Colombo, 15/7: Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday barred former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country till July 28. The order was passed by the apex court during the hearing of a petition filed by global civil society organisation Transparency International on the economic crisis…
New Delhi, 15/7: A woman in a relationship with a man and willingly staying with him cannot file a case of rape after the relationship has gone sour, the Supreme Court has said, allowing pre-arrest bail to a man. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath noted it was an admitted case…
Bhubaneswar, 15/7: Marking a glorious moment for Chess in India and Odisha, Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today handed the first ever Relay Torch for Chess Olympiad over to Padmini Rout at a function at Convention Centre in Loka Seva Bhawan. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that it’s a proud moment for…
Patiala, 15/7:Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has been granted bail by a Sessions Court of the Patiala House Court on Friday in a case over his 2018 tweet, according to news agency ANI. It said that Zubair can’t leave the country without prior permission of the court. The court granted him bail…
New Delhi, 15/7: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras bagged the top spot among educational institutions in the country for the fourth consecutive year while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru is the best university, according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework. The 2022 rankings were released by…
New Delhi, 15/7:An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Vadodara was diverted last night to Jaipur as a precautionary measure, following vibrations in the engines for a fraction of a second, according to ANI. A probe has been ordered, as per the DGCA.
Colombo, 15/7:The resignation of Sri Lanka’s president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country’s parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down. “Gotabaya has legally resigned” with effect from Thursday, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told reporters. “I have accepted…
London, 14/7: Rishi Sunak tightened his grip on the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and British prime minister as he bagged 101 votes to again emerge as the winner of the latest voting round on Thursday. There are now five candidates left in the Tory leadership contest after Suella…
Colombo, 14/7: Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has submitted a letter of resignation, two government sources said on Friday, after he fled to Singapore following mass protests over his country’s economic meltdown. Rajapaksa emailed a letter of resignation to the speaker of the country’s parliament late on Thursday, two sources said. It…
Mumbai, 14/7: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said no word has been banned from use in Parliament and members are free to express their views while maintaining decorum of the House. Birla’s comments came amid a controversy over publication of a booklet by the Lok Sabha Secretariat that listed words such…
