NEW DELHI: In the Union territory of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 29.7% of electors have been deleted from the draft electoral roll published on Friday, with officials overseeing the SIR (special intensive revision attributing the unique trend to the UT’s large migrant workforce and heavily industrialised economy.The largest share of deletions…
India and New Zealand on Saturday officially elevated their ties to strategic partnership as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on an official visit to Auckland at the invitation of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.PM Modi and his counterpart Luxon inked 18 agreements, setting out an ambitious framework to deepen cooperation across trade, agriculture, security, innovation and…
PM Modi gifts former Australia skipper Steve Waugh two-decade-old photograph during MCG visit Australia’s T20 competition, Big Bash League, will travel thousands of kilometres for its opening match between defending champions Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades, which will take place in Chennai on Dec 12.Australian PM Anthony Albanese made the announcement after a meeting with…
NEW DELHI: A “petitioner-in-person”, Prabal Pratap, on Friday caught a Supreme Court bench and advocates by surprise when he “ordered” the judges to register a case against a police officer in Lucknow, threw a bunch of papers in the courtroom and then went on to swear at the CJI.Appearing along with co-petitioner Chandra Bhan before…
A writ petition for access to a life-saving breast cancer medicine, Ribociclib, filed before Kerala high court in June 2022 has been listed for final hearing 57 times since Jan 21, 2023, without the matter being heard.The working group on access to medicines has written to Chief Justice of India, requesting him to consider steps…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate‘s freeze on three HDFC Bank accounts, which hold Rs 440 crore of Trinamool Congress, is likely to remain in force despite a Calcutta HC order relaxing the restraint imposed by Kolkata Police on all TMC bank accounts in view of claims by the party’s breakaway faction to the money.Sources in the…
Future conflicts could emerge in unforeseen forms, soldiers must remain ready: Rajnath NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh Friday said that “future conflicts could emerge in new and unforeseen forms, and therefore, Indian soldiers should remain physically and mentally prepared, continuously upgrade their skills and master emerging technologies”, reports Surendra Singh.Addressing naval personnel in Visakhapatnam…
Rules Out Parallel Fuel Supply System NEW DELHI: Govt Friday ruled out offering pure petrol, lower ethanol-petrol blends as options to E20 saying it won’t be feasible, amid a debate and demand that people should have choice for 100% petrol and E10 as well. It also said E20 offers a higher-octane rating, superior anti-knock characteristics,…
In February, the High Court directed Rajpal Yadav to surrender before the concerned jail authorities. NEW DELHI: Delhi HC Friday upheld the conviction of actor Rajpal Yadav in multiple cheque-bounce cases and sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment. “Law is not a script that can be rewritten at the will of an actor, nor can…
NEW DELHI: Booking train tickets through the IRCTC website is set to become faster and hassle-free. Railways Friday said the beta version of the revamped IRCTC website will be launched soon, offering a clutter-free interface without unnecessary captchas, pop-ups, flashing graphics or other distractions.In a statement, the Railway Board said improvements in the site’s beta…
