Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI The Ernakulam Central Police have filed a First Information Report under Section 153 (wantonly giving provocation with an intent to cause riot) and 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) of … Read more
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has once again returned to the State government, the file recommending the name of former Director-General of Police C. Sylendra Babu for appointment as chairman, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC). Contending that the recommendations were inconsistent with Constitutional … Read more
A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on September 1 asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to file its reply within four weeks to a plea by activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest at a Mumbai public library in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, … Read more
Justice K. Sarath of the Telangana High Court on Thursday issued notices to the State government in a batch of writ petitions seeking a direction to stay the conduct of Group-I preliminary examination on June 11. The judge, after hearing three writ petitions filed by different persons, instructed the State government and the Telangana State … Read more
BJP supporters at a roadshow in support of party candidate for Hebbal constituency Katta Jagadish before filing of his nomination papers in Bengaluru on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI A total of 3,632 candidates filed nominations for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections, as per data from the Election Commission till Thursday, the last day … Read more
Security personnel deployed near Rishra railway station April 4, 2023 amid tension after clashes broke out between two groups during a ‘Ram Navami’ procession on April 2, 2023 in Hooghly district. | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to file a report on fresh clashes in Rishra … Read more
A Bench led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud said that more States are trying to “jump into the bandwagon” even while the court is hearing the case. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Friday gave States three more weeks to file counter-affidavits to petitions challenging their anti-religious conversion laws, even as senior … Read more
The Calcutta High Court. FIle | Photo Credit: Sushanta Patronobish The Calcutta High Court on Friday gave relief to Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari in connection with an incident involving a stampede in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district that claimed three lives. While Justice Jay Sengupta said that there is no urgency for the State … Read more
Earlier, both Digvijaya Singh and Ashok Gehlot stated that they have dropped out of the race. Earlier, both Digvijaya Singh and Ashok Gehlot stated that they have dropped out of the race. Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on September 30, 2022 filed his nomination for the post of party president at the office … Read more
Nachari Mandal, an independent candidate from Bahadurpur constituency in Darbhanga, arrived on a buffalo to file his nomination to contest Bihar election. Nachari Mandal came riding a buffalo to file his nomination in Bihar election (Photo: ANI) An independent candidate from Bihar’s Bahadurpur assembly constituency arrived in Darbhanga to file his nomination riding a buffalo. … Read more