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Supreme Court refuses early hearing on hijab ban
The Supreme Court today refused an early hearing on pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict on the Karnataka government’s ban on hijabs inside classrooms. The petitioners had sought early listing of the issue citing upcoming school examinations. The Chief Justice of India chided Advocate Devdutt Kamat, who was...
Mamata visiting violence-hit Birbhum area
In the political fight after eight people were burnt alive by a mob at a village in Bengal’s Birbhum, Mamata Banerjee will today visit the area. The Chief Minister has been accused by the opposition BJP of presiding over a complete collapse of law and order in the state....
Key BJP meeting in Lucknow to finalise Yogi 2.0 govt
A key BJP meeting is slated to take place in Lucknow on Thursday to discuss the formation of Yogi 2.0 government in Uttar Pradesh. Sources said that formal approval for re-election of Yogi Adityanath for the post of chief minister is expected in this meeting. Along with senior BJP...
Kejriwal dares BJP to hold Delhi MCD polls and win
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday dared the BJP to “get the civic polls in the city held on time” and win it, saying his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will quit politics if so happens. The BJP is now getting municipal corporation elections in the city cancelled, he...
NATO may provide N-threat protection equipment to Ukraine
NATO leaders are set to agree new troop deployments for eastern allies and more support to Ukraine in response to Russia’s war on its neighbour, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday. Leaders from the US-led military alliance meet Thursday in Brussels for an emergency summit as the West grapples...
Centre seeks report on Bengal political violence
The Centre has sought a report on the alleged political violence in Bengal’s Birbhum in which eight people died. The BJP is also sending a fact-finding team to probe the biggest instance of violence since Mamata Banerjee’s mega victory last year. A mob allegedly threw bombs in Bogtui village...
BJP, Congress demand central intervention in Bengal
Arch-rivals Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress are demanding the same thing in West Bengal. Both parties have urged for the imposition of Article 355 of the Constitution in the Trinamool Congress-ruled state amid recent violence. Congress’s Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the issue in the House on...
Lalu Yadav shifted to AIIMS Delhi in air ambulance
Incarcerated Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad’s health condition has deteriorated and he has been shifted to AIIMS, New Delhi for better treatment, officials said on Tuesday. A medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) here referred him to AIIMS New Delhi, they said. “RJD...
Mamata says Governor’s comment on deaths has political overtone
Hours after West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar described the death of eight people at Rampurhat as horrific and claimed that the state is in the grip of a culture of violence and lawlessness, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that his comments have political overtones. In a letter to Dhankhar,...
63 Indian cities in 100 most polluted places on earth: Report
India’s air pollution worsened in 2021, according to the World Air Quality Report released by IQAir, a Swiss firm. This ends a three-year trend of improving air quality. The average air pollution, measured in the lethal and microscopic PM2.5 pollutant, is 58.1 micrograms per cubic meter, which is...
After Azad, Sonia now meets Anand Sharma and Manish Tewari
Days after meeting Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met senior party leaders Anand Sharma and Manish Tewari to discuss the proposal mooted by the disgruntled G-23 group. Sonia Gandhi in her effort to put a united face is reaching out the dissidents in the party...
Akhilesh Yadav quits as MP to become MLA
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav quit as Lok Sabha MP today after winning from his family stronghold Karhal in the recent Uttar Pradesh election. The Samajwadi chief’s move signals that he wants to cement his position as the BJP and Yogi Adityanath’s main challenger in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav...
Bulk diesel price rise wrecks state transport corporations
Road transport corporations (RTCs), which are run by state governments, are staring at big losses and an undermining of their operational viability owing to last week’s hefty hike in prices of diesel for bulk consumers like them. The oil marketing companies, unable to pass on the recent rise in...
Decision to retain CMs entirely Modi’s
His personal defeat in the elections overlooked, Pushkar Singh Dhami was anointed Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Monday while Pramod Sawant got the job in Goa despite colleague Vishwajit Rane’s ambitions, completing BJP’s bet on retaining all four Chief Ministers. It hinted at a “big picture” decision by Prime Minister...
Azad receives Padma award, rejects criticism
Congress’s Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, “It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone’s work”. “I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases...
First fuel price revision after December 1
The retail price of petrol and diesel increased by 80 paise each in Delhi from 6 am on Monday, marking the first revision since December 1 2021. On Tuesday, a litre of petrol rose to ₹ 96.21 at the Rajdhani Service Station in Delhi, while diesel rates increased to...
KCR ropes in Prashant Kishor ahead of 2023 Telangana polls
Ending months of speculation, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday formally announced that he is working with political strategist Prashant Kishor ahead of the assembly elections to be held next year. Rao, popularly known as KCR, said that Kishor will be instrumental in bringing in a new...
BJP decides to go with incumbents in all four states
The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to reward the winning chief ministers in the recent assembly polls by giving them another term. The decision is an effort to keep the morale of the state units high, say sources. Even Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has been backed for...
