Vice President says retired judges keeping country’s arbitral system in tight fist grip

Vice President says retired judges keeping country’s arbitral system in tight fist grip

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar lamented that retired judges have kept the arbitral system of the country in a tight fist grip, denying chance to other qualified minds. File | Photo Credit: PTI Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday lamented that retired judges have kept the arbitral system of the country in a “tight fist grip”, … Read more

Cost of justice, language in higher judiciary are hurdles in ensuring equal access of justice, President Droupadi Murmu

Cost of justice, language in higher judiciary are hurdles in ensuring equal access of justice, President Droupadi Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu addresses at the valedictory session of the first regional conference on ‘Access to Legal Aid: Strengthening Access to Justice in the Global South’ in New Delhi on Tuesday | Photo Credit: PTI The use of English in higher judiciary and the cost of litigation are among the hindrances that people face in … Read more

Activist files complaint at Salem court against T.N. BJP president for provocative speech

Activist files complaint at Salem court against T.N. BJP president for provocative speech

Activist V. Piyush has urged the Salem court to register an FIR under the appropriate sections and render justice | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E Salem-based activist V. Piyush filed a private complaint at the Judicial Magistrate Court No. 4 on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, demanding action against BJP State president K. Annamalai for reportedly issuing threats and making provocative statements. In his complaint, … Read more

No permission to meet TDP national president Chandrababu Naidu’s wife Nara Bhuvaneswari

No permission to meet TDP national president Chandrababu Naidu’s wife Nara Bhuvaneswari

Nara Bhuvaneswari. File | Photo Credit: ANI Police reportedly said there is no permission to meet Nara Bhuvaneswari who is currently camping at Rajahmundry for the last 37 days after the arrest of her husband N. Chandrababu Naidu. With many leaders meeting Ms. Bhuvaneswari at Rajahmundry, police reportedly asked the leaders and the public not … Read more

PM Modi holds talks with Tanzanian President Hassan

PM Modi holds talks with Tanzanian President Hassan

Ahead of the Modi-Hassan talks, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the Tanzanian president’s visit is an opportunity to take the long-standing ties between the two countries to “new levels”. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held wide-ranging talks with visiting Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan with a focus on … Read more

Commercialisation of education, health never in interest of society: Vice President Dhankhar

Commercialisation of education, health never in interest of society: Vice President Dhankhar

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has said commercialisation of education and health can never be in the interest of society. He expressed hope that the current situation will change with the implementation of the new National Education Policy.  Mr. Dhankhar was addressing the 11th foundation day ceremony … Read more

Joe Biden ‘very humble’, says Indian priest after holding communion service for U.S. president

Joe Biden ‘very humble’, says Indian priest after holding communion service for U.S. president

U.S. President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: AP Father Nicholas Dias, secretary for the liturgy commission for the Delhi Archdiocese, has described U.S. President Joe Biden as a “very humble” person who expressed that his grandmother was a great influence in his life. Father Dias met Mr. Biden during a 30-minute holy communion service … Read more

Congress rule is need of the hour, says AP Congress president Rudra Raju

Congress rule is need of the hour, says AP Congress president Rudra Raju

AP Congress Committee president Gidugu Rudra Raju (C) and APCC working president N. Tulasi Reddy addressing the media in Vijayawada | Photo Credit: GIRI KVS Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gidugu Rudra Raju on Thursday said Congress rule in the country was the “need of the hour” as the common man was at the … Read more

‘Bharat’ instead of ‘India’ in President invite stirs debate on country’s name

‘Bharat’ instead of ‘India’ in President invite stirs debate on country’s name

Instead of the usual, “President of the Republic of India” the word “Bharat” was substituted, creating ripples of speculation among political parties, especially the Opposition INDIA alliance.  Invitations sent by President Draupadi Murmu to heads of state, government and Chief Ministers of Indian States for an official banquet on the occasion of the G20 Summit … Read more

Chinese President Xi Jinping to skip G20 summit in Delhi

Chinese President Xi Jinping to skip G20 summit in Delhi

Chinese President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: Reuters It is almost certain that Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to skip the G20 summit in India next week and Premier Li Qiang is set to represent China at the conclave, people familiar with the development said on September 2. Russian President Vladimir Putin has already … Read more