India

Personal liberty important aspect of constitutional mandate, arrest should not be routinely made: SC

New Delhi, August 20 (PTI): Merely because an arrest can be made as it is lawful does not mandate that it must be made, the Supreme Court has said, while observing that personal liberty is an important aspect o

India / 20th August 2021

Breakthrough infections in India show high proportion of Delta variant of SARS-CoV2

New Delhi, August 20 (PTI): Breakthrough infections of coronavirus cases comprise a very high proportion of the Delta variant, the INSACOG, a genome sequencing government consortium of laboratories, has said.

India / 20th August 2021

Facebook removes Rahul Gandhi's post for policy violation

New Delhi, August 20 (PTI): After Twitter, Facebook has removed a content posted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that identified the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delh

India / 20th August 2021

Blinken discusses Afghan situation with Jaishankar 2nd time this week

New York, August 20 (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed the situation in Afghanistan with India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar for a second time this week, according to Stat

India / 20th August 2021

Active caseload lowest in 150 days as India logs 36K new Covid cases

New Delhi, August 20 (IANS) India on Friday reported 36,571 new Covid cases and 540 deaths in the last 24 hours, while the active caseload has declined to the lowest in the past 150 days, said the Covid bulleti

India / 20th August 2021

Clear Stan Swamy's name in Elgar case, lawyer writes to HC

Mumbai, August 19 (PTI): Late tribal rights activist Stan Swamy's lawyer has written to the Bombay High Court urging it to "clear his name and reputation" in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.

India / 19th August 2021

HC order dismissing plea to stop use of EVMs in elections challenged in SC

New Delhi, August 19 (PTI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court order which dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission to stop the use of electroni

India / 19th August 2021

Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala writes Class 10 English paper

Sirsa (Hry), August 19 (PTI): Former Haryana Chief Minister and INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala has written the Class 10 English subject exam of the Haryana School Education Board at a centre here at the age o

India / 19th August 2021

Reply in English to representations in English, Madras HC to Centre

CHENNAI, AUGUST 19 (IANS): The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Central government to respond in English to a representation in English, and follow the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 1963,

India / 19th August 2021

India's national security challenges becoming complex: Rajnath

New Delhi, August 19 (PTI): Noting that India's national security challenges are increasing and becoming "complex" in view of the changing geopolitical situation globally, Defence Minister Rajnath

India / 19th August 2021

President Kovind undergoes successful cataract surgery

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 19 (IANS): President of India, Ram Nath Kovind underwent cataract surgery on Thursday at the Army Hospital in New Delhi. "Surgery was successful and he has been discharged from the Hos

India / 19th August 2021

K'taka man reunites with family after 600 days in Saudi jail

UDUPI, August 19 (IANS): Thirty-four-year-old Harish Bangera, an air-conditioning technician reunited with his family on Wednesday after spending as many as 600 days in a prison in Saudi Arabia for a blasp

India / 19th August 2021

To protect crops from wild animals, Uttarakhand villagers are 'seed bombing' forests

DEHRADUN, AUGUST 19 (IANS): The farms in the hilly villages of Uttarakhand, have been under regular attacks from wild animals over the last few years. These constant attacks have left several people dead, cattl

India / 19th August 2021

HC asks Centre to reconsider fresh OCI card plea in view of man's educational qualifications

New Delhi, August 19 (PTI): The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to reconsider an Indian's application for a fresh Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card without being affected by the previous cancellati

India / 19th August 2021

Rahul vows to be the voice of those being silenced

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 19 (IANS): Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday vowed to fight for the people and be the voice of those being silenced. In an instagram post, the Congress Lok Sabha MP from Ke

India / 19th August 2021

Ruins of ancient temple found in Bhargavi river bed in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, August 19 (PTI): A heritage research group team on Thursday claimed that it had stumbled upon the possible ruins of an ancient temple of 13-14th century Common Era in Odisha's Puri district.

India / 19th August 2021

Italian marines case: SC asks Kerala HC not to disburse compensation to fishing vessel owner

New Delhi, August 19 (PTI): Taking note of a plea by some fishermen seeking compensation, the Supreme Court Thursday directed the Kerala High Court not to disburse any amount from Rs 2 crore earmarked for the o

India / 19th August 2021

Rajnath defends farm laws but says ready for talks if any clause against farmers' interest

Panchkula (Har), August 19 (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday defended the Centre's three contentious farm laws but said his government is ready to talk to farmers if they feel there is any c

India / 19th August 2021

COVID R-value drops to below 1 in country, including Kerala and NE

New Delhi, August 18 (PTI): After breaching the value of one in the first week of August, the R number, which reflects how rapidly the coronavirus pandemic is spreading, has been steadily ebbing in the country

India / 18th August 2021

MP: Robbers blow up ATM using explosives; leave notes worth Rs 7 lakh scattered behind as people gather

Shivpuri (MP), August 18 (PTI): Robbers blew up an ATM using explosives in Karera town of Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, but as people gathered there on hearing the loud sound, the miscreants fled from

India / 18th August 2021

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