SC SETS SHIV SENA’S SYMBOL HEARING ON JULY 14
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned urgency in plea over Shiv Sena’s symbol of ‘bow and arrow’ by the Udhav Thackeray group, but set the hearing on July 14. The symbol is allotted to the Eknath Shinde faction. The Thackeray group sought the hearing in view of the forthcoming local body elections in […]
CABINET OKAYS NEW NATIONAL SPORTS POLICY
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday approved the new National Sports Policy 2025, a landmark initiative aimed at reshaping the country’s sporting landscape and empowering citizens through sports. The new policy supersedes the existing National Sports Policy, 2001, and lays out a visionary and strategic roadmap to establish India […]
GOVT MAY GET RID OF SOCIALISM AND SECULARISM FROM THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
NEW DELHI: Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has historically expressed ideological opposition to certain values like socialism and secularism as framed in the Indian Constitution, especially during and after the Emergency period (1975–77) when these terms were explicitly added to the Preamble. The words “socialist” and “secular” as also “integrity” were added to the Preamble of […]
AFTER CONG, TMC TOO SLAMS ELECTION COMMISSION
NEW DELHI: After the Congress, Trinamool Congress on Saturday slammed the Election Commission for being a “branch office” of the BJP as it appeared to be working to strengthen the electoral prospect of the saffron party in West Bengal. Addressing a news conference in Delhi TMC leader in the Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien, said that […]
India’s Isolation at SCO Raises Alarm Bells: Foreign Policy Failures Now Too Visible to Ignore
New Delhi; India’s growing diplomatic isolation at the recently concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit has triggered serious concerns among strategic experts and former diplomats. The forum, once seen as an important multilateral platform where India could balance its strategic autonomy between East and West, now reflects the shrinking influence of New Delhi on the […]
UNDECLARED EMERGENCY, ASSERTS CONGRESS PRESIDENT
NEW DELHI: An undeclared emergency prevailed in the country, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged on Wednesday while accusing the BJP of staging a Samvidhan Hatya Diwas “drama” to hide its governance failure. Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his jibes on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, he said a government which has […]
IRAN-ISRAEL CEASEFIRE ILLUSIVE
NEW DELHI: U.S. President Trump announced on Tuesday that “a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE” had been agreed upon between Israel and Iran, expected to take effect within 24 hours. However, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that no final agreement has been reached, but added that if Israel halts strikes by 4 a.m. Tehran time, […]
SC TO HEAR PLEA ON OBC CERTIFICATE TO CHILDREN RAISED BY SINGLE MOTHERS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea that challenges the current guidelines requiring caste certificates for claiming Other Backward Class (OBC) status to be based solely on paternal lineage, despite instances where children are solely raised by single mothers from OBC communities. A vacation bench of Justice K.V. Viswanathan and Justice […]
CONG SLAMS TRUMP FOR US STRIKES ON IRAN, URGES CENTRE TO SHOW ‘MORAL COURAGE’
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Monday strongly condemned US President Donald Trump for the US strikes on Iran, dubbing it as a contradiction to his calls for dialogue. It also criticised the Modi government’s silence on the US bombing, Israel’s actions and the situation in Gaza. “President Trump’s decision to unleash US air power […]
CABLE TV INDUSTRY IN DISTRESS
NEW DELHI: Television cable industry is under distress as it lost 5.77 lakh jobs in the past six years. A survey report by Ernst & Young and All-India Digital Cable Federation says the income of the cable distribution business is sinking. In a first report on the crisis in the Cable TV industry, the survey […]
