CALL TO REPLACE RAJASTHAN CHIEF JUSTICE SP SHARMA FOR MISUSING OFFICE
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Justice Sandeep Mehta has asked Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant to appoint a Chief Justice from another State to head the Rajasthan High Court “with immediate effect”. In letters dated August 2, August 10 and August 17 accessed by Bar & Bench, Justice Mehta has accused acting Chief Justice […]
8 DEAD, 105 INDIANS MISSING IN NEPAL FLASH FLOODS FROM TIBET
photo courtesy : Curly Tales NEW DELHI: At least eight people have died, and several others, including 105 Indians, remain missing as a flash flood in the Bhote Koshi River swept through Nepal’s Nuwakot and Dhading districts. The floodwater came from the Tibetan side of the border, causing extensive damage and washing away several villages […]
BJP’S OVERHAUL TO FIX ITS PERCEPTION PROBLEM
NEW DELHI: The clock is ticking for the BJP. The party is 180 days away from the start of a countdown for back-to-back 16 assembly elections in 2027-2028. In 2027 alone it has to defend its turf in five states, including Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh plus it aims to dislodge the AAP in Punjab and […]
TRUMP PAUSES US VISA INTERVIEWS WORLDWIDE
NEW DELHI: The Donald Trump administration in the United States has paused or rescheduled visa appointments at American embassies and consulates worldwide amid an ongoing immigration crackdown in the Republican leader’s second term in the White House. According to the US State Department, the appointments for visa services have been paused to accommodate the global […]
BEST DEAL TO UP WORKERS
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government has approved a set of new rules aimed at improving the safety, health and working conditions of private-sector workers in the state. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, where the government approved the Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and […]
EX-UTTARAKHAND TOP COP EXITS PANEL PROBING IIT DELHI STUDENT’S DEATH
NEW DELHI: Former Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar, who was proposed as chairperson of the external inquiry committee set up by IIT Delhi to probe the death of 31-year-old MSc Physics student Rishikesh Kumar, has recused himself from the panel citing prior commitments. Sources said a new chairperson will be announced soon. Rishikesh […]
BSP TO CONTEST ALONE IN PUNJAB
NEW DELHI: National President of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), four-time former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former MP Mayawati, held a detailed review of the work to increase the party’s mass base and party organisation in Punjab with senior and responsible party members. Along with the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand scheduled […]
SLUMS OFF PM’S HOUSE TO BE VACATED WITHIN 6 WEEKS
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave residents of three jhuggi clusters near the Prime Minister’s official residence in the Lok Kalyan Marg area six weeks to vacate their settlements and move to alternative accommodation allotted to them at Savda Ghevra in outer Delhi. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya […]
LOK SABHA SPEAKER’S NOTICES TO 20 REBEL TRINAMUL MPs
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs, seeking their responses within seven days, in connection with disqualification petitions filed by the party. The development comes after TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee approached the Supreme Court, challenging the delay in deciding the pleas against the MPs. The […]
The Soil That Would Not Be Silenced: Sliman Mansour and the Art of Sumud
Sliman Mansour, the visual architect of Palestinian steadfastness, died in occupied East Jerusalem on 24 August 2026 at the age of 79, leaving behind a half-century of work that turned paint, mud and memory into an unbreakable language of belonging. In a landscape where even the colours of a flag could be criminalised, Mansour refused […]
