NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday did not extend the Sept 1 deadline for filing claims and objections to Bihar Draft Voters List prepared after special intensive revision (SIR) as the Election Commission said such submissions can be made by people till the last date of nominations for the Assembly elections. “Most importantly, the…
NEW DELHI: Expressing serious doubts about its own 2014 verdict delivered by a five-judge constitution bench, which held that provisions of Right to Education (RTE) Act were not applicable to religious and linguistic minority educational institutions, Supreme Court has said the ruling “strikes at the heart of good quality universal elementary education, its consequences are…
JAMMU: Taking stock of the devastation caused by the recent spell of heavy rains and related disasters in Jammu, Union Home minister Amit Shah on Monday said the Centre had spared no efforts in ensuring prompt rescue and relief, and that PM Narendra Modi had spoken to J&K LG Manoj Sinha and CM Omar Abdullah.The…
NEW DELHI: Any foreigner entering India without valid passport or visa will now face up to five years’ jail and a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh. If such entry, stay or exit is on basis of a forged passport or travel document, punishment will range from two to seven years in jail and…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday rebuffed political parties’ clamour for a directive to EC to accept Aadhaar card as standalone proof of citizenship to enable people to enroll in the Bihar voter list prepared after special intensive revision (SIR) and said the status of Aadhaar cannot be enhanced beyond what has been laid down in…
NEW DELHI: Russia is studying potential investments plans to manufacture its Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets in India, defence sources told ANI, amid growing bonhomie between New Delhi and Moscow.India had earlier expressed the need for at least two to three squadrons of fifth-generation fighter aircraft, with both Russia’s Su-57 and America’s F-35 in the…
NEW DELHI: The 15th finance commission envisaged 17,000 anganwadis cum creches (AWCCs) by 2025-26. Only 2,448 AWCCs (less than 15%) have been made operational till the end of July with over 52,000 beneficiaries.According to government data, nearly 9 crore children (0-6 years) were enrolled in anganwadis. Barely 0.06% of them have access to creche facilities….
NEW DELHI: Amid continuing uproar over the Great Nicobar Project, Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his urgent intervention to protect the constitutional and legal rights of the Nicobarese tribes that are “threatened” by the Rs 72,000-crore infrastructure scheme. He urged the PM to direct the Union ministries…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has directed a shutdown of traffic on the Old Railway Bridge starting Tuesday evening, as the Yamuna is forecast to touch the evacuation mark of 206 metres. According to officials, heavy water discharge from the Hathnikund Barrage pushed the river’s level to 204.94 metres at 5 pm…
NEW DELHI: For 16 days, Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ carved a noisy trail through Bihar’s dusty highways and crowded colonies. More than a campaign, it was pitched as a “moral” crusade: a fight to “protect the vote” of millions allegedly struck off the rolls. The march had political theatrics, constitutional sermons, and opposition show…
