INDUS TREATY TO PUNISH PAKISTAN?
NEW DELHI: From around the early 1990s, when Pakistan was unabashedly exporting terrorism into India, a few realists in the Indian establishment advanced the argument that India needed to use the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) to punish Pakistan, writes noted Pakistan watcher journalist Sushant Sareen. He writes that the successive governments in New Delhi balked […]
SAVARKAR’S MERCY PLEAS: HIS GRAND SON VS RAHUL GANDHI
(Photo) Curtesy : Deccan Chronicle NEW DELHI: Satyaki Savarkar, the grandson of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, told a Pune court on Wednesday that Savarkar’s release from British imprisonment was not the result of mercy petitions he had filed, but the outcome of political efforts. Satyaki Savarkar has filed a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul […]
DIGVIJAYA SINGH DRAWS RARE BJP PRAISE
NEW DELHI: Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh, for decades one of the BJP’s favourite targets, is suddenly being praised by ruling party leaders. The compliments, however, have come at a cost. Singh now finds himself under fire from leaders within his own party. The latest twist came when BJP MLA Pritam Lodhi openly offered Singh a […]
MANISH TEWARI LEFT OUT OF CONG PUNJAB TEAM
NEW DELHI: The Congress has announced its core team for Punjab ahead of next year’s Assembly election. While the party has retained its state president and Leader of Opposition, a host of new appointments have been made to election-related committees. But an old hand is missing – Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari. Tewari noted that he […]
SC ALARM OVER AI MISUSE IN LEGAL PROCESS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday sounded an alarm over the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in legal proceedings as it flagged a National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) judgment that relied on fake precedents and cases generated using AI. Calling for a “zero-tolerance” approach against the use of AI in legal process, the top […]
HOW INDIA AVERTED ENERGY CRISIS DURING HORMUZ DISRUPTION
NEW DELHI: India appears to be moving from managing an energy crisis to cautiously returning to normalcy. Commercial LPG prices have fallen, fuel prices have started easing in parts of the market and global crude oil prices have retreated sharply as tensions in West Asia eased and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resumed. […]
HUGE LOOT OF RAM MANDIR DONATIONS DURING KUMBH MELA
(Photo) Curtesy : Hindustan Times NEW DELHI: In a major revelation in the Ram Mandir donation theft case, the Ayodhya Police probe has found that the maximum theft at the Ram Temple took place during the Kumbh Mela in early 2025. According to police, some of the eight arrested accused were involved in petty thefts […]
AYODHYA’S LAWYERS NOT TO DEFEND RAM MANDIR DONATION THEFT ACCUSED
(Photo) Curtesy : LiveLaw NEW DELHI: No Ayodhya lawyer will represent the accused in the Ram Temple donation theft case, the Ayodhya Bar Association has decided. And if an advocate does decide to take up the case, the association plans to impose a 5 lakh fine on them. “Proceedings will be initiated to register cases […]
TRUMP SPEAKS HIGH OF PM MODI
(Photo) Curtesy : Al Jazeera The proposed India-US trade agreement is in its “last one or 2 per cent”, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Monday, as senior American and Indian officials projected growing confidence in one of Washington’s most consequential strategic partnerships, highlighting expanding cooperation in trade, technology, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and […]
UNION CABINET RESHUFFLE BUZZ
(Photo) Curtesy : Deccan Chronicle NEW DELHI: A Union cabinet reshuffle before the Monsoon Session of Parliament appears unlikely, with the government prioritising key legislation over ministerial changes. The Monsoon Session is likely to begin in the third week of July, most likely from July 20. Sources indicate that the cabinet expansion may instead take […]
