NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh govt on Friday moved Supreme Court questioning the HC’s decision not to permit it to withdraw in entirety 65 FIRs, involving non-serious offences, lodged against MPs, MLAs and politicians. On July 20, 2023, the Congress govt headed by Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu moved a petition before the HC seeking permission to withdraw…
NEW DELHI: Police on late Friday night arrived at the residence of Purnia MP Pappu Yadav in Patna in connection with an old case.Meanwhile, Pappu Yadav resisted the arrest and accused Bihar Police of hatching a conspiracy of killing him and said that cops reached at his residence in civil uniform like criminals.“I have doubt…
Representative image (AI-generated) The United States on Friday announced new sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and petrochemical trade, hours after indirect talks between Tehran and Washington concluded in Oman.The move came even as both sides signalled willingness to continue negotiations aimed at easing tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme.The sanctions, unveiled by the US State Department, target…
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) The United States on Friday accused China of secretly carrying out nuclear explosive tests, even as Washington and Moscow acknowledged the need to urgently begin fresh arms control talks following the expiry of the last remaining US–Russia nuclear treaty.The accusation came as US officials renewed pressure on Beijing to be…
AI image (Picture credit: OpenAI via ChatGPT) Four Artemis-II astronauts will return for a 10-day deep-space mission that’ll test new spacecraft, new partnerships and a new approach to lunar exploration“As I take man’s last step from the surface, back home for some time to come – but we believe not too long into the future…
NEW DELHI: Isro Chairman V. Narayanan has outlined the organisation’s upcoming space exploration goals, including the landmark Gaganyaan human spaceflight program scheduled for 2027 and two crewed lunar missions — Chandrayaan-4 and Chandrayaan-5 — eyed for 2028, provided all plans stay on track.Narayanan said these missions are advancing under the “visionary leadership of Prime Minister…
Equity markets ended slightly higher on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India left interest rates unchanged, a move that was widely expected, and announced a proposal to allow banks to lend to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) under prudential safeguards.The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 266.47 points, or 0.32 per cent, to close at 83,580.40….
NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court on Friday ordered the immediate release of Abhay Kumar, director of MZ Wiztown Planners, after finding that his arrest in connection with a techie’s death in Noida was carried out without following mandatory procedures.A bench of Justices Siddhartha and Jai Krishna Upadhyay observed that police had failed to follow…
The Delhi high court has held that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be used to criminalize consensual oral or anal sexual acts between a husband and wife, ruling that any such interpretation would be contrary to the present framework of criminal law and binding Supreme Court precedent.In deciding to set aside an…
INS Arnala, the Indian Navy’s first indigenously designed and built Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), marks a significant milestone in India’s transition from a “Buyer’s Navy” to a “Builder’s Navy”, highlighting the growing strength of domestic shipbuilding under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision.INS Arnala is the lead ship of a new class of Anti-Submarine Warfare…