The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking medical examination of ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, while upholding his right to privacy and also ruled that ill-health does not make one incapable to occupy a constitutional position....
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave conditional permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Rath Yatra rallies, saying the organisers will be liable for any untoward incident or damage to public property. Acting on a petition filed by the BJP, Justice Tapobrata Chakraborty said the ...
Calling the Goods and Services Tax (GST) "Gabbar Singh Tax" again, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said his party has "jolted" Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue and Modi now wants to implement what the Congress had suggested earlier. "The Congress has finally jolted Narendraji from his deep slumber on Gabbar ...
National Conference activists took out a protest march in this summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday against the killing of civilians by security forces in Pulwama. The activists, led by General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, marched from the ...
Extreme cold wave conditions prevailed in most parts of Uttarakhand, with Almora facing sub-zero temperatures for the last 24 hours, an official said on Thursday. According to the Regional Met Office, as many as 11 cities in the hill state are witnessing temperature below 5 degrees celsius. ...
The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. on Thursday amid uproarious scenes over the Rafale fighter jet deal and Cauvery water issue. Soon after the House reassembled at noon after the washout of Question Hour, official papers were laid on the table....
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena unveiled a new Cabinet on Thursday, days after Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated as Prime Minister in a move that ended a nearly two-month-long political impasse that erupted after his surprising dismissal. ...
Overall air quality in the national capital on Thursday remained 'very poor' as the Met said the current cold wave conditions prevailing over northwest India may not allow it to improve. "The minimum temperature is likely to fall in Delhi during the next few days ...
A 15-year-old Dalit girl, who was set on fire by two unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh here, has succumbed to her injuries in a Delhi hospital after struggling for life for 36 hours, police said on Thursday. The Class 10 student, identified as Sanjali, died late on Wednesday in Safdarjung Hospital, authorities said. ...
The Rajya Sabha was on Thursday adjourned for the day within minutes it meeting amid pandemonium. Members from different parties trooped near the Chair's podium holding placards and raising slogans....
