The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam flag. File | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) general secretary N. Anand on Monday (November 18, 2024) said the party intended to form a government on its own in Tamil Nadu and dismissed speculations that it would form an alliance with the AIADMK in the 2026 Assembly election. … Read more
Representative image. Former Haryana CM and party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda addresses the media after a meeting of Congress delegation with the Election Commission over concerns on Haryana Assembly election results, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: ANI The Election Commission on Tuesday (October 29, 2024) rejected as “baseless” allegations made by the Congress of … Read more
Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik leave after a fresh round of questioning by ED in connection with a probe in a money laundering case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in Mumbai, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Friday (October 25, 2024) dismissed … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 26, 2024) dismissed a plea filed by the Gujarat government seeking a review of the court’s verdict which contained certain observations against the State while quashing the remission granted to 11 men … Read more
Getty Images The chair of the Covid inquiry has refused an application from the UK Health Security Agency to keep the identities of two junior clinicians secret. Lawyers for UKHSA applied for an order preventing publication of their names, on the grounds they could be subject to abuse and harassment on social media and in … Read more
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging a decision of the NMC to not conduct NEET-Super Speciality examination this year. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) dismissed a plea challenging a decision of the National Medical Commission (NMC) to not conduct NEET-Super Speciality examination this year. A … Read more
Getty Images The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has rejected a licence for an Alzheimer’s treatment which slows cognitive decline. The EMA said the benefits of lecanemab did not counterbalance the risk of serious side effects, especially bleeding and swelling in the brain. The medicines regulator in the UK, the MHRA, is still considering whether to … Read more
File picture of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar rejected U.S. President Joe Biden’s comment that “xenophobia” was hobbling the South Asian nation’s economic growth, reported on Saturday. Mr. Jaishankar said at a round table hosted by The Economic Times on Friday that India’s economy “is not … Read more
MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal | Photo Credit: ANI The U.S. State Department’s statement on the implementation of CAA “we are of the view that it is misplaced, misinformed, and unwarranted,” was rejected by the Ministry of External Affairs on March 15. India, on March 11, notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024 four years after the … Read more
An outer view of Bombay High Court in Mumbai. File. In a setback for the petitioners in the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023, the Bombay High Court on March 13 refused to accept applications seeking stay on the Union government’s Fact-Check Unit (FCU). The interim application was filed … Read more