The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the transfer of all Unnao rape incident related cases from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi. A top court bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi also sought full details of the probe status into the Unnao rape case as well as the accident case involving a truck from the CBI.
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the triple talaq bill passed by Parliament, turning it into a law which makes the practice of instant divorce among Muslims a punishable offence, a government notification said. The Act will replace an ordinance promulgated on February 21 this year to the same effect.
Modi is also expected to attend multiple high-level summits on the margins of the General Assembly session as well as hold bilateral and multilateral engagements during his visit to New York. As Prime Minister, Modi had given his maiden address at the UNGA in 2014. His address to the world leaders at the UN in September will be his first after winning a second term as prime minister in a resounding electoral victory in May.
Healthcare services at government hospitals, including AIIMS, Safdarjung and RML in Delhi, are likely to be severely hit with resident doctors deciding to withdraw all kind of services, including that of emergency department, on Thursday to protest the introduction of the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill in the Rajya Sabha.
Gogoi was speaking at an event held here to celebrate first anniversary of the introduction of happiness classes in schools run by the Delhi government. "People are so unhappy that there are huge number of litigations pending which go on for years leaving people further unhappy. If we can teach our youth to be happy and content, there will be reduction in litigations," he said.
Parliament on Tuesday marked a historic moment when Rajya Sabha passed the much-debated and politically contentious triple talaq bill that makes the Muslim practice of instant divorce punishable with the government comfortably beating off the opposition challenge by 99-84 votes.
Indian troops gave a befitting reply, resulting in heavy damage to Pakistani Army posts and casualties to Pakistani soldiers, they said. "At about 0030 hours, the Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing of small arms and shelling with mortars along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of district Rajouri", a Defence spokesman said.
Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Wednesday cited the case of VG Siddhartha to corner the government agencies and banks while asserting that he is devastated with the contents of CCD founder's letter.
The blast took place around 6 am near a camp of 195th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Pushpal in Bastar when one of its patrol teams was on its way back, they said. A constable-rank jawan was trapped in the blast, the officials said.
Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday cancelled celebrations of Tipu Jayanti as a state event, reversing a decision taken by the Siddaramaiah government. BJP and right-wingers had strongly opposed the move to celebrate Tipu’s birth anniversary, calling the erstwhile sultan of Mysore as a “religious bigot”.
Congress MLA Kalidas Kolambkar and NCP's Shivendrasinh Bhosale, Vaibhav Pichad and Sandip Naik handed over their resignation letters separately to Speaker Haribhau Bagade at the state legislature building Vidhan Bhawan in south Mumbai.
The Coast Guard said it has also pressed in three diving teams in the search operations. Siddhartha, the son-in-law of former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna, was reported to have gone missing after he left from Bengaluru on Monday night, police said.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday moved the triple talaq bill in Rajya Sabha, saying it has been brought to ensure justice for Muslim women and should not be seen through a political prism. The Congress, however, opposed the criminal angle in the bill.
The UN set up Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945 to deal with the post-war food crisis in many European countries. Measures to deal with pests and soil fertility soon made all the developed countries food-surplus.
Google Doodle celebrated the 133rd birthday of Muthulakshmi Reddi. Born in 1883 in Tamil Nadu, Reddi became the first female student admitted to prestigious Indian institutions, the first woman to work as a surgeon in a govt hospital and the first female legislator in the history of British India. Known to be a trailblazer, Reddi constantly broke barriers.
IIT Kharagpur has received close to 220 applications from international students, for various degree programmes this year. The acceptance rate of international students in various masters and doctoral degree programmes is about 8%. Applications came from SAARC countries, two ASEAN countries - Vietnam, Laos, and two from Latin America - Colombia, Venezuela.
In an apparent attack at the BJP, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday asked why people like BJP MLA and rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar are given the "protection of political power", while their victims are abandoned to battle for their lives alone.
The opposition on Tuesday raised the Unnao accident case in Lok Sabha and demanded a statement from Union home minister Amit Shah even as the rape survivor battles for her life in a hospital. While Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury called the incident 'a blot on civilised society', the govt accused the opposition of politicising the issue.
Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi and Minister of State (MoS) for Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwal also arrived at the Parliament ahead of the meeting. In the last meeting held on July 23, 'Jal Shakti' emerged as the main topic of discussion when the new Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat presented the roadmap of his ministry.
Café Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha, who has been missing since Monday night, had reportedly written a letter to CCD staff on July 29, the day of his disappearance, in which he mentioned about his financial struggles and his failed business model.Google Doodle celebrated the 133rd birthday of Muthulakshmi Reddi. Born in 1883 in Tamil Nadu, Reddi became the first female student admitted to prestigious Indian institutions, the first woman to work as a surgeon in a govt hospital and the first female legislator in the history of British India. Known to be a trailblazer, Reddi constantly broke barriers.
Releasing the tiger census report at his official residence on International Tiger Day on Monday, Modi said, “With around 3,000 tigers, India has emerged as of one of the biggest and safest habitats for them in world...The country is proud to be home to almost 75% of the global tiger population”. Google Doodle celebrated the 133rd birthday of Muthulakshmi Reddi. Born in 1883 in Tamil Nadu, Reddi became the first female student admitted to prestigious Indian institutions, the first woman to work as a surgeon in a govt hospital and the first female legislator in the history of British India. Known to be a trailblazer, Reddi constantly broke barriers.
Isro chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan is the first graduate in his family. His brother and two sisters were unable to complete higher education due to poverty. "When I was in college, I used to help my father in the field. That was the reason he got me admitted in a college near our house," Sivan told TOI. "Only when I had completed my BSc (Mathematics) with 100% marks, his mind changed."
Days after the Supreme Court entrusted NBCC with completing Amrapali projects, the PSU will take up Unitech's 74 projects affecting 17,000 buyers, with the court concluding the realtor is incapable of fulfilling its commitment. Unitech's MD Sanjay Chandra has been in jail since August 2017 for failing to hand over possession of flats.
Karnataka assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Monday announced his resignation after the House adopted the confidence motion moved by chief minister B S Yediyurappa and passed the Appropriation Bill.
In a veiled jibe at the BJP leader, Kumaraswamy added that the JD(S) will not try to bring down their numbers in the Assembly and will work with them for the benefit of the people. "We will not try to bring down your numbers from 105 to either 100 or lower. You speak of drought, at least now let's see how you will work. We will cooperate with you for the sake of people," Kumaraswamy said.
Raising the matter during the Zero Hour in the House, SP member Ram Gopal Yadav alleged that an attempt was made to "kill" her. As soon as Yadav raised the issue during the Zero Hour in the House, almost the entire opposition, including SP, BSP, Congress and APP were on their feet.
Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday won the confidence motion in the assembly by voice vote. Moving the motion, Yediyurappa alleged that administrative machinery in the state had collapsed. Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah said the Yediyurappa government was "unconstitutional and immoral" and expressed doubts about its longevity.