PRADHAN FIRST MINISTER TO QUIT BECAUSE OF A ROW SINCE AKBAR IN 2018
NEW DELHI: Hours before talks between Centre and Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday, Dharmendra Pradhan quit as the education minister. His resignation is a rare one. So rare, in fact, that to find a parallel, one has to rewind the clock all the way to 2018, when MJ Akbar stepped down from his post […]
PM OUTSMARTS RAHUL ON HIS BID FOR GEN Z
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has outsmarted Rahul Gandhi trying to win over the Generation Z, with an appeal directly to the youth. Dharmendra Pradhan read his message right to resign amid massive student protests over the NEET leak fiasco, saying he was resigning taking moral responsibility on his own as his stepping down […]
CJI DENIES PETITION ON CJP PROTESTS
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday said media reports wrongly claimed that he refused to list a matter related to student protests in Delhi. He clarified that no petition had been filed before the Supreme Court. According to the CJI, only a representation was mentioned before the Court and some reports […]
VANDE MATARAM BILL INTRODUCED IN RAJYA SABHA
NEW DELHI: The [Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026], also known as the Vande Mataram Bill, was formally introduced in the [Rajya Sabha] by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai amid opposition protests. Insult or obstruct the singing of Vande Mataram, India’s national song, and you may face up […]
SC BARS POSTING OF COURT PROCEEDINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT PERMISSION
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday barred posting, reposting or uploading of audio-video recordings of court proceedings on social media and other digital platforms without prior permission of the secretary-general concerned of the apex court or the registrars-general of the high courts. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and […]
SC WARNS CENTRE ON NEET PAPER LEAKS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today told the Centre to put an end to the “series of errors” surrounding the NEET-UG examination and sought details on its plans to shift to computer-based testing. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, while hearing the NEET paper leaks issue, told the Centre that they would […]
NEXT RAM MANDIR TRUST MEETING ON SEPT 2 TO DECIDE CEO & GENERAL SECRETARY
NEW DELHI: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust deferred the appointment of its first CEO by a month to September 2, 2026, after receiving over 5,200 applications that require thorough scrutiny by the selection committee headed by a former High Court judge. During the meeting held in Ayodhya on July 22 under the leadership […]
SC REFUSES URGENT HEARING OF POLICE ACTION ON STUDENT PROTESTERS IN DELHI ON MONDAY
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to initiate on its own motion and urgently list a petition alleging police excesses during the July 20 crackdown on student protesters in the national capital, with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant telling the petitioner not to “waste” the court’s time by submitting videos and […]
SC BAR BODIES CONDEMN DELHI POLICE ACTION AGAINST STUDENTS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) have issued statements condemning the use of force against student protesters in Delhi and called for an independent inquiry into allegations of excessive police action. In its resolution, the SCBA stated, “The Supreme Court Bar Association strongly condemns the brutal […]
AKHILESH DENIES ATTACK ON CONGRESS
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav temporarily lost his cool inside Parliament on Wednesday after being denied time to speak on the student protest issue. “Has there been a deal?” the angry SP chief asked Speaker Om Birla when he was not allowed to speak. “The issue is about students, not Congress, BJP or […]
