Bangalore, 13/5: After high-pitch elections campaigning and record voting in Karnataka elections, the result day has arrived. Congress has widened its lead to the majority with 120 seats and BJP is languishing at around 80 seats. The voting passed off peacefully on May 10 with a record voting turnout of 73.19 per cent, surpassing…
New Delhi, 12/5: The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies of the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments on a plea of the producers of ‘The Kerala Story’ challenging the ban in the two states. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha questioned the West Bengal government saying the…
New Delhi, 12/5: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the promotion of 68 Gujarat lower judicial officers, including Surat Chief Judicial Magistrate Harish Hasmukhbhai Varma who had convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case. A bench comprising Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar said as per the Gujarat State Judicial Service…
Bangalore 12/5: Anticipating a fractured mandate, JD(S) legislature party leader H D Kumaraswamy said he is ready to enter into an alliance with either the BJP or Congress depending on which party fulfils his conditions. Bangalore,Kumaraswamy’s offer is in the context of seven out of 10 exit polls coming out on poll day on Wednesday…
Washington DC, 11/5: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that monkeypox (mpox) was no longer a global health emergency, ending a near year-long alert for the viral disease that led to confirmed cases in more tha The organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern in July 2022 and backed its…
New Delhi, 11/5: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Governor is not empowered under the Constitution and the laws to enter the political arena and play a role, however minute, either in inter-party disputes or in intra-party disputes. A five-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud came down heavily upon the…
Islamabad, 11/5: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday said the anti-graft agency’s arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan was illegal and ordered his immediate release. “What happened was not justice for Imran khan,” the Pakistan Supreme Court observed. Tuesday by Pakistani Rangers from outside the Islamabad High Court. He was arrested in connection with the…
Manipur, 11/5: Manipur reported violence again on Thursday when a commando of the state police was killed and three others were injured in an ambush conducted by suspected Kuki militants in the Bishnupur district. The incident took place near Tonglaobi village when a vehicle carrying personnel of the 5th Manipur Rifles was entering the village…
New Delhi,11/5: A Rs 1 crore defamation case and a petition seeking an injunction to restrain his autobiography has been filed against Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi by Assam Public Works (APW) president Aabhijeet Sharma at a local Court here. Sharma filed the defamation case against Gogoi and…
New Delhi, 11/5: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully carried out the first integrated test on an intermediate configuration of its semicryogenic engine with a 2000-kiloNewton (kN) thrust. ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, along with industry partners in India, is designing and developing the engine which is set to power the booster…
