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NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP of promoting hate and targeting minorities after a purported video posted on the ruling party’s Assam unit X handle showed Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma allegedly firing a rifle at two individuals identified as minorities, and demanded strict judicial action in the matter.The now-deleted video,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party challenging the 2025 Bihar assembly elections. A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi declined to issue any direction on the request to annul the election results and order fresh polls. “How many votes…
NEW DELHI: India has stepped up diplomatic engagement with Iran seeking consular access and early resolution for the case of 16 Indian crew members on board a merchant vessel detained by Iranian authorities in December last year, the Indian embassy in Tehran said.In a press release on Saturday, the embassy said it was informed around…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties in Assam on Wednesday demanded the rehabilitation of families affected by the recent violence between two communities in West Karbi Anglong district and sought adequate compensation for the families of two persons who lost their lives. Submitting a joint memorandum to governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, the opposition called for immediate relief…
Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and his wife, Shwetambari, have been sent to judicial custody by a court in Udaipur in connection with an alleged Rs 30 crore fraud case. The court order came on Tuesday after their lawyer sought interim bail on medical grounds.Earlier in the day, the couple’s counsel moved an application requesting temporary relief…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday sent another 17 protesters to three-day judicial custody in connection with the November 23 demonstration at India Gate against rising air pollution levels, police said, as the total number of arrests linked to the protest rose to 22.Earlier today, Delhi Police arrested at least 15 people on charges…
NEW DELHI: Expressing its anguish over high courts for not following its rulings and ignoring judicial precedence in passing orders, Supreme Court on Monday said that it was against judicial discipline which cannot be ignored.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan said that high courts cannot ignore Supreme Court’s precedence in…
Vehicles parked on a road closed with barbed wire, a day after violence erupted over statehood and other demands, in Leh, Ladakh. (PTI) SRINAGAR: A judicial commission set up by Union home ministry to probe the September 24 violence in Leh Thursday said it was not getting a “good response” from the public, and appealed…
Representative image (AI-generated) A sharp, unprecedented increase in visa and permit refusals across all temporary entry categories is rocking Canada’s immigration system. According to immigration experts, this is prompting widespread concerns that automated tools and policy shifts are replacing fair, case-by-case human assessment. The crisis is driving a surge in judicial reviews, as applicants seek…
SRINAGAR: Ladakh UT administration stated Friday that the judicial probe into the Sept 24 violence in Leh, which claimed four lives, would be held at the Alternate Dispute Redressal Centre, Melongthang, in Leh from Oct 25-28.In an order issued Friday, the UT law and justice department instructed the Directorate of Information and Public Relations to…
