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
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal in Assam’s Jogighopa on February 18, 2025. Photo: X/@sarbanandsonwal Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) inaugurated an Inland Waterways Terminal (IWT) on Brahmaputra in Assam’s Jogighopa. To mark the occasion, the Minister flagged off two ships, MV Padma … Read more
File photo of AAP leader Satyendar Jain. | Photo Credit: The Hindu President Droupadi Murmu has granted the sanction to prosecute AAP leader and former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain in a money-laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate, sources said on Tuesday (February 18, 2025). The sanction against the 60-year-old former Delhi Health Minister … Read more
Odisha Police on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) handed over the body of the Nepali female student to her father after post mortem at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, even as the incident triggered a Statewide outcry with the issue being raised in the Assembly. Prakriti Lamsal (20), a third-year B Tech (computer science) student at city-based Kalinga Institute … Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to move Palestinians out of Gaza is “inhumane and unacceptable” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, adding that he discussed the need for all countries to speak in a united voice against it, with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on … Read more
Rajiv Kumar, who oversaw the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the crucial Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, demits office on Tuesday as the 25th Chief Election Commissioner after a nearly three-year tenure marked with high electoral successes but also repeated allegations of bias by opposition parties. Mr. Kumar joined the poll panel as an Election … Read more