A Supreme Court lawyer on Thursday (March 6, 2025) moved the top court to direct the Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal governments to implement the National Education Policy (NEP), amid a raging debate spearheaded by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who has accused the Centre of imposition of Hindi on the State. Advocate … Read more
Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi has called by Joint Parliamentary Committee as one of the witnesses for reviewing the legislation on simultaneous elections. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Joint Parliamentary Committee reviewing the legislation on simultaneous elections, in its next meeting scheduled for March 11, has called former Chief Justice of India and … Read more
Bharatmala project’s first phase, which had received Cabinet approval in October 2017, is aimed at developing 34,800 km of roads across 550 districts in 31 States and Union Territories | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Members of the Public Accounts Committee headed by senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP K.C. Venugopal on Thursday (March … Read more
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan with Commander of Australian Defence College Rear Admiral James Lybrand during his visit to the Australian Defence College on March 5, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan’s visit to Australia has advanced cooperation on “shared priorities and interoperability, including in maritime domain … Read more
Shahzadi Khan’s father Shabbir Khan has alleged that his daughter was not given proper representation in the court, which led to her execution. File | Photo Credit: X/@PTI_News Burial of Shahzadi Khan, an Indian national, was conducted on Thursday (March 6, 2025) in Abu Dhabi as per regulations of UAE authorities. Khan from Uttar Pradesh … Read more
INSV Tarini left Stanley on March 4, 2025, for its onward journey to Cape Town | Photo Credit: X/@indiannavy on via PTI INSV Tarini left Port Stanley in Falkland Islands for Cape Town, South Africa on March 4 at about 9.10 a.m. local time for its onward journey to Cape Town, the Navy said in … Read more
The SC said it would decide in April if its 2022 verdict upholding the Enforcement Directorate’s powers to arrest and attach property under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act needs reconsideration. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Supreme Court on Thursday (March 6, 2025) said it would in April decide if its 2022 verdict upholding … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Thursday (March 6, 2025) hailed the Supreme Court order passed while hearing pleas against the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023 and said it was a “stinging rebuke” to the Modi government’s systematic efforts to dilute the institutions as well as regulatory systems for … Read more
File photo of candidates appearing for Railway Recruitment Board Examination. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy The Indian Railways has cancelled all departmental selections of employees for promotions within the Group-C category for which results have not been published as on March 5, 2025. Admitting several irregularities in the departmental selections held in the recent past, … Read more
IRS officer Sameer Wankhede. | Photo Credit: PTI The Central Administrative Tribunal has set aside the transfer of IRS officer Sameer Wankhede from Mumbai to Chennai, saying the revenue department “patently violated” its own guidelines. Mr. Wankhede, a 2008 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, made headlines for allegedly demanding ₹25 crore from Bollywood actor … Read more