NEW DELHI: Referring to the contradictory orders given by Supreme Court in the matter of bail to the accused on the ground of delay in trial and long incarceration for UAPA offences, which have been referred to a larger bench for authoritative pronouncement, former student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have moved SC for…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the constitutional mandate of producing an arrestee before a magistrate within 24 hours starts the moment one is detained for interrogation and not from the time when formal arrest is made by an investigating agency, since the liberty of a person is curtailed when one is detained.Noting that…
‘Speedy trial is a fundamental right, can’t tinker’NEW DELHI: The Constitution will prevail over all other laws and regulations, Supreme Court said on Thursday and made it clear that in case of any contradiction or conflict between constitutional provisions and special laws like NDPS, UAPA and PMLA, it is the former which will triumph.It reiterated…
SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah will hold a meeting with the dissident legislators of National Conference (NC) on Friday and listen to their demands, party sources said, adding that he will try to redress the grievances of the MLAs.The meeting comes in the wake of an open revolt that has shaken the…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar speaks during a press conference, in Srinagar Valley recruitment stopped this year: Police chiefSRINAGAR: Kashmir has just one active local terrorist and recruitment in the valley completely stopped this year, while security forces were tracking a handful of foreign terrorists believed to be assisting him, J&K…
Vehicle transfers cost up to 10x statutory fees; UP, Bihar and Bengal ranked worst on the Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index 2026. NEW DELHI: Vehicle ownership transfers can cost up to 10 times the statutory fees, with total expenses, including agent charges, in the range of Rs 13,000-14,000 in parts of Bihar, Rs 7,000-8,000 in…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has allocated slots to 38 of the 50 international airlines for summer 2027 schedule to operate to and from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA). Twelve airlines have not been given CSMIA slots next summer. These 12 collectively operate about 16 daily flights to 14 international destinations. Sources…
NEW DELHI: Elected student union representatives from Delhi, Punjab, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Assam and the Northeast, on Wednesday, joined a rally organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at the University of Delhi on Wednesday. They called for upholding democratic values and protecting constitutional institutions, the ABVP said in a statement.Over 15,000 students and…
The decision was taken at the 11th session of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP), held in Jakarta, Indonesia. NEW DELHI: Three major works of India’s literary, historical and intellectual heritage, Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’, the ‘Mahabharata’ and Kautilya‘s ‘Arthashastra’, have been added to Unesco’s Memory of the World Regional Register…
Cabinet on Wednesday approves a Rs 14,500 crore viability gap funding (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 14,500 crore viability gap funding (VGF) scheme to develop 92 gigawatt-hour (GWh) of grid-scale energy storage capacity by FY31 to facilitate integration of large-scale renewable energy generation.Power ministry officials said the scheme will…
