Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Narendra Modi government will purchase all farm produce at minimum support price, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday (December 6, 2024). … Read more
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Founder, Isha Foundation. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18, 2024) closed the proceedings in a habeas corpus petition filed by a man who had alleged that his two daughters were held captive inside the premises of spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev’s Isha Foundation at Coimbatore. … Read more
Parliamentarians in Lok Sabha in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill which seeks to deal sternly with malpractices and irregularities in government recruitment examinations, with provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine up to ₹1 crore. Piloting the Public Examinations (Prevention … Read more
A view of the Calcutta High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Calcutta High Court on January 17 stayed proceedings before a trial court in the murder of two persons and abduction of another at Sandeshkhali in 2019, in which Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shajahan Sheikh was named the main accused by the … Read more
Proceedings of the Lok Sabha are underway during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Both C. Thomas and A.M. Arif were seen carrying placards protesting the suspension of their colleagues Continuing the spree of suspensions, two more members were suspended from the Lok Sabha on December 20, taking … Read more
File photo of Maharasthra Speaker Rahul Narwekar. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Supreme Court on October 13 slammed Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar for reducing the anti-defection proceedings against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and other MLAs to a “charade”, saying that he cannot “merrily” defer hearings and has to decide before the next elections. … Read more
The Kerala High Court has extended till October 16 its stay on the further proceedings in a case registered against K.B. Ganesh Kumar MLA pending before the Kottarakkara First Class Judicial Magistrate Court in connection with the the alleged conspiracy to name late Congress leader Oommen Chandy in the Solar scam-related sexual assault case. When a … Read more
The Karnataka High Court on February 10 stayed the CBI probe against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in a corruption case. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a Karnataka High Court’s interim stay of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. … Read more
The proceedings of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly will be telecast in sign language also to benefit people who are hearing impaired, Speaker M. Appavu announced on Thursday. He said efforts have been made to record and telecast the proceedings of the Assembly through YouTube in sign language, in compliance with the Rights of Persons with … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court recently prohibited the unauthorised recording, sharing or dissemination of live streamed proceedings or archival data of proceedings. The Court notified the rules for live streaming and recording of court proceedings and said, “To imbue greater transparency, … Read more