Representative imageRepresentative image SC to examine their power to interfere in quasi-judicial functionsNew Delhi: Can parliamentary and legislative committees interfere in the quasi-judicial work of the revenue department? The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine this question arising from the directions issued by a parliamentary committee in the UP Assembly in a land dispute…
File photo: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: As Parliament’s monsoon session approaches, the stage seems to be getting set for a BJP-Congress duel over “foreign interference”, with BJP MP Nishikant Dubey circulating documents about Jawaharlal Nehru govt’s decision to let US’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) install “two nuclear-powered devices” high in…
File photo: Nimisha Priya NEW DELHI: Running against time to save the life of a nurse from Kerala, Nimisha Priya, whose death sentence is to be executed on July 16 in Yemen, government on Monday told Supreme Court that it was making all efforts to reach out to her but cannot do much because of…
File photo: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: In yet another move to rationalise tolling on national highways (NHs), the road transport ministry has proposed to halve the toll during the expansion of 10-metre-wide two-lane highways with paved shoulders to four-lane highways. This has been proposed since commuters don’t get the…
NEW DELHI: The income tax department Monday launched a nationwide verification operation targeting individuals and entities facilitating fraudulent claims of deductions and exemptions in I-T returns.The exercise is not limited to deductions for donations to little-known political parties and charities but also those related to health insurance and medical expenses (Sec 80D and 80DDB of…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India on Monday directed its airlines using certain Boeing aircraft, like the B737s and B787 Dreamliners, to check fuel control switch locking mechanisms on them by July 21.The regulators and airlines of some other countries, like South Korea and the UAE, are also doing the same. The US Federal Aviation Administration had in…
NEW DELHI: Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday announced the death of the 20-year-old girl student from FM Autonomous College, Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation earlier this month after alleging sexual harassment by a faculty memberThe victim, a second-year BEd student at FM Autonomous College, was undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after sustaining…
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Monday notified the appointment of chief justices of five high courts – Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gauhati, Patna and Jharkhand – while transferring the chief justices of four others.Acting chief justice of MP high court Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has been appointed as the chief justice of the same high court;…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah speaks to the media as he recites prayers to mark Martyrs’ Day amid restrictions from the Srinagar district administration (Picture credit: ANI) SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah climbed over a wall at Srinagar’s Naqshband Sahib shrine Monday after police denied entry to him and several cabinet members attempting to pay tribute…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, during his first visit to China since 2020 Galwan Valley clashes, called upon the neighbouring nation to ensure that ‘differences does not become disputes, nor does competition become conflict.‘“Stable and constructive ties between India and China are not only to our benefit, but that of the world as…
