiple locations linked to the Popular Front of India (PFI) members on Tuesday. Sources said that more than 50 people have been detained and the arrests will depend on their questioning. Raids were going on…
Mumbai 26/9: Google’s head of public policy for India has resigned just five months after taking the job, two sources told Reuters, at a potentially critical time for the US tech giant as it awaits the outcome of at least two antitrust cases in the country. The reasons for Archana Gulati’s resignation were not…
Bangalore, 26/9: Twitter Inc on Monday told the High Court of Karnataka that during farmers’ protest in 2021 it was simply asked to block certain accounts. Senior advocate Aravind S Datar, appearing for Twitter in the petition questioning the blocking orders under section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, said that the blocking orders…
