As Mayawati’s base shrinks, BJP, SP and Congress intensify fight for Dalit votes in UP NEW DELHI: Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh is at a crossroads. For a very long time, Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party were synonymous with the idea of Dalit vote in UP. Not any more. Mayawati’s BSP today is a…
The decision follows a campaign by the students againsts the participation of CJI Surya Kant in the convocation ceremony. NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India (BCI) has directed all State Bar Councils to halt the enrolment of any 2026 law graduate from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, as an advocate until further orders. This…
Behind-the-scenes image featuring Avani Rai (left) during the Pirelli Calendar shoot in Delhi I Picture credit: Alessandro Scotti In 1966, a photograph of a woman in underwear arrived at the Vatican. The fashion imagery might seem rather tame by today’s standards, but it was enough to provoke an official complaint from the Holy See to…
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray addresses a press conference, at Bandra, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that constitutional provisions cannot be interpreted in a way that encourages the very conduct the anti-defection law was enacted to prevent. Appearing before a bench…
Rahul Gandhi stresses on ‘expression’ at the ‘Rachnatmak Congress National Convention’, at the Constitution Club, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the party’s job was to make India “express itself” and claimed the BJP-led government was increasingly unsettled by people’s voices. Speaking at the Ratchnatmak Congress National…
SAD leader Sukhbir Badal attacked in Nanded, while Air India begins mandatory pilot screening (Photos: PTI). Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked with a kirpan while visiting a gurdwara in Nanded, with a police inspector also injured while protecting him. Air India has started mandatory substance screening for all its pilots from Thursday following the Phuket-Delhi…
SC gave the government two weeks to take a final call on introducing warning labels for packaged foods. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday sharply criticised the Centre and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) over the delay in introducing front-of-pack warning labels for packaged food products high in sugar, salt and…
On December 4, 2024, Badal was attacked inside the Golden Temple during a penance ordered by the Akal Takht. NEW DELHI: Sukhbir Singh Badal’s Thursday attack in Nanded marks the second serious attempt on the Shiromani Akali Dal leader’s life. The SAD leader was also attacked two years ago at the Golden Temple when a…
The SAD chief was visiting the gurdwara with his wife. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was injured after being attacked at a gurdwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Thursday. The assailant, identified as 62-year-old Jaspal Singh, had been staying at the same gurdwara…
NEW DELHI: Air India group has from Thursday started ‘mandatory substance screening’ for all pilots following the Phuket-Delhi flight serious incident. The move comes to “protect and sustain” the trust AI had earned over the decades that has been shaken by the pilot-in-command of the Phuket flight testing positive for marijuana. Aviation secretary Samir Sinha…
