Seoul: South Korea's parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an intense debate over Yoon's fate, as jubilant crowds roared to celebrate another defiant moment in the country's resilient democracy. The National Assembly passed the motion 204-85....

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Saturday urged party members to intensify their fight for justice on behalf of Odisha's tribal communities, who are likely to be severely impacted because of the Polavaram dam project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Patnaik's call came after a delegation of party leaders met him at his residence to brief him on their...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday hailed India's journey since the adoption of the Constitution in 1949 as "extraordinary", asserting that the country's ancient democratic roots have long been an inspiration for the world. India is not only a big democracy but it is the mother of democracy, he said in the Lok Sabha replying to...

Kolkata: A day after two key suspects in the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar hospital got bail, the Left parties and the Congress Saturday took out protest rallies at various locations in Kolkata, alleging that the CBI has "failed" to deliver justice in the case. They also alleged that the ruling Trinamool...

New Delhi: In a significant week for the Indian startup ecosystem, nearly 40 startups secured more than $787 million in funding. These deals included 16 growth-stage deals and 23 early-stage ones. This is a massive jump from $250 million raised cumulatively across 18 deals last week. Cloud kitchen unicorn Rebel Foods led the funding with $210 million...

Dubai: Afghanistan's Gulbadin Naib has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare Friday. "Naib has been penalised for violating Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which pertains to showing...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi Saturday slammed the BJP-led Centre during the discussion on the 'Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution', questioning the government's stance on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's views on the Constitution. LoP Rahul Gandhi referred to Savarkar's writings, alleging that the Hindutva ideologue believed the Constitution...

Prayagraj/Kanpur: The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to appoint as an additional district judge a man who was denied appointment on the ground that he had faced two trials regarding alleged charges of spying for Pakistan as well as for sedition. The court asked the state to issue appointment letter to petitioner Pradeep...

Prayagraj: Engineer Atul Subhash's estranged wife and her family members, who he had accused of harassment in his suicide note, have filed anticipatory bail pleas in Allahabad High Court. The anticipatory bail applications have been filed by Subhash's wife Nikita Singhania, her mother Nisha Singhania, brother Anurag Singhania, and uncle Sushil Singhania. The pleas for anticipatory bail...

New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju Saturday tore into the Congress for not giving BR Ambedkar his due, as he questioned the opposition's claims that minorities were being denied their rights. Intervening in the debate in the Lok Sabha on 75 years of the adoption of the Constitution, the parliamentary affairs minister cautioned that "our words and...