File photo: Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid (ANI) NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: An NIA court in Delhi on Tuesday reserved its verdict on jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid’s plea for interim bail or custody parole to attend Parliament’s monsoon session starting on July 21.A spokesman of Rashid’s Awami Itihaad Party said that his counsels informed the court about…
BALASORE: She taught others to fight. She raised her voice. But when she cried for help, no one listened. The 20-year-old college student who set herself on fire after accusing her professor of sexual harassment was cremated Tuesday amid tears, anger and disbelief in her village in Odisha’s Balasore district.Doctors at AIIMS Bhubaneswar declared her…
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has constituted a four-member fact-finding committee to look into the self-immolation of a 20-year-old BEd student on campus of a government-run college in Odisha’s Balasore. UGC secretary Sudeep Singh Jain said that the committee will examine “the circumstances surrounding the incident, assess compliance with regulatory provisions, and suggest…
File photo: EAM Jaishankar NEW DELHI: During his visit to China, external affairs minister S Jaishankar also called on President Xi Jinping along with other SCO foreign ministers. He later said in a post on X that he apprised Xi about the development of India’s bilateral ties with China.“Conveyed the greetings of President Droupadi Murmu…
EAM Jaishankar with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov (ANI) External affairs minister S Jaishankar Tuesday held separate talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi with a focus on bilateral cooperation and the situation in West Asia. The meetings took place on the sidelines of a foreign ministerial conclave of…
File photo: Comedian Samay Raina (PTI) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to exempt Samay Raina and three other social media influencers from personal presence in the courtroom during future hearings on a PIL which has accused them of undermining the dignity of physically challenged persons by making insensitive comments in their online shows.Raina…
NEW DELHI: Observing that incarceration does not suspend the right of prisoners to live with human dignity, the Supreme Court has expressed deep concern over the plight of jailed individuals with disabilities and ordered that prisons be made disabled friendly with accessible toilets, ramps and a sensory-safe environment to ensure universal accessibility. A bench of…
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India has urged parents to update the Aadhaar biometrics of children between five and seven years.“Timely completion of mandatory biometric update is an essential requirement for maintaining the accuracy and reliability of biometric data of children. If the MBU is not completed even after seven years of age,…
NEW DELHI: Flagging the “perceived reluctance” of senior bureaucrats to grant appointments to persons not in govt, cabinet secretary T V Somanathan has written to all secretaries saying that such interactions can give insights into ground realities and clarify misunderstandings about government policies or intentions.In the letter to secretaries, Somanathan urged senior officials across ministries…
NeEW DELHI: Amid Indian pilot bodies’ criticism of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report on the AI-171 crash, International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) has warned against insinuation to reach a “hasty conclusion”.“The report raises many questions; it does not provide answers. Any extrapolation of its content can only be regarded as guesswork,…