Rescue operations underway (ANI) The Uttarkashi district administration is working continuously to help people affected by the recent disaster in Dharali and Harshil. By 11 am on Sunday, 20 people had been rescued safely at Matli helipad, and after receiving first aid, they were sent to their destination.The administration said that the availability of essential…
NEW DELHI: Opposition MPs from the INDIA bloc, including senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Sharad Pawar, were stopped by Delhi Police on Monday as they marched from Parliament to the Election Commission headquarters. The demonstration was held against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and allegations…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, in a suo motu case on dog bite incidents in the national capital, directed the Delhi government to begin picking up stray dogs from all localities, keep them at shelters and not release them back onto streets, colonies or public places.“The court warned of action against anyone obstructing the removal…
Medha Patkar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday confirmed activist Medha Patkar’s conviction in a defamation case filed by Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena. The top court set aside a penalty of Rs 1 lakh imposed on Medha Patkar in the case.On April 23 this year, a Delhi court issued a non-bailable…
NEW DELHI: Air India on Monday issued a clarification over its Thiruvananthapuram–Delhi flight AI2455 after senior Congress leader and MP KC Venugopal, who was on board, described it as a “harrowing journey.” The airline said the diversion to Chennai was a “precautionary” measure due to a suspected technical snag and poor weather, rejecting Venugopal’s claim…
NEW DELHI: The chief electoral officers of Maharashtra and Haryana on Sunday sent fresh letters to Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, giving him 10 days to furnish a signed declaration with particulars of electors he alleged were fraudulently added, so that necessary proceedings may be initiated.Karnataka CEO too sent a notice to Rahul on…
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant, who is next in line to succeed him, have disapproved of the tendency of judges of superior courts to comment on the knowledge and ability of lower court judges, and said the Supreme Court and high courts are only to correct, modify…
AHMEDABAD: Several villages in north Gujarat have witnessed an influx of people in the past few months as undocumented migrants in the US are self-deporting, fearing detention there as the Trump administration has enforced immigration laws reports Ashish Chauhan.“They no longer have the option of shelter or asylum and want to avoid legal trouble. That’s…
LUCKNOW: Enraged by her husband’s desire to reconcile with his first wife, a woman allegedly sedated the 38-year-old man, threw chilli powder into his eyes and repeatedly attacked him with a knife before mutilating his private parts in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi on Sunday.His brother said the victim had been married to his first wife for…
BHOPAL: Claws are out in a grey-area tussle over a white tiger safari in Madhya Pradesh. Who keeps the legacy of Mohan, a big cat captured as a cub in 1951 by then maharaja of Rewa that went on to become the progenitor of nearly all white tigers in captivity in the world? This question…