Bypoll results in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry NEW DELHI: Ruling parties in their respective states continued to hold their ground as votes were counted in the bypolls on Friday, October 9. In Tamil Nadu, it was still “Thalapathy” Vijay and his TVK brigade making their presence felt. In West Bengal, the BJP strengthened…
SC says restrictions cannot be reconsidered unless denial of permission for CJP protest is challenged. NEW DELHI: A team of senior advocates led by Kapil Sibal moved the Supreme Court on Friday, challenging the cancellation of trains and proposed closure of Metro stations in Delhi ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) October 10 protest…
President Droupadi Murmu to meet INDIA bloc leaders at 8 pm over EC row NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu has agreed to meet a delegation of INDIA bloc leaders at 8 pm on Friday after the opposition alliance sought an appointment over its concerns regarding the Election Commission of India (ECI), PTI reported, quoting sources.Rashtrapati…
NEW DELHI: PDP leader Abdul Kabir referred to Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani as a “martyr” during a speech at an event in Jammu and Kashmir.He was later detained in Kishtwar for questioning over the remark.Earlier, news agency ANI asked Kabir about his use of the term “martyr” for the slain terrorist. He said, “I…
Delhi court gives Brij Bhushan time to reply to challenge against acquittal NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Thursday granted BJP leader and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh time to file a reply to a revision petition challenging his acquittal in a sexual harassment case involving…
CJP alleges Rajasthan Police took leader on 100-km ride before dropping him home NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has accused Rajasthan Police of forcibly detaining its national organisational co-in-charge Deepak Baliyan from his residence in Alwar district and manhandling him despite his fractured leg, while police maintained that he had not been detained.The…
Riyadh airport blast triggers flight suspensions by Air India, Akasa Air and IndiGo NEW DELHI: Air India, Akasa Air and IndiGo have temporarily suspended or curtailed flights to Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, following reports of explosions, including a loud blast at the city’s international airport, on Thursday.Akasa Air suspended flights to and from Riyadh through…
File photo: Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has held that when the break-up of a relationship ends in suicide, it cannot always be termed abetment and a former partner prosecuted.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran quashed criminal proceedings against a man and five of his family members who were…
File photo: Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday said the Jharkhand’s DGP appointment process prima facie violated its Prakash Singh judgement, which mandated consideration of officers with six months or more residual tenure for the top police post, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. It issued a notice to Tadasha Singh, who was appointed to the…
‘LLM users show lower cognitive effort’ (representative image) NEW DELHI: Evidence cited by World Bank suggests that unrestricted use of generative AI can improve what students submit as part of classwork while weakening what they actually learn – a warning with implications for countries such as India.World Development Report 2026 devotes a section to ‘Generative…
