'Pellet guns can be used in exceptional situations': SC seeks RAF ammunition log from Jantar Mantar protest | India News

‘Pellet guns can be used in exceptional situations’: SC seeks RAF ammunition log from Jantar Mantar protest | India News

SC directs Centre to preserve the ammunition log of the Rapid Action Force. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that police are “empowered to use pellet guns in exceptional situations” while directing the Centre to preserve the ammunition log of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) deployed at Jantar Mantar.The court’s observation comes at…

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'Even Mughals called Shivaji a chuha': Uddhav likens Gen Z to Maratha warrior | India News

‘Even Mughals called Shivaji a chuha’: Uddhav likens Gen Z to Maratha warrior | India News

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray likened Gen Z to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday likened Gen Z to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, saying that even Mughals had called the Maratha warrior a “chuha” (rat), just as the current generation is being called “cockroaches”.Addressing a gathering during a book launch…

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India’s sports business ecosystem to converge at TOI SFI Expo-2026 | India News

India’s sports business ecosystem to converge at TOI SFI Expo-2026 | India News

NEW DELHI: As India accelerates its preparations for the 2030 Commonwealth Games and strengthens its bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games, the country’s sports industry will come together under one roof at the TOI Sports Fitness and Infrastructure Expo-2026, billed as India’s premier business-to-business sports exhibition. The event will be held at the Bharat…

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Supreme Court: Supreme Court bars government from post facto green clearance to projects | India News

Supreme Court: Supreme Court bars government from post facto green clearance to projects | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday saved central and state projects worth Rs 20,000 crore from demolition for want of prior environmental clearance but permanently prohibited govt from granting post facto EC and quashed Centre’s 2021 Office Memorandum for keeping a window indefinitely open for projects to seek such green nods.Rescinding a part of its earlier…

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Automakers silent on E20 petrol due to government pressure: Kejriwal | India News

Automakers silent on E20 petrol due to government pressure: Kejriwal | India News

File photo: Ex-Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal NEW DELHI: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday alleged that Centre was pressuring automobile manufacturers to remain silent on the impact of E20 petrol on vehicles manufactured before 2023, a charge rejected by Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra, who challenged him to produce evidence of vehicles damaged due to…

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Supreme Court Coal Scam: Supreme Court relaxes order mandating Coalgate appeals only before itself, allows Delhi high court to hear them | India News

Supreme Court Coal Scam: Supreme Court relaxes order mandating Coalgate appeals only before itself, allows Delhi high court to hear them | India News

Apex court on Coalgate case NEW DELHI: Diluting its 12year-old order mandating appeals to be filed only in the Supreme Court against trial court orders in coal block allotment scam cases, the SC Wednesday said the prosecution and accused can move the Delhi HC challenging acquittals or convictions recorded by the special judge.Taking up the…

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Over 1 lakh schools in India functioning with a single teacher | India News

Over 1 lakh schools in India functioning with a single teacher | India News

NEW DELHI: More than one lakh schools — government, government-aided and private — are functioning with a single teacher, with Andhra Pradesh alone accounting for over 16,000, government data has revealed, highlighting severe deployment gaps despite the country’s overall pupil-teacher ratio remaining within national norms.The education ministry cited national pupil-teacher ratios of 19 at primary…

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Supreme Court curbs powers of SC panel, says it can’t pass adjudicatory orders | India News

Supreme Court curbs powers of SC panel, says it can’t pass adjudicatory orders | India News

Supreme Court order may hit similar other statutory bodies NEW DELHI: Limiting the power of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), Supreme Court has held that it is a recommendatory and advisory body and does not have the authority to pass an adjudicatory order.Abench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih said the commission…

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