Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge speaking to reporters at his residence in Kalaburagi on February 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: Arun Kulkarni Prime Minister Narendra Modi must raise the issue of “2Ts — tariffs and traumatic deportation” during his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) ahead … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: PTI A crispier and simplified Income Tax Bill 2025, having 536 sections, and 23 chapters running into 622 pages, is likely to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday (February 12, 2025). The Bill once enacted will replace six-decade old Income Tax Act 1961, which … Read more
YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Maharashtra Cyber Cell on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) registered a case against YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia and others associated with India’s Got Latent following the controversy surrounding remarks made by Mr. Allahbadia in an episode, which triggered widespread outrage online. According to the Maharashtra Cyber Cell, approximately … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) deprecated the practice of announcing freebies prior to elections, and said people were not willing to work as they were getting free ration and money. The observations came from a Bench of Justices … Read more
The Supreme Court has posted the matter for further hearing after 10 days. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu No child will be discriminated against in education, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) while fixing for next week a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and the Delhi governments to grant … Read more
BJP leader Sambit Patra. File. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Amid a political crisis in strife-torn Manipur, senior BJP leader Sambit Patra on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) morning called on Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan, sources said. They held discussions for some time but the outcome of the meeting is not … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) directed the chairperson of the National Commission for Homoeopathy to step down from his post, saying the appointment was not in accordance with law. Setting aside an order of the Karnataka High Court, a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan directed Dr. Anil Khurana to leave … Read more
In January, when the case came up, Justice Kant had highlighted that the test regarding the validity of the 2023 Act would hinge on whether the apex court’s authority to pronounce binding decisions under Article 141 of the Constitution could be circumvented or diluted by a law. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme … Read more
File picture of Indrani Mukerjea. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) dismissed the plea of Indrani Mukerjea, who is accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora, challenging a Bombay High Court ruling that denied her permission to travel abroad. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal directed … Read more
International Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) asked India to free up its pricing of natural gas and unbundling of marketing and transportation business to help increase usage of the fuel in the economy. IEA in the India Gas Market Report: Outlook to 2030 projected the country’s gas consumption rising by 60% to … Read more