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
Allahabad High Court allowed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. | Photo Credit: ANI A district court in Varanasi on Saturday rejected a plea that sought a direction to the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake a survey of the wazukhana (ablution pond) area, … Read more
File pictureo of security officers standing guard outside the office of NewsClick in New Delhi | Photo Credit: AP The NewsClick portal has rejected as untenable and bogus allegations levelled in a Delhi Police FIR against it, and said the proceedings initiated are “nothing but a blatant attempt to muzzle the free and independent press … Read more
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The farmers’ body accused the Arunachal Pradesh Government of inking a deal with the National Hydropower Power Corporation for the mega-dam without taking the local people into confidence. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Two Arunachal Pradesh-based organisations, including a farmers’ collective, have asked the State Government to scrap … Read more
The Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on February 24 refused point-blank a request to gag the media from reporting on the Adani-Hindenburg issue until the apex court passes an order on the formation of an expert committee. “No, there is no question of passing … Read more
TMC leader Anubrata Mondal being produced before the Dubrajpur court, in Birbhum. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court on January 4 rejected senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal‘s bail plea in an alleged cattle smuggling case Mondal’s counsel Kapil Sibal had claimed that he has been in custody for more than four … Read more
File photo of Lt Col. Prasad Purohit at the Bombay High Court. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected a petition filed by Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit seeking discharge as an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast that killed six and injured 101 others. A division bench of justices … Read more