Unaccounted Currency Notes Were Recovered From Official Residence New Delhi: The three-member inquiry committee headed by Supreme Court Judge Aravind Kumar has asked Justice Yashwant Varma, facing removal motion in the Lok Sabha in the aftermath of discovery of wads of burnt and unaccounted currency notes from his official residence, to respond to the memo…
NEW DELHI: In a boost to India’s rotary wing combat capabilities, the Army is set to get delivery of three remaining Apache AH-64 attack helicopters from US, while the Navy will commission its second squadron of MH-60R Seahawk submarine-hunting choppers this week.The induction of these much-delayed American helicopters will plug existing operational gaps but the…
New Delhi: In an important ruling, Supreme Court has said that a person employed on compassionate grounds to alleviate family difficulties because of death of a parent in harness cannot seek appointment to higher posts merely because they have the requisite qualifications for the same.A bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan on Friday reversed…
NEW DELHI: In the middle of Laxmi Nagar market is a single room, easy to miss in the chaos, that holds a few chairs. Seated are young men and women from Delhi, UP and Haryana, busy polishing ‘Ikura desu ka’ and ‘tetsudatte kuremasu ka’, Japanese phrases that translate, respectively, to ‘how much is this’ and…
NEW DELHI: In every organisation, be it government or private, increment in an employee’s salary is an annual affair. Not in Supreme Court, where CJIs, on the eve of retirement and irrespective of length of tenure, used discretionary powers to sanction multiple increments to a select few employees.Those who had been Chief Justice of India…
Shamanuru Shivashankarappa (File photo) Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital in Davanagere on Sunday due to age-related ailments, family members and officials said. He was 95.A six-time MLA who represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency, Shivashankarappa had been undergoing treatment for some time. He was the senior-most legislator in Karnataka…
A fresh push in Parliament has revived the Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025, aimed at shielding employees from after-hours work pressure. The proposal outlines clear rules on refusing calls, overtime pay, and structured employer communication to restore healthy work boundaries. Source link
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday criticised Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, saying that it is not appropriate to mock anyone taking a “Vipassana,” despite both of them having political differences over the handling of the pollution crisis in the national capital region. “You (Rekha Gupta) harbor political enmity…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by BJP MLA Nitin Nabin (PTI photo/file) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Bihar minister Nitin Nabin, who was appointed working BJP president to replace incumbent party chief JP Nadda.PM Modi called Nabin a “young and industrious leader with rich organisational experience and has an impressive…
NEW DELHI: Two gunmen opened fire at Sydney’s Bondi Beach which killed at least 11 people, prompting a major police and emergency response; one shooter is reported dead as well and the other critical, with multiple injured receiving treatment. Back home, the BJP appointed Nitin Nabin as its national working president, replacing JP Nadda. Meanwhile,…
