Nepali KIIT student death: NHRC orders a high level inquiry

The Commission has directed the registrar (law) to proceed for inquiry in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Human Rights Commission has directed a high-level probe into the alleged suicide by Nepali girl student and subsequent assault on Nepali students on campus of Bhubaneswar- Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), a … Read more

Calling someone ‘miyan-tiyan’, ‘Pakistani’ not offence of hurting religious sentiments, Supreme Court holds

The Supreme Court has held using terms such as”miyan-tiyan” and “Pakistani” was not an offence of hurting religious sentiments though made in poor taste. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma therefore discharged a man in a criminal case filed by a Urdu translator and acting clerk Right to Information (RTI) in … Read more

SDPI national president M.K. Faizy arrested under anti-money laundering law

SDPI national president M.K. Faizy  The Enforcement Directorate has arrested SDPI national president M.K. Faizy under the anti-money laundering law, official sources said on Tuesday (March 4, 2025). The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), founded in 2009 and headquartered in Delhi, is alleged to be the political front of the now banned Popular Front … Read more

Functioning of RERA ‘disappointing’, observes Supreme Court

In September last year, the Supreme Court had similarly expressed displeasure over the functioning of the RERA. File | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) remarked that the functioning of Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) established under a Central law to protect the investments of homebuyers as well as … Read more

PM Modi urges industry to tap global markets, announces ₹2 crore loans for first-time entrepreneurs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) outlined key measures to boost entrepreneurship and manufacturing in India, emphasizing the need for industries to seize global opportunities and drive exports. Speaking at a post-Budget webinar on the MSME sector, he announced that five lakh first-time entrepreneurs, … Read more

Modi govt weakening RTI in name of data protection: Kharge

Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) accused the Modi government of weakening the Right To Information (RTI) Act in the name of data protection and asserted that his party will keep fighting against the “dictatorial” regime … Read more

PM Modi inaugurates Vantara in Jamnagar, feeds lion cubs, giraffes

In this screenshot image taken from @NarendraModi via Youtube on March 4, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of ‘Vantara’, in Jamnagar, Gujarat. | Photo Credit: PTI Showing his love and affection for animals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated and visited Vantara, an animal rescue, conservation and rehabilitation centre in Gujarat’s Jamnagar … Read more

Jamia protest: Delhi HC stays suspension of several students for protesting in university campus

Students from different organisations along with 17 suspended Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) students stage a protest, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Delhi High Court on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) stayed the suspension of several students for protesting in the University campus without prior permission. The High Court ordered the … Read more