New Delhi, 17/10: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Tuesday its judgement on a batch of pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriages in India. A five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha had, on…
Bhubaneswar, 16/10: Directed by Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik Secretary to CM Shri VK Pandian today made field visit to different sites EKAMRA Project and reviewed the progress. It’s a dream project of Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik. The EKAMRA development project was conceived in 2019, and Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation…
Mizoram, 16/10: After announcing its intention to fight in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP on Monday said it will contest the Assembly election in Mizoram, entering another state where I.N.D.I.A parties will have a face-off. AAP is projecting its decision as a part of its plans to expand in the northeast,…
New Delhi, 16/10: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla accusing TMC’s Mahua Moitra of taking ‘bribes’ from a businessman to ask questions in Parliament, has also written to IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging him to investigate the IP addresses of her log-in credentials for the House. In a letter…
New Delhi, 16/10: Defying the Janata Dal (S) supremo H D Deve Gowda’s decision of his party’s alliance with the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections, the party’s Karnataka unit president C M Ibrahim on Monday said the JD(S) will not join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Hinting at a possible split in the…
New Delhi, 16/10: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea of a married woman seeking to terminate her over-26-week pregnancy owing to her medical conditions. The apex court said that since length of pregnancy had crossed 24 weeks, medical termination of pregnancy cannot be permitted. “The woman’s pregnancy is 26 weeks and 5 days…
New Delhi, 16/10: The Army has said that Agniveer Amritpal Singh died by suicide by shooting himself while on sentry duty and that military honours were not extended to his funeral as deaths arising out of self-inflicted injuries are not given such honours. The Army, on Sunday, asserted that it does not differentiate among soldiers…
New Delhi, 16/10: Following a detailed probe into the bribes-for-jobs scandal that drew severe heat towards IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services, the company has fired 16 employees and removed three people from resource management functions, besides barring six vendors from carrying out any further business with company. Our investigation found 19 employees to be…
Washington DC, 16/10: President Joe Biden warned Israel in an interview aired Sunday not to reoccupy the Gaza Strip, his first significant public effort to restrain America’s ally in the wake of the Hamas assault that killed more than 1,300 people, including at least 29 American. Biden has offered staunch support for Israel since the…
New Delhi, 15/10: Afghanistan stunned defending champions England after beating them by 69 runs in match 13 of the ICC Men’s World Cup at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. Having sent to bat first, the Afghan side posted a total of 284 against the English side, thanks to opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s 80 off 57….
