Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday made a written claim that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will form government in Gujarat. He also urged government employees in Gujarat to back the AAP while promising implementation of the old pension scheme for them by January 31 next year. Addressing a press conference in Surat, AAP […]
The Central Information Commissioner, while imposing costs on the Delhi Waqf Board over non-disclosure of salaries being paid to imams, has criticised a 1993 order passed by the Supreme Court, saying it was in violation of Constitutional norms and set a “wrong precedent”. Central Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar said the top court’s order permitting remuneration to […]
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud, considered a liberal judge of his times, on Friday made a pitch for representation of the marginalised sections in the judiciary. Speaking at an event to mark Constitution Day, Justice Chandrachud said the seeds of liberal democratic values were first sown by the indigenous people of India. […]
In a further step towards effective policing in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has approved the introduction of the police commissionerate system in three more districts of the state. In a Cabinet meeting held in Lucknow on Friday, CM Yogi gave a go-ahead to set up police commissionerates in Agra, Ghaziabad and Prayagraj. Under […]
Former Congress legislator Asif Khan has been arrested for abusing and misbehaving with policemen in Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi, officials said. In a video released by the Delhi Police, a policeman tells the MLA that he should not make inflammatory speech in Shaheen Bagh, a Muslim-dominated neighbourhood in South Delhi. In response, an angry […]
In yet another shocking incident in Bihar, the service pistol of inspector general (IG) of police Vikas Vaibhav has allegedly been stolen from his residence in Patna. The son of a home guard, who worked as a domestic help at his residence in a police colony, has been taken into custody on suspicion of stealing […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that people have been taught about the slavery of Indians in schools as part of a conspiracy by foreign countries, and not about the great heroes of the country. Speaking on the occasion of the 400th birth anniversary of legendary Assamese warrior Lachit Borphukan, PM Modi said that such “unsung” […]
Two persons have been arrested for allegedly giving death threats to senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a letter sent to a sweet shop in Indore. Narendra Singh of UP’s Rae Bareli and Aish Singh, a resident of Betul in Madhya Pradesh were arrested from Nagda area of Indore on Thursday. Last week, a letter […]
Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has reconstituted the national executive body of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ahead of his visit to Singapore for a kidney transplant. The RJD supremo is likely to leave for Singapore on Friday. His daughter Rohini Acharya is donating one of her kidneys to the socialist leader. The […]
Massive protests erupted at the biggest iPhone manufacturing factory in Zhengzhou city of China, prompting Taiwan’s Foxconn to issue an apology. According to videos circulating on social media sites, hundreds of works can be seen shouting slogans like ‘protect our rights’ and accusing Foxconn of not treating them like “humans”. The workers alleged that they were […]