Guwahati: The first session of the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly, during which the important 'Uniform Civil Code, Assam, Bill 2026' was passed, concluded Wednesday. Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass, in his remarks at the end of the proceedings, said the five-day session witnessed several important events, including the oath-taking of the new MLAs and the governor's speech. On...

Mullanpur: Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won toss and elected to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League Eliminator in Mullanpur, Punjab, Wednesday. The winner of this contest will take on Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 here May 29. RR had their regular skipper Riyan Parag returning to the playing eleven after a brief hamstring...

New Delhi: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Kalyan Banerjee Wednesday said the Supreme Court judgment on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was confined to the Bihar case and could not be treated as an all-India ruling, asserting that the issues raised in West Bengal were completely different. Reacting to the apex court's verdict, Banerjee, who...

New Delhi: Michel Danino, one of the three NCERT academics earlier barred for life by the Supreme Court over a controversial chapter on judiciary, claimed on Wednesday that the top court had been kept in the dark about the broader context of their work. He also said that the initial March 11 order of the top court...

Bhubaneswar/Paradip: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said he was optimistic that JSW's Rs 65,000 crore integrated steel plant near Paradip would be operational by 2029, and asserted that it would mark a milestone in the state's industrialisation process. Majhi attended an event marking the commencement of construction of the 13.2 MTPA integrated steel plant of...

Bhopal: In a significant development in the high-profile Twisha Sharma suspicious death case, Samarth Singh, the husband of the deceased actress and model, has been placed on remand till May 29 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI formally took over the probe following directions from higher authorities, intensifying scrutiny into the mysterious death of...

Hong Kong: India have been awarded the hosting rights of the Asian Indoor Championships 2027 and Asian Relays 2028 during the Asian Council meeting here on Wednesday. The Asian Indoor Championships 2027 will be held in Bhubaneswar, while Chandigarh will host the Asian Relays in 2028, World Athletics vice president Adille Sumariwalla confirmed on social media. "Congratulations...

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court Wednesday left to the Election Commission to take a decision on a plea seeking a direction to the poll panel to modify VVPAT guidelines so that each slip displays the precise time at which a vote was cast. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said...

Thiruvananthapuram: Tension flared outside the rented residence of veteran CPI-M leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in the wake of the Enforcement Department raids Wednesday, as angry party workers allegedly attacked vehicles carrying agency officials soon after the searches ended. Three vehicles accompanying the ED team were damaged in the violence, while central security personnel,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the ongoing trial in the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence needs to be expedited and sought a status report from authorities. Ethnic violence in Manipur broke out May 3, 2025, after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts. The protest was held against the Meitei community's demand...