The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the concurrent clean chit by trial court and Bombay HC to Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in the case of filing false election affidavit thus paving the way for his trial. The petitioner had alleged that Fadnavis, in his election affidavit filed in 2014, had failed to disclose the pendency of two criminal cases against him.
The SC said that people belonging to SC/ST communities are still being abused and discriminated, adding that the abuse of the Act cannot be a ground to dilute its provisions. Setting aside a two-judge bench order, a three-judge bench held that the apex court should not have ventured to frame guidelines as it comes within the domain of legislature.
Of 90 MLAs elected in Haryana in 2014, 75 were crorepatis. Meet the state's politicians who have really deep pockets. Just after 2014 polls, the average worth of INLD MLAs was 2nd highest (Rs 13.6cr).
India has nearly 10 crore elderly people. They form nearly 8.6% of the total population. And in the next couple of decades, their population is expected to increase manifold.
"Yediyurappa is already in trouble due to three groups in the BJP. The first is of the disqualified MLAs, the second is Yediyurappa haters in BJP and third, the dissatisfied MLAs in his party. Therefore, he must be very careful and cautious of the snakes and scorpions," Mahesh told reporters here.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at PM on Tuesday for his "Abki Baar Trump Sarkar" remark at the "Howdy, Modi!" event, saying it reflected his "incompetence", which had caused serious problems with the Democrats for India. He thanked Union minister Jaishankar for "covering up" Modi's "incompetence" and urged him to teach the prime minister "a little bit about diplomacy".
Gandhi was a prolific letter-writer. His personal secretary Pyarelal Nayyar says in the book, Gandhi As I Saw Him, that he once penned 56 letters in a single day. He also wrote to The Times of India highlighting causes dear to him. We produce extracts from two such letters written in 1909 and 1918.
"We discussed issues of flood relief and rehabilitation efforts and the issue of night traffic ban on the forest stretch of NH-766, along with other general issues," Rahul Gandhi told media persons after meeting the chief minister at Kerala House here.
Categorically rejecting any scope for third party mediation between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said India's stand has been clear for decades and the two countries can discuss the issue bilaterally.
Two men who would find themselves implacably opposed to each other for close to half a century would have first glimpsed each other in the aftermath of a battle.
Asserting India's non-partisan stand to domestic American politics, S Jaishankar on Monday said PM Modi used the term "Abki baar, Trump sarkar", merely referring to what the US president had used to endear himself to the Indian American community during his presidential campaign. Jaishankar refuted the notion that the PM used the phrase to endorse Trump's candidature.
Seven states had deemed their ministers too poor to pay income tax. So, they came up with a unique solution — let the state exchequer bear the mantris’ tax burden. Punjab took the lead with CM Amarinder Singh stopping this in March 2018 while UP is now looking at scrapping the practice.
The Pakistan Army on Tuesday targeted forward posts and villages in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district with mortar shells and small arms firing, an official said. The Indian Army retaliated and heavy exchange of fire was still going on when last reports were received, a defence spokesman said.
Vaikom in Kottayam district of Kerala is a small town of about 25,000 people. Politically, it is an assembly constituency reserved for Dalits. But a century ago, this was a place symbolic of upper-caste repression of the lower castes.
"I think, please, look very carefully at what the Prime Minister said. My recollection of what the Prime Minister said was that candidate Trump had used this ("Abki baar, Trump sarkar"). So PM is talking about the past," external affairs minister S Jaishankar said.
"We have always maintained that what we buy — the sourcing of military equipment — is very much a sovereign right," Foreign minister S Jaishankar told reporters ahead of a meeting with secretary of state Mike Pompeo.
The 55-day J&K communication lockdown has left many people cut off from loved ones, students stranded without money, patients without medicine, and farmers without buyers
Central government approval is mandatory under Section 45 of the UAPA. The NIA’s proposal for sanction will be examined by a two-member authority.
The updated biography also looks at Shah's strategy in Bengal elections, where the party created history, winning 18 of the 42 seats.
Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are trying hard to remain relevant in the face of BJP’s onslaught.
The members said this will be in the nature of appeal to outgoing students, asking them to contribute to their institute.
Rafale jets will greatly enhance the capabilities of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and will give it an edge over Pakistan and China, said new IAF chief RKS Bhadauria. "Once we induct Rafale, it will be a gamechanger in terms of our operational capability and when we use it in combination with SU-30 and other fleets, we would have a serious jump in our capability," he added.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Monday recused himself from hearing a plea filed by civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha challenging the Bombay High Court order refusing to quash the FIR lodged against him in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case. "List the matter before a bench in which I am not the party", the Chief Justice said.
India and Singapore have moved from competition to collaboration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at Singapore-India Hackathon here at IIT-Madras on Monday. The event, an initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is the first of its kind joint international hackathon between India and any other country.
"The UP BJP government wants to suppress the voice seeking justice for daughter of Shahjahanpur. The padyatra is being stopped. Our workers and leaders are being arrested. What is there to be afraid of?" the Congress general secretary in-charge UP East said.
Congress leaders said they were put under house arrest ahead of a 'Nyay Yatra' in support of the jailed law student who has accused Swami Chinmayanand of rape. "UP is no Kashmir yet today I am in preventive custody for simply wanting to highlight the plight of the Shahjahanpur rape victim. This BJP govt has no qualms in quashing an individual's fundamental rights," Jitin Prasada tweeted.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi referred the pleas, which also raised issues of alleged restrictions imposed on movement of journalists in Kashmir as well as petitions claiming illegal detention of minors in the Valley, to its five-judge bench.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to further entertain Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko's plea seeking production of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah before it. The SC bench said the petitioner can challenge the detention order against Abdullah under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act before the appropriate authority.
Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Monday took charge as the 26th chief of the Indian Air Force. He succeeds Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, who retired after 41 years of service in the IAF.
PM Narendra Modi on Monday said the world has "great expectations" from India, and asserted that his government will lead the country to a path of "greatness" where it will be beneficial to the entire globe. On his first visit to Tamil Nadu after retaining power in Lok Sabha polls, the PM reiterated his campaign against single-use plastic.
PM Modi will on Monday address the 56th annual convocation of IIT Madras. He will participate in the prize distribution ceremony of Singapore-India Hackathon and do a walkthrough of the exhibition on IIT-Madras research park start-ups. Earlier yesterday, Modi had sought ideas for the speech he will deliver at the convocation ceremony.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sought ideas for the speech he will deliver at the convocation ceremony of IIT-Madras on Monday.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with the INX Media case, on Sunday said that if the Tamil people are united and speak in one voice, everyone will acknowledge the greatness of their language and culture.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the Chinmayanand case, alleging that a rape case was not filed as the administration was "protecting" the former union minister.
