Justice Yashwant Varma. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Ahead of a possible removal motion in Parliament’s monsoon session, Justice Yashwant Varma moved Supreme Court for quashing of an in-house inquiry report holding him guilty for the huge illicit cash at his official residence in Delhi and challenged the constitutionality of then CJI Sanjiv Khanna’s recommendation to…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Parliament’s Monsoon session, several Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, J P Nadda and Kiren Rijiju, on Friday strategised over the BJP-led govt’s stand on germane issues amid the opposition raising the heat on matters such as the revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls, Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor.The strategy…
For most Indian farmers, costs grow faster than income Indian farmers are hit by the double whammy of stagnant income and declining profit margins, according to an analysis of data compiled by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP). For nearly all major crops, the increase in agricultural income over the last decade has…
BIJNOR: Three persons — two factory workers and their supervisor — died while cleaning an effluent treatment plant (ETP) at Barkatpur’s Uttam Sugar Mill in Bijnor Friday. Another worker was grievously injured while trying to save them.Supervisor Muneshwar Singh, 45, from Kabulpur, along with Kapil Dev, 40, from Tisotra, and Sopal Singh, 49, from Lalpur,…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of rural development (MoRD) has asked states to take immediate corrective action and bolster monitoring of the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) for MGNREGA, saying that several instances have come to its notice about the system for capturing daily attendance and work site photographs being “misused or manipulated”.The ministry has also…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi led Congress’ defence of Robert Vadra in the wake of the ED chargesheet against him, calling it BJP govt’s witch-hunt against “my brother-in-law” and exuding confidence that the truth will prevail.“My brother-in-law has been hounded by this govt for the last 10 years. This latest chargesheet is a continuation of that…
KOLKATA/KHARAGPUR: A fourth-year mechanical engineering student of IIT-Kharagpur was found dead in his hostel room Friday morning, three days after he returned to the institute after a two-month summer break.Ritam Mondal, 21, from Kolkata was pursuing a five-year dual degree programme, and his classes had begun on Thursday.This is the fourth unnatural death at the…
VADODARA: A private tuition teacher was sentenced to jail for six months and fined Rs 1 lakh for meting out corporal punishment to a 15-year-old Class 10 student, leaving the boy with severe ear injuries. A JMFC court in Vadodara passed the order Thursday.The teacher, Jasbirsinh Chauhan, ran a coaching centre. As per complaint filed…
MEERUT: An FIR was registered against a man accused of brutally killing a community dog by repeatedly slamming it onto a hard road in Sisoli of Meerut district. The incident happened Monday but it came to light after a video of the act surfaced on social media, triggering outrage.The video purportedly shows Naresh Kumar, 40,…
SRINAGAR: A suspected thief posed as a soldier and entered a house in Srinagar’s Qazigund claiming to be part of a search operation party. When a family member suspected something amiss and confronted him, the thief stabbed him to death.The accused, Naseer Ahmad Sheikh, has been arrested and an FIR registered against him, police said….