NEW DELHI: Time has come to move from ad-hoc committees to a more streamlined, accountable and organised structure by creating a National Judicial Infrastructure Authority for the standardization and improvement of judicial infrastructure which currently needs urgent attention, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Saturday. Speaking at the Joint Conference of Chief … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana on Saturday said the Constitution of India provides separation of power among the three organs of the state and while discharging duty, one should be mindful of the ‘Lakshman Rekha’. CJI Ramana was speaking at the Joint Conference of chief ministers and chief justices of … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice NV Ramana on Saturday expressed concern over frivolous litigations in courts and said the concept of PIL has now turned into personal interest litigation and is at times being misused to stall projects or put pressure on public authorities. Speaking at a joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices of … Read more
NEW DELHI: The railways on Friday evening announced to cancel more passenger trains till May 24 – raising the number from 670 to 753 trips of 42 trains — to free up tracks for coal rakes as peak demand scaled a new peak of 207 gigawatts on Friday, leading to fuel inventories depleting to average … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a move that could further escalate tension between the Centre and West Bengal government, the Delhi Police, which reports to the ministry of home affairs, is learnt to have filed an FIR on a complaint by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging that the Kolkata police officials fabricated and tampered with a court … Read more
Hospitals say though 18-59 years is a large cohort and opening up of the booster dose for this segment was seen as a major positive decision, the demand has been subdued. “It could be a sum of both complacency and ignorance. Since a majority have been double-vaccinated and with fewer Covid cases, many in this … Read more
An energy crisis is looming over a vast swathe of land from the northern states to southern India as low coal supplies across the majority of thermal power plants have set off blackouts in several urban and rural areas where domestic demand for electricity has spiked manifold because of an unusually early and record-shattering heatwave … Read more
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind kejriwal on Friday met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Delhi. The meeting took place at the residence of Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek, MP from Diamond Harbour in West Bengal. “It was a courtesy call,” TMC sources said. Mamata congratulated Kejriwal on his party’s resounding victory in the Punjab … Read more
NEW DELHI: With Lt-General Manoj Pande set to take over as the next Army chief from General M M Naravane on Saturday, Lt-Gen Baggavalli Somashekar Raju will succeed him as the vice chief of the 12-lakh strong force. Lt-Gen Raju, who was commissioned into the Jat Regiment in December 1984 and is a qualified helicopter … Read more
NEW DELHI: Asserting that the new India is leaving its mark on the whole world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Sikh community has been a strong link in relations between India and other countries. Addressing a Sikh delegation at his residence, he said the entire country feels grateful to Sikhs for their … Read more