Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) termed Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party’s objections to the selection of the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) as “another attempt to create controversy and peddle propaganda” around the appointment. Also Read:Gyanesh Kumar named new Chief Election Commissioner Mr. Gandhi, the Leader of the […]
The Uttarakhand High Court has questioned a plea challenging the mandatory registration of live-in relationships under the state’s Uniform Civil Code and asked how was it an invasion of privacy when couples were “brazenly” living together without marriage. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Narender and Justice Alok Mehra, while hearing a petition challenging […]
Around 4 to 5 criminals opened fire outside a house on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) in the Kankarbagh area of Patna, Bihar creating panic among the residents. After firing, all of them entered a nearby house to take shelter and locked themselves from inside. The entire area has been cordoned off and a large police […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday (February 18, 2025), questioned the silence of the Union government over deportees from the U.S. being brought back to the country in chains. “The Prime Minister should have protested against it. The deportees could have been brought with some dignity,” Ms .Banerjee said while participating in debate […]
The Bombay High Court has refused to quash a court martial order sentencing a former Lieutenant Colonel to five years’ imprisonment for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, noting the victim was well aware of the “bad touch”. The girl’s demonstration in court regarding the specific manner in which the accused behaved with her once her […]
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has issued a new order banning the use of potable water for non-essential purposes in the city ahead of summer. Last year, the BWSSB placed a similar ban in March 2024 owing to a water crisis. The BWSSB has said that owing to rapid urbanisation and the population […]
Calling it an abuse of the process of the law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) dismissed a plea of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar to shift him from Mandoli Jail in the National Capital to any other prison, except ones in Punjab and Delhi. A Bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and P.B. […]
Kerala’s Higher Education Minister R. Bindu has stressed the need for a State-level anti-ragging mechanism to address the growing concerns of ragging in educational institutions. Addressing mediapersons here on Tuesday (February 18), the Minister condemned recent incidents of ragging and emphasised the need for stringent measures to curb such practices and protect students. Kerala has […]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) allowed the state government to carry out a trial run of the disposal of 40-year-old chemical waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in Pithampur area of Dhar district. The incineration on a trial basis will be carried out in three phases from […]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) targeted the Congress over its leader Sam Pitroda’s reported comment about China, saying it was evident that the opposition party stood with separatists and enemies of the country. Mr. Pitroda, chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, was reported to have said that he did […]
