Congress mounts pressure on CEC Kumar to step down as CJP vows countrywide protests from October 2
New Delhi, October 28—Even as the Congress today held nationwide protest pressing for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign, CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka also mounted further pressure by renewing organisation’s call for his stepping down, citing its allegations over the removal of around 13 crore names from electoral rolls. Accusing Kumar of having “defrauded” 13 […]
Damage Control or Tacit Admission? Decoding the Election Commission’s Institutional Retreat
The Election Commission’s September 26 press note attempts to project full-bench unity and administrative benevolence. Yet, when placed alongside internal dissents and investigative revelations, its procedural rollbacks function as a tacit indictment of its own recent governance. The Mirage of Unity at Nirvachan Sadan When the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI)—comprising […]
JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH TO BE NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA
NEW DELHI: Four decades after completing his law degree from Lucknow University, Justice Vikram Nath is set to take charge as the next Chief Justice of India, putting the university’s century-old Faculty of Law in the spotlight. Justice Nath was given distinguished alumni award by the university in 2018. He gets the Supreme Court’s top […]
SC NOTICE ON UPI ABOVE RS 2,000, BUT NO STAY
NEW DELHI: While refusing to put the new framework on hold, the Supreme Court on Monday sought an affidavit from the Union government explaining the legal and technical basis for imposing a merchant discount rate (MDR) on specified unified payments interface (UPI) person-to-merchant transactions above ₹2,000. A bench comprising chief justice of India (CJI) Surya […]
SC ASKS EC TO DECIDE TRINAMUL CASE IN 4 MONTHS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted four months’ time to the Election Commission of India to decide the party name and symbol dispute between two rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress party. The top court passed the order while hearing Mamata Banerjee’s plea challenging the ECI’s interim decision to freeze the […]
HAL FAILED TO BUILD STEALTH JET
NEW DELHI: State-run aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) did not qualify to build prototypes of the indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), a stealth fighter, on technical grounds, according to India’s Defence Secretary. This was, consequently, the first time HAL was kept out of an indigenous fighter-jet project. In an interview at the NDTV […]
POLICE ACTION TO REMOVE UJJAIN MOSQUE
NEW DELHI: There was a showdown between cops and a large group of people in Ujjain on Monday at the spot where a portion of the Shahi Masjid is proposed to be demolished as part of a road-widening project, showed videos from the scene. Police used tear gas shells to control the restive crowd as […]
CONG WANTS 150 SEATS IN UP
photo courtesy : NDTV NEW DELHI: The Congress and the Samajwadi Party are preparing to begin formal discussions on seat-sharing for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next week, with Congress sources saying that the party has identified 150 constituencies it intends to seek in negotiations. While both parties have repeatedly said that they intend […]
SC NOTICES IN SOHRABUDDIN SHEIKH ENCOUNTER
NEW DELHI: After hearing a challenge to the Bombay High Court order that upheld their acquittal, the Supreme Court has sought responses from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and 22 people acquitted in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged “fake” encounter case. The case was heard by the apex court on Monday (September 28). The court […]
SC ASKS CBSE TO EXEMPT CLASS 6 STUDENTS FROM MANDATORY THIRD LANGUAGE
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed that students currently studying in Class 6 under the CBSE board be granted the same exemption from the mandatory three-language policy as students of Classes 7, 8 and 9. The direction came after the Centre told the court that it was not inclined to exempt Class 6 students […]
