New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday orally remarked that due to its forgiving nature in commutation of death sentences, the country is witnessing an increase in crime and this has to “come to an end somewhere”. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu...
New Delhi: The government has proposed that prescription drugs, including those with a high potential for abuse and addiction, cannot be advertised without prior approval of the Centre. The Union health ministry, in a draft notification issued September 28 and published in the Gazette of...
New Delhi: India and Greece discussed defence and strategic cooperation Thursday, with emphasis on maritime cooperation, coastal security and shipbuilding. The discussions were held during a meeting between Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Greece's Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Stefanos Gkikas,...
Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi group said Thursday it launched a fresh ballistic missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh and carried out missile strikes against government forces near the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in...
New Delhi: The GST Council Thursday approved scrapping the arrest powers of GST officers and raised the threshold to launch prosecution to Rs 5 crore from Rs 1 crore. "The rate structure is settled, so the Council has turned to how the tax works day...
Kyiv: Thirty people were killed, and at least 18 were injured by Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine that included an attack on a public bus, authorities said Thursday, as an intensive pre-winter wave of attacks continued and power outages worsened in the capital Kyiv. Vadym...
New Delhi: In a strongly worded open letter, 42 former judges, including those from the Supreme Court and High Courts, Thursday expressed grave concern over a sustained campaign to undermine the Election Commission, judiciary, and other constitutional institutions. The signatories have questioned allegations of “vote...
New Delhi: India Thursday strongly condemned the recent attacks on two airports in Saudi Arabia, asserting that targeting civilian infrastructure is completely "unacceptable". Saudi authorities said three people have been killed in attacks reportedly carried out by Houthi militants over the last two days on...
New Delhi: India Thursday condemned attacks on Abha and King Khalid international airports in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, terming the targeting of civilian infrastructure "completely unacceptable". The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) offered condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the attack...
New Delhi: Congress leader, P Chidambaram, Thursday took exception to BJP chief Nitin Nabin’s 'anarchist' charge against the Opposition over their spirited protests against the Election Commission’s 'unilateral and biased' decisions and asked that if there was not any merit in their claims, why was...
The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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The angry young generation is rising in protest in India, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and Serbia, to name a...
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