The complex electoral landscape of Uttar Pradesh is engulfed in the ‘mysterious’ political moves by its former chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati. Under opposition fire over allegations of being ‘BJP’s B team’, a jibe often taken by Samajwadi (SP) Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati was almost close to shedding the label … Read more
According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, the low pressure area is likely to move northeastwards, intensify further and reach northeast & adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal by Friday, May 23 evening. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Low Pressure Area (LPA) over southwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal moved northeastwards and lies over westcentral … Read more
Congress also sought the removal of all images of the prime minister from government bodies, offices, petrol pumps for the duration of the elections as the same violates multiple safeguards iterated in election law. | Photo Credit: Prashant Nakwe Alleging misuse of state resources for the poll campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress … Read more
G.K. Vasan | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar), represented by its president and former Union Minister G.K. Vasan, has approached the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to allot the bicycle symbol to it during the general election this year. In an affidavit filed in … Read more
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan | Photo Credit: PTI The Kerala government has sought a declaration from the Supreme Court that Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has “failed to exercise his Constitutional powers and duties” in holding the Bills passed by the State Legislature for a long and indefinite period. Kerala raised the demand in a … Read more
Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy and his wife, on Monday, informed the Madras High Court of having approached the Supreme Court, challenging an order passed by the High Court on August 10, 2023, taking up a suo motu revision against … Read more
The Supreme Court on September 6, 2023, agreed to hear a plea of the Editors Guild of India (EGI), whose Manipur fact-finding team is facing the risk of arrest from the State. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on September 6, 2023, agreed to hear a plea of the Editors Guild of … Read more
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has moved to the Madras High Court with a plea to quash a 1998 Government Order (G.O.) through which not only the 73.06 acre Vedanthangal Lake but also all places within the 5km radius around it were declared a bird sanctuary. Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu on Monday … Read more
The female common langur that had returned to the city zoo after going missing earlier in the week has moved from the wild jackfruit tree that it had been perched on for the past two days to another tree. The langur had not left the zoo premises, zoo officials confirmed on Saturday evening. As the … Read more
She said the commission concluded the drug’s benefits outweighed the risks “but action should be taken to make sure patients are better aware of them, that they are carefully monitored throughout treatment, and that for patients under the age of 18 there is additional scrutiny on isotretinoin prescribing”. Source link