Jairam Ramesh and Ayatollah Khamenei (Images/PTI) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, questioning his hesitation in condemning the death of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.Recalling his earlier charge of “compromised PM”, Ramesh claimed that PM Modi wanted to “avoid antagonising his American and Israeli…
NEW DELHI: The opposition and treasury benches targeted each other in Rajya Sabha on Thursday soon after leader of the opposition Mallikarjun Kharge raised the attack on Farooq Abdullah. While Kharge blamed the Centre for the law and order situation, leader of the House J P Nadda dismissed linking the incident to the statehood issue….
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission, in a first for West Bengal, upgraded the returning officers (ROs) across its 152 assembly constituencies to the level of sub divisional magistrate (SDM) or sub divisional officer (SDO) and above, in line with norms followed in the rest of the country.This is seen as a boost to free and…
NEW DELHI: The discriminatory criteria for creamy layer determination came to life with a ‘clarificatory letter’ issued by the Centre in 2004, but, surprisingly, its origin has not been traced.While settling the controversy and ruling that the same criteria must be followed for all govt and non-govt employees, the apex court noted that Parliamentary Committee…
NEW DELHI: In a significant move, CBI has taken over two massive “digital arrest” cases reported from Gujarat last year. The financial losses in the cases – the victims, all senior citizens, lost Rs 19.2 crore and 11.4 crore – represent some of the largest sums siphoned in such scams.Officials said CBI’s economic offences unit…
New research highlights how children in India exceed global screen time guidelines, with lasting impact on health and cognitive abilitiesMultiple screens have become an integral part of children’s lives. But is it safe for young adolescents to be spending so much time on screen? Findings from existing research suggest that while devices like smartphones, laptops,…
In a landmark ruling that revisits one of medicine’s most difficult ethical questions, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the withdrawal of artificial life support — or passive euthanasia as it is commonly referred to — for a 31-year-old man who had been comatose for over 13 years. The decision in the Harish Rana case…
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over the impact of Iran war on India’s energy supply, PM Narendra Modi said on Thursday his govt is sparing no effort to minimise its fallout on citizens and accused opposition parties of fear-mongering to push their agenda at the of cost national interest.He said no country is untouched by this…
NEW DELHI: A day after the vote of no-confidence against him was rejected, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla resumed duty and asserted that he would stick to rules and not allow special treatment to any member, including leader of the opposition.“Some members believe that leader of the opposition may stand at any time and speak…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Thursday justified the exclusion of transgender persons, men having sex with men, and female sex workers from list of potential blood donors, saying the decision was not discriminatory but one based on health studies which found six to 13 times higher incidence of HIV among these groups.Additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati…
