A Pune court on Tuesday granted permanent exemption from appearance to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed over his alleged objectionable remarks on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, citing his top-level security and the Leader of Opposition status. File photo | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP A Pune court on Tuesday granted … Read more
Jailed Punjab MP Amritpal Singh has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking directions to the Centre, the Punjab government and other respondents to allow him to attend parliamentary proceedings. File photo | Photo Credit: NARINDER NANU Jailed Punjab MP Amritpal Singh has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking directions to the … Read more
Jain Kurian, a native of Thrissur, who is undergoing treatment in a Russian hospital after being injured in a drone attack in the war with Ukraine. Photo: Special Arrangement Though the ‘irregular’ migration from Kerala to Russia has sparked concerns in the past, recent developments revealed that Punjab is leading in the table in both … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor speaks during Vizhinjam Conclave Investment Summit in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Amid an ongoing controversy in Kerala over an article in which he stated that the State has seen entrepreneurial growth under the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor met former … Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A day after meeting External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Muscat, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday said he had made an appeal on behalf of Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, with a senior Houthi envoy. In an exclusive … Read more
Supreme Court of India | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court in a judgment on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) declared that appropriate governments must consider the premature release of convicts when they become eligible, without waiting for the convicts or their relatives to apply for remission of sentence. “Where there is a policy of the … Read more
A Delhi court on Monday (February 17, 2025) granted bail to three Muslim men accused of being part of an al-Qaeda training module, running in Ranchi, after the Delhi Police failed to find evidence against them. A total of 12 persons were initially arrested in the case from various locations by the Special Cell of … Read more
In this image released by @ECISVEEPvia X on February 18, 2025, outgoing Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and EC Sukhbir Singh Sandhu during his farewell, at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi. Photo: X/@ECISVEEP | Photo Credit: – Senior Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would take over as the … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with Jammu and Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha and State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and other dignitaries reviews the implementation of three criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir, in New Delhi on February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate has facilitated restoration of ₹235-crore worth of attached commercial properties to Indian Bank in the alleged Saravana Stores Gold Palace “bank fraud” case. In May 2022, the agency had launched a probe into the money-laundering aspect based on a First Information Report registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Two attachment orders … Read more