‘Right to development through industrialisation equally claims priority under fundamental rights’

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has set aside, in separate judgments on Monday, a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order and a Madras High Court decision to halt development activities at Auroville in Chennai for lack of environmental clearance while outlining the need for sustainable development which strike a “golden balance” between the rights to development … Read more

BJP warns of Pakistan situation’s spillover into Jammu, asks security forces to stay alert

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) warned of the likely spillover of Pakistan’s “deteriorating situation” into J&K and urged locals to stay alert in the Jammu region.   “There could be an attempt to spread disturbance in J&K. Pakistan, where the situation is sliding in the past few days, may try to spread disturbance … Read more

ECI sets the ball rolling on linking voter ID card with Aadhaar

In this image released by @ECISVEEP via X on March 18, 2025, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi during a meeting between Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and technical experts of Election Commission of India (ECI), in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI/@ECISVEEP The Election Commission … Read more

RBI and Bank of Mauritius sign pact on use of local currencies for bilateral transactions

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Reserve Bank and the Bank of Mauritius (BOM) have signed a pact for establishing a framework to promote the use of the Indian Rupee and the Mauritian Rupee (MUR) for cross-border transactions. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by RBI Governor … Read more

Rajnath meets Dutch counterpart Berkelmans, says look forward to deepen defence partnership

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Netherlands Defence Minister Ruben Berkelmans, in New Delhi on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). | Photo Credit: X/Rajnath Singh via ANI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Dutch counterpart Ruben Berkelmans on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) here and held discussions on a broad range of subjects including Indo-Pacific and emerging technologies … Read more

Tripura court sentences three Rohingyas two years on the charge of infiltration

A court has convicted three Rohingya refugees and sentenced them to jail terms in a rare and harsh punishment for cross-border infiltrators in Tripura. The accused have been given two years in jail and imposed a fine. The district and sessions judge in Kailashahar, the district headquarters of Unakoti, convicted the infiltrators from Bangladesh who … Read more

India ranked 24th out of 33 countries in free speech index

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockPhoto A new global survey by The Future of Free Speech, an independent U.S.-based think tank, has ranked India 25th out of the 33 countries surveyed on the question of support for free speech. Its report, titled ‘Who in the World Supports Free Speech?’ states … Read more