Category: India

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that India-China bilateral relations had made “good progress” in the past nine months, categorically mentioning the “resolution of friction along the border.” He, however, pressed upon the need to “address other aspects related to the border, including de-escalation.”In his opening remarks during meeting with foreign…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stated that citizens must recognise the value of freedom of speech and expression and called for practising self-regulation as it considered guidelines to regulate offensive posts on social media. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan was hearing the case of Wazahat Khan, who…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the right to freedom of speech and expression was “being abused” while hearing the anticipatory bail plea of cartoonist Hemant Malviya, who has been booked over objectionable social media posts related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS workers.“Why do you do all this?” a bench…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging the Rajasthan high court’s stay on the release of the film Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder, despite the movie receiving clearance from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).The petition was filed by the film’s producer, who approached the apex court…

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday asked Union minister Nitin Gadkari to postpone the inauguration of key infrastructure projects in Shivamogga, saying he was not consulted or officially informed about the July 14 event, despite his name appearing on the draft invitation. In response, Gadkari said the chief minister had…

NEW DELHI: The student accused of raping a woman on the campus of a top management school in Kolkata has admitted to purchasing sleeping pills and mixing them into cold drinks and water offered to the woman before the alleged assault, according to a senior police officer, quoted by PTI.“The accused had admitted to having…

Nishikant Dubey (File Photo) NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday alleged that the Nehru-Gandhi family “surrendered” before the United States, as he slammed the Congress over a “missing American nuclear device” near the Nanda Devi mountain in the Himalayas, linking it to some recent natural disasters in India.In a post on X, Dubey…

NEW DELHI: The Congress and BJP engaged in a war of words after Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar accused the BJP of preparing a list of 55 Congress legislators who would face ED or CBI raids if they refused to join the saffron party.Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar accused BJP of planning to topple the government in…

S Jaishankar and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who is on his first China trip in five years, met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Monday, and expressed confidence that the two neighbours would maintain the positive trajectory of the recent improvement in their bilateral ties.“Pleased to meet Vice President…

NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways will install CCTV cameras in all its 74,000 coaches and 15,000 locomotives to enhance safety, the national transporter announced on Sunday. The cameras will be installed in the common movement area, near the doors, of coaches to ensure no breach of privacy of passengers.In a statement, the ministry said every…