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Supreme Court upholds Delhi govt legislative powers
In a major victory for Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi government, the Supreme Court today held that the Delhi government has control over administrative services in the National Capital, excluding matters relating to public order, police and land. Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice MR Shah, Justice Krishna Murari,...
Imran Khan supporters break into Army headquarters
In Rawalpindi, Imran Khan’s supporters smashed the main gate of the army’s sprawling headquarters. Supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, protesting against his arrest, have entered the compound of the army commanders’ residence in Lahore. Media footage showed them also storming the army headquarters in Rawalpindi. In...
Deal between China, Pakistan, Taliban at Islamabad meeting
The Taliban agreed with China and Pakistan to extend the Belt and Road Initiative to Afghanistan, potentially drawing in billions of dollars to fund infrastructure projects in the sanctions-hit country. Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met in Islamabad on Saturday and pledged...
Sharad Pawar still undecided on withdrawing resignation
Veteran leader Sharad Pawar is yet to take a final call on requests to roll back his resignation, but his Nationalist Congress Party is clearing decks for a successor — just in case. Supriya Sule, Pawar’s daughter, appears to be the favourite. The committee tasked with choosing a successor...
Bilawal Bhutto first senior Pak leader to visit India in 12 years
Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar today welcomed his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in Goa at a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Visuals showed the foreign ministers’ customary greeting with folded hands before the two posed for pictures and Mr Jaishankar directed him to the venue. Bilawal...
Jantar Mantar wrestlers allege attack by drunk cops
Ace wrestlers holding a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar have alleged that a group of drunk Delhi Police personnel targeted them late this evening when they wanted to bring in mattresses to sleep at night after the daylong rains. The policemen beat them up and abused the women wrestlers,...
BJP promises Uniform Civil Code in Karnataka manifesto
Implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, 10 lakh jobs in the manufacturing sector and a State Capital Region tag for Bengaluru are among the top promises made by the BJP in its manifesto for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly election. The document, named BJP Praja Pranalike, was released in...
Supreme Court rejects 6-month wait for divorce
The Supreme Court today held that it can dissolve marriages on the ground of “irretrievable breakdown of marriage” invoking powers under Article 142. It further held that the mandatory waiting period of six months for divorce through mutual consent can be done away with, subject to conditions. “We have...
Cops say BJP worker threw phone at PM in excitement
A mobile phone was thrown towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was holding a roadshow standing on a specially designed vehicle, as part of campaigning for the May 10 Assembly elections, police said. The phone was hurled out of “excitement” by a woman BJP worker who had no “ill-intention”,...
Gujarat High Court to continue hearing Rahul’s appeal on May 2
The Gujarat High Court, hearing Rahul Gandhi’s appeal challenging his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, said it will continue hearing the case on May 2. The case was listed before Justice Hemant Prachchhak of the Gujarat High Court after Justice Geeta Gopi withdrew...
Booked for offering namaz outside Aligarh mosques on Eid day
Several unnamed persons have been booked for offering namaz outside two mosques in the old city area in violation of prohibitory orders on Eid last week, police said on Friday. City Superintendent Police Kuldeep Singh Gunawat told the media that clerics had assured the district authorities ahead of Eid...
Tharoor slams PT Usha for remark on wrestlers’ protest
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today slammed the country’s Olympics body chief PT Usha for criticising the wrestlers’ public protest over alleged sexual misconduct by the wrestling body head. Usha had said the wrestlers’ protest “amounts to indiscipline” and slammed them for not waiting for the report by a committee...
Calcutta HC orders NIA probe into Ram Navami violence
The Calcutta High Court has ordered a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into Ram Navami violence in West Bengal. Violence had rocked West Bengal during Ram Navami celebrations last month. Acting on a petition filed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, the high court ordered the transfer of...
Mamata sees ‘Delhi conspiracy’ behind school hostage incident
A man brandishing a gun was tackled and arrested by the police as he threatened to hold a classroom full of children hostage at gunpoint in West Bengal’s Malda. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said a disaster had been averted by the police’s timely action, adding that the act...
TN BJP chief tweets another clip on Stalin corruption
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai has released a second audio clip, where his party claims state finance minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is heard denigrating the ruling DMK and accusing Chief Minister MK Stalin’s family of corruption. In the audio clip – which NDTV cannot independently verify —...
Japan Lunar Lander firm confirms crashed on moon
Japanese start-up ispace conceded Wednesday its attempt to become the first company to land on the Moon had ended in failure, but pledged to move ahead with new missions. The unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander had been scheduled to touch down on the Moon’s surface overnight, but about 25...
PM’s big outreach in Kerala ahead Of 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a massive roadshow in Kerala’s Kochi last evening, where he landed for a two-day visit. Visuals showed the Prime Minster — surrounded by security personnel — walking the road lined with cheering supporters in what was clearly a departure from his usual practice of...
Mamata asks Nitish to hold Opposition meet in Bihar
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after a brief meeting with her Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, said that she has “no ego” regarding a grand alliance of anti-BJP parties and that it’s going to be the people vs BJP in next year’s general elections....
