KOCHI: Kerala high court Wednesday acquitted five former police officers, including one who was sentenced to death by a trial court in the Udayakumar custodial murder case. The murder took place at Thiruvananthapuram’s Fort Police Station in 2005.A bench of Justices V Raja Vijayaraghavan and K V Jayakumar set aside the conviction and sentences of…
GAYA: In a major security lapse, a drone allegedly fell into the premises of Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee (BMTC) office, a few metres away from the world-famous Mahabodhi temple, on Wednesday. Later, it was found that the drone was being flown by a temple priest, sources said. Source link
New Delhi: Railways on Wednesday carried out a massive exercise to rescue around 2,500 passengers stuck due to flooding in Jammu, including over 800 stranded for more than 28 hours in two trains. Officials said the two trains – Swaraj Express and Andaman Express – resumed their trips around 4 pm after restoration of the…
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved four major railway projects worth a total of Rs 12,328 crore, including a new rail line in Kutch to boost tourism by connecting the bordering Rann of Kutch, Harappan site Dholavira, Koteshwar temple, Narayan Sarovar and Lakhpat fort.The Cabinet also approved the restructuring and extension of the PM…
PM Modi reiterates India’s support for resolution in Ukraine conflict with Finnish President; Stubb backs India-EU FTA Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a telephonic conversation with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, with both leaders exchanging views on the recent meeting in Washington involving European, US, and Ukrainian leaders aimed at resolving the…
Interview of opposition Vice Presidential candidate Justice (retired) B Sudershan Reddy (Excerpts)What led you to join the VP post contest in times considered to be highly polarised?Society is getting increasingly polarised. This must be stopped because I believe the biggest threat doesn’t come from govts alone in a democracy but the threat comes from citizens…
NEW DELHI: Amid his outreach to seek support of MPs for the Sept 9 vice-presidential poll, opposition candidate Justice (retired) B Sudershan Reddy in an interview to Ambika Pandit says he has entered the contest to protect and defend the Constitution at a time society is getting increasingly polarised due to divisive forces. Reddy is…
Acting NEW DELHI: Acting on the recommendation the Supreme Court collegium made two days ago, the Centre on Tuesday notified the appointment of Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Manubhai Pancholi, chief justices of Bombay and Patna high courts, respectively, as justices of the apex court. The two judges will take oath on Thursday.One collegium member,…
AI-generated audio summary; not verified by the edit team. Excerpts:Q: How did the book first take shape, and what was the process that led to its creation?A. There are a number of reasons. After “Lady Doctors” did quite well, I received several offers to write about the first women lawmakers, engineers, lawyers and so on….