New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, January 5, dismissed a plea seeking recognition of Mathura’s Shahi Idgah mosque site as the Krishna Janmabhoomi. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said that it was not inclined to interfere with the order of the Allahabad High Court which had earlier dismissed the public interest […]
Hyderabad: The residents of Gundlapochampally in Medchal district held a protest in front of Praja Bhavan on Friday, January 6, alleging that BRS leader and Medchal MLA Ch Mallareddy had created fake documents to grab their lands near Malla Reddy University. Nearly 700 people staged a demonstration at Praja Bhavan to register their complaint against the […]
Hyderabad: Nearly 31% more women have been using Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) buses for commuting in Hyderabad since the Mahalakshmi scheme was introduced by the Congress government, a recent survey by the Helping Hand Foundation, a city-based NGO, revealed. The percentage of women using TSRTC buses for their daily commute surged from 52% to […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred till February the hearing of Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s petition challenging the high court order dismissing his plea questioning the jurisdiction of an ACB court in conducting the trial in the 2015 cash-for-vote scam case in which he is an accused. A bench of Justices Sanjiv […]
New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an injunction against the implementation of the Chief Election Commissioner and the other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Condition of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 — which excludes the Chief Justice of India from the process of appointment of top officials of the Election […]
Seoul: A tsunami reaching as high as 85 cm was observed off South Korea’s east coast in the aftermath of a powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake that struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula, the weather agency said on Tuesday. At least 24 people have died after a series of quakes struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in Japan’s Ishikawa […]
Kolkata: West Bengal BJP will hold a crucial organisational meeting on Wednesday with the aim of activating all the ‘Morchas’ or mass organisations of the party in the state keeping in view of the Lok Sabha elections scheduled this year. The proposed meeting has been titled ‘United Morcha Meeting’, where besides the state committee leaders, office-bearers […]
New Delhi: Cold weather triggers medical problems like influenza, joint pain, sore throat, asthma, Covid-19 and heart disease. According to Dr Balbir Singh, Chairman and Head, Cardiology, Max Hospitals, the number of cases of heart attacks has doubled in comparison to last month due to the winter and poor lifestyles. “Heart problems are increasing in our […]
Hyderabad: Following the powerful earthquakes in Japan that triggered waves as high as 5 meters, concerns arise regarding whether the ocean disturbances pose a tsunami threat to India. The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC), located in Hyderabad, issued clarification. According to the ITEWC, which monitors sea level changes near the epicentral region, there is no […]
New Delhi: The government on Sunday, December 31, appointed former Niti Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya as the Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission. The joint secretary in the finance ministry, Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey, will be the secretary to the commission, the government said in a notification. “The President is pleased to constitute a Finance Commission […]