Referring to the no-confidence motion brought against the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, NCP SP president Sharad Pawar has said that he had managed that one vote in favour of the Opposition, which had brought down the Vajpayee government at that time. He was speaking at an event in New Delhi. “For one […]
Underlining the importance of child protection and enforcement of various laws meant to protect them, B.G. Dinesh Kumar, member secretary of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), said that child protection was everyone’s responsibility. He was speaking at a one-day workshop for district and taluk-level officers from all the districts in the Mysuru division. The […]
Flagging under-utilisation of funds under critical heads such as Nirbhaya Fund instituted for women safety schemes, prison modernisation and no significant allocation to conduct a Census, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs criticised the Union Home Ministry for “inefficiency” at a meeting on Friday (February 21, 2025). During the ongoing recess in the Budget […]
The Uttarakhand Government told the High Court on Friday (February 21, 2025) that it would soon file an affidavit explaining why it sought details such as Aadhaar and information on previous relationships for registration of live-in couples under the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which was rolled out recently. There was a purpose behind seeking such […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (February 21, 2025) dismissed media reports claiming — as a “cover-up attempt” — that the $21-million USAID fund allocation in 2022 was for Bangladesh and not for India, and accused Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party of being involved in “anti-India” activities. The Congress, […]
The Supreme Court in a judgment on Friday (February 21, 2025) found the National Medical Commission (NMC)’s eligibility conditions that candidates with disabilities must have “both hands intact, with intact sensation and sufficient strength” for admission to MBBS course arbitrary and antithetical to the Constitution. “A prescription such as ‘both hands intact’ reeks of ableism […]
It is highly uncouth on the part of the State government to stop the salaries of the existing teachers, as an arm-twisting tactic, to compel an aided engineering college to obey its orders, said the High Court of Karnataka. “This action of the State, making someone work without payment of salary, would amount to ‘begar’ […]
B. Ashok, Principal Secretary (Agriculture) and Agriculture Production Commissioner, has filed a contempt of court petition in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) against Chief Secretary Sarada Muraleedharan for alleged wilful disobedience of the tribunal order. Mr. Ashok, who recently secured a stay from the tribunal on his transfer to the Local Self-government department as head […]
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Uttar Pradesh police submitted chargesheets running over 4,400 pages in six cases related to the Sambhal violence. The chargesheet mentioned Shariq Satha, a native of Sambhal and a fugitive auto-lifter operating from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the mastermind behind the violence. The chargesheet was based on six […]
Minister for Irrigation N. Uttam Kumar Reddy accused colossal mismanagement in the Irrigation sector by the earlier goverrnment led by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which has left behind incomplete reservoirs and lift irrigation schemes, depriving Telangana of its rightful Krishna Basin share. In a statement here, he said that despite spending a staggering ₹1.81 lakh […]
