NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday doubled down on his opposition to “votes-for-freebies” culture, flagging the mounting dues of power distribution companies (discoms) as a looming crisis and saying failure to address the issue will hurt future generations by stunting growth. “Serious distortions have crept into our politics over time. In politics, there … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India will start a campaign across Maharashtra to link Voter ID cards with Aadhaar from August 1, said the state’s Chief Election Officer Shrikant Deshpande on Monday. The aim of this voluntary drive is to establish the identity of electors and authenticate entries in the electoral roll as well … Read more
NEW DELHI: Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of six FIR lodged against him in several districts of Uttar Pradesh. In his fresh plea, Zubair has also sought interim bail in all six cases. The plea of Zubair has also challenged the constitution of the Special Investigation Team … Read more
NEW DELHI: Observing that the threat of climate catastrophe is looming large because of global warming, the Supreme Court on Monday said that governments had to be proactive in preserving ecology and directed that one km area around every protected forest, national park or wildlife sanctuary be declared as ‘eco-sensitive’ zone where no mining, construction … Read more
NEW DELHI: The survey report of the Gyanvapi Mosque-Shringar Gauri complex was submitted in a “sealed envelope” by a court-appointed commission on Thursday. However, hours later, the contents of the sealed envelope – including the documents, videos and photographs – were flashed across various media platforms who claimed that they were in possession of the … Read more
NEW DELHI: The court-appointed advocate commissioner resumed the survey and videography of the Gyanvapi mosque premises in Varanasi on Saturday, two days after a civil judge refused to change him and ordered that he submit his survey report by May 17. A meeting of the two sides — the plaintiffs and respondents — was organised … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday commuted death sentence of a convict, who had raped and killed eight year old daughter of his cousin in 2014 in Madhya Pradesh, to life imprisonment and said that the manner in which crime was committed was diabolical and gruesome but it was not one falling in the … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalising ‘marital rape’. Justice Rajiv Shakdher held Exception 2 to Section 375 (rape) of the Indian penal Code, which exempts husband from the offence of rape for forcible sex with wife, as unconstitutional. Meanwhile, Justice Hari Shankar said he … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed all proceedings in sedition cases and directed the Centre and states to not register any fresh FIR invoking sedition charges until the government re-examines the colonial era penal law. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said all pending cases, appeals and proceedings with respect … Read more
NEW DELHI: Holding that constitutional mandate of holding election before expiry of five year tenure is inviolable, the Supreme Court directed initiation of poll process for 23,263 local bodies in Madhya Pradesh which has been due since 2019, and rejected state government’s contention for more time to fulfill the triple test criteria to introduce OBC … Read more