New York: China-based ByteDance Ltd. asked an appeals court to speed up its lawsuit challenging a US law that would force it to sell the TikTok video-sharing app or face a ban. “Prompt consideration of these cases is needed to avoid irreparable harm,” lawyers for ByteDance and TikTok said Friday in a filing in the … Read more
A bomb squad team of the National Security Guard arrive after CBI recovered weapons in a case related to the violence against ED officials, at Agarhati village in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on Monday, April 29, 2024 wondered why the State of West Bengal has come to the Supreme … Read more
Electoral employees assemble EVM and VVPAT machines in Bhopal. | Photo Credit: A.M. FARUQUI The Election Commission of India (ECI) categorically assured the Supreme Court that it is impossible to tamper with electronic voting machines (EVMs) “at any stage”. The assurance comes on the eve of the General Elections to the Lok Sabha. Replying to … Read more
An Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) displayed outside the office of the Election Commission of India | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Supreme Court says EVMs are accurate unless they are maligned by human bias The Supreme Court on Tuesday disagreed with the idea of a return to paper ballots to restore the “little man’s” confidence … Read more
Farmers engaged in harvesting and loading of sugarcane in Belagavi district of Karnataka. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Centre increases Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, met here on Wednesday, approved ₹ 340/quintal as the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for Sugar Season 2024-25 at … Read more
Representational image of Indian Coast Guard women personnel at an event in Bengaluru | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR The Supreme Court on Monday came down hard on the Centre and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) for denial of permanent commission to its women officers and said the maritime force must come up with a … Read more
According to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, from the 2025-26 academic session, students will get an opportunity to appear for 10th and 12th class board exams twice. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu PM Modi to to launch projects worth ₹30,500 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on February 20 All eyes in J&K are … Read more
Arthur Engoron, a cabdriver-turned-judge who found Donald Trump liable for fraud, did not hold back in accusing the former U.S. president of trying to take him for a ride. In ordering Trump and his family business to pay a $355 million penalty, Engoron displayed the wit, humor and disbelief he has often shown in more … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP): A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump‘s drive to return to the White House is putting the Supreme Court uncomfortably at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign.In arguments Thursday, the justices will, for the first time, wrestle with a constitutional provision that was adopted after the Civil War to prevent … Read more
File picture of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex as seen from the Kashi Vishwanath Temple | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Gyanvapi mosque committee to approach the Allahabad High Court against a Varanasi district court’s order that a Hindu priest can perform prayers before idols in a cellar of the mosque. … Read more