NEW DELHI: A day ahead of the vice-presidential election, BJP on Monday hit out at opposition nominee B Sudershan Reddy for meeting RJD president Lalu Prasad, claiming that reaching out to a politician convicted in corruption cases has exposed Reddy’s hypocrisy.Taking a swipe at Reddy, who had sought votes for “saving the soul of the…
Eight former judges Monday issued a joint statement criticising opposition VP pick & former SC judge B Sudarshan Reddy for his meeting with RJD neta Lalu Prasad, who has been convicted in the fodder scam.The judges, S Khandeparkar, Ambadas Joshi, RK Marthiya, Devender Kumar Ahuja, SN Dhingra, Karam Chand Puri, PN Ravindran, and RS Rathore,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has dismissed a plea seeking early release of a convict serving life sentence for involvement in a terror conspiracy of kidnapping four foreign nationals to pressure govt of India to release jailed militants, reports Abhinav Garg.Nasir Mohd Sodozey alias Aftaab Ahmed had challenged the Sentence Review Board (SRB) order of…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court set aside on Monday a suit challenging the Central Board of Film Certification‘s green light to director Vivek Agnihotri‘s controversial ‘The Bengal Files’, saying the petitioner’s contention about the film tarnishing his family’s image wasn’t maintainable.Lawyer Santanu Mukherjee, grandson of freedom fighter Gopal Mukherjee, moved HC on Sept 4, alleging the…
PANAJI: In a major setback to Goa govt’s ambitious plans to start hinterland tourism activities in five sanctuaries, Supreme Court on Monday granted a stay on carrying out any development activities in the proposed tiger reserve areas in state.SC, hearing a special leave petition by the state govt challenging a July 2023 Bombay HC order…
NEW DELHI: India and Israel on Monday signed a bilateral investment agreement as part of efforts to bolster economic ties. In the process, Israel has become the first Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member state to sign a “strategic agreement” in accordance with India’s new model for investment treaties. The agreement – signed…
NEW DELHI: Attuned to understand the legal jargons, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday found it difficult to digest the medical terminology saturated arguments of a doctor who challenged the validity of the definition of brain-dead in the Transplantation of Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994.Appealing against a Kerala HC judgment, Dr…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday lashed out at the Election Commission, saying it “must be named and shamed” for its “brazen non-compliance” with the Supreme Court’s directive to accept Aadhaar as proof of identity.“Today, once again for the third time, the Supreme Court reiterated the point that Aadhaar must be accepted as a valid…
NEW DELHI: Seeking protection for an international trading system that is fair, just and non-discriminatory, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said the world requires constructive and cooperative approaches to promote trade that is sustainable. Neither increasing barriers and complicating transactions, nor linking of trade measures to non-trade matters would be helpful, he said addressing Brics…
US President Donald Trump‘s senior trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday continued his rant and this time trained his guns at the member countries of Brics, calling them “vampires”.Navarro claimed the member countries of Brics cannot survive without trading with the United States.“They’ve long hated each other—and none survive without selling to the United State.”…