The supreme Court has agreed to hear a PIL seeking to prohibit the Central and the Jammu and Kashmir government from funding separatist groups and their leaders who were spearheading the anti-India agitation in the state. Addressing the bench of Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice L. Nageswara Rao in a mentioning, PIL petitioner, advocate […]
Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Thursday sought feedback from the athletes, who participated in the recently-concluded Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, to review and work on improving India’s performance in upcoming competitions. Goel also wrote to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the various National Sports Federations (NSF), to conduct a review of Indian athletes’ […]
Opposition parties — the Congress, the AAP and CPI-M — on Thursday slammed the surge pricing in railway fares on premium trains and demanded its rollback. The Congress termed the government decision as “Tughlaqi farmaan” and the Communist Party of India-Marxist said it showed the government’s “pro-rich bias”. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also denounced […]
In a first, a Special Court on Thursday awarded the death penalty to Delhi resident Ankur Narayanlal Panwar for a fatal acid attack his neighbour Preeti Rathi as she stepped off a train here in May 2013. Special Women’s Court Special Judge A.S. Shende had on Tuesday found Panwar guilty of hurling sulphuric acid at […]
A Delhi court on Wednesday took cognisance of an ED chargesheet against LIC agent Anand Chauhan in a disproportionate assets case against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, observing it had territorial jurisdiction to entertain the matter. Special Judge Vinod Kumar also directed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheet and other documents be supplied to […]
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre, the state Government and Niantic Inc, the San Francisco-based developer of controversial mobile phone game Pokemon Go, following a petition seeking a ban on the game in the country. A division bench comprising Chief Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice V.M. Pancholi issued the […]
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Wednesday that he did not take Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s refusal to meet him and others as an insult. “I did not take it as an insult. We set out to meet five people (separatists) and could meet four. One person refused […]
In an escalation of the diplomatic row, India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit over the “discourtesy” shown to New Delhi’s top diplomat in Islamabad, Gautam Bambawale. Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Amar Sinha summoned Basit and “conveyed the concern of the government of India … on the discourtesy […]
Indian Railways on Wednesday said that it will introduce flexi fare pricing in its Rajdhani, Duranto and Shatabdi trains from September 9. “The base fares will increase by 10 per cent with every 10 per cent of berths sold subject to a prescribed ceiling limit. There will be no change in the existing fare for […]
The Palaszczuk Government is encouraging NSW businesses to consider moving north as part of its drive to create jobs across Queensland. Speaking from Sydney to promote the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Government had established the $40 million Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund in its 2016-17 State Budget. “Since the […]