Supreme Court. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday (February 17, 2025) said the hearing in petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act (Special Provisions) Act of 1991, a statute that has protected the identity and character of religious sites since Independence, may be pushed to March 2025. The case, … Read more
National Center for Seismology said the earthquake struck at a focal depth of five kilometres in Delhi-NCR on February 17, 2025 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Strong tremors were felt in the national capital and adjoining regions as an earthquake of 4.0 magnitude struck the region early on Monday (February 17, 2025). The National Center … Read more
The tremor was felt in Siwan, Bihar on February 17, 2025 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement After Delhi, NCR, tremor felt in Bihar at 4.0 magnitude. The National Center for Seismology said the earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres at 8:02 am. The tremor was felt in Siwan, Bihar. This comes after strong … Read more
The story so far: On February 13, four days after Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh’s resignation, the Union government announced that President’s rule has been implemented in the violence-hit State. A notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that President Droupadi Murmu was satisfied that “a situation has arisen in which the government … Read more
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale. File | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday (February 16, 2025) opposed the Maharashtra government’s move to draft a law to stop “love jihad”. “Love jihad” is a term used by right-wing outfits to allege conspiracy by Muslim men to convert Hindu women through marriage. The Maharashtra government … Read more
File picture of former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Former chief election commissioner S.Y. Quraishi on Sunday (February 16, 2025) rejected a report that U.S. agency funding was used for raising voter turnout in India when he headed the poll body. His reaction came after the US Department of Government … Read more
A day before the arrival of the Qatari Emir to India for an important visit, the seven former Indian Navy officials who returned last year after being imprisoned for nearly 18 months in Doha, have called for the repatriation of the last remaining Indian who is stuck in the Gulf sheikhdom. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad … Read more
Vernon Coaker, U.K. Minister of State for Defence for international relations and diplomacy, at Aero India in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: Dinakar Peri The United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Defence, Vernon Coaker, said on Sunday (February 16, 2025) that his country will be a reliable partner for India “now and in the future”. He … Read more
U.S.‘s F-35 stealth fighters, during Aero India 2025 – Airshow at IAF Yelahanka Airforce Station, in Bengaluru on February 11, 2025. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Early last week fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) of both Russia and U.S. were at Aero India in Bengaluru, positioned at each end of the static display at … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir parties on Sunday (February 16, 2025) turned their spotlight on textbooks introduced in the union territory (UT) during the Lieutenant Governor’s administration, a day after a major goof-up in a class 10 textbook surfaced online. A parent posted a short video, wherein the Board of School Education (BOSE), Kashmir, in the textbook … Read more