New Delhi, 24/3: A Delhi court on Thursday denied bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid in a case of larger conspiracy in connection with Delhi riots during February 2020. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat had reserved the order on March 3 after hearing arguments from the counsel appearing for Khalid and the prosecution….
New Delhi, 24/3:The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing on the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom and stated that the headscarf is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islam. A bench comprising Chief…
Bhubaneswar, 24/3: In a big development, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik cast his vote in the urban local body election. Secretary to CM (5T) VK Pandian and his wife Mission Shakti Secretary Sujata R. Karthikeyan cast their vote for the urban local body elections this morning.
Bangalore, 24/3:The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday said that sexual assault on a woman by her husband is nothing but rape, as it refused to quash proceedings against a man accused of raping his wife. “A man is a man; an act is an act; rape is a rape, be it performed by a…
Poland, 23/3: Poland has identified 45 Russian intelligence officers using diplomatic status as cover to stay in the country and authorities are seeking to expel them, officials said Wednesday. Poland’s Internal Security Agency says it’s asking the Foreign Ministry to urgently remove the Russians, who were described as a danger to Poland’s security,…
New Delhi, 23/3: An Indian-origin airman in the US Air Force has been given approval to wear a Tilak Chandlo while in uniform, marking a new distinction in religious accommodation for Indian-origin religions in American armed services after Airman Harpreetinder Singh Bajwa was given exemption to serve with a beard, turban and unshorn hair in…
Mumbai, 23/3: Andrew Tye joins Lucknow Super Giants as Mark Wood’s replacement. LSG will be Tye’s fourth IPL franchise. Tye has already played for RR, KXIP and Gujarat Lions. Andrew Tye has 51 wickets at an average of 16.9 and an economy rate of 7.7 in T20s since 2021.
New Delhi, 23/3: A Delhi Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to former union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in corruption and money laundering cases filed by the CBI and ED respectively in relation to the Aircel-Maxis deal. The court, which had earlier granted anticipatory bail to both the accused in…
Bhubaneswar, 23/3: Sri Sadashiv Samantaray has taken charge as the new Director (Commercial) of NALCO, a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, on 22nd March 2022. Shri Samantaray is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar and MBA from Utkal University. After joining NALCO…
Kolkata, 23/3: A day after eight people were charred to death in Bengal’s Birbhum district in the suspected fallout of a TMC panchayat official’s murder, the opposition BJP on Wednesday demanded Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation over the incident, alleging that attempts were being made to shield the culprits. Banerjee has asserted that…
