A social worker and office bearer of an Assam-based NGO has filed a defamation case against the former Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, claiming that the latter's autobiography contained some offensive things in the context of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updating exercise.
Soon after the Supreme Court verdict, the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance on Thursday hailed the verdict as "a triumph of truth" which has 'vindicated' their stance as the state government now has got a stamp of approval.
The bench noted that the Governor relied on the letters written by Devendra Fadnavis and seven 'independent' MLAs, calling upon him to direct Thackeray to prove his majority on the floor of the House.
There were three others in the vehicle, the girl's mother said and alleged that all the four people, including the driver, gang-raped the girl inside the moving vehicle and abandoned her along the bypass road.
-leader-Arvind-Kejriwal.jpg "Centre-Delhi row: AAP leaders hail big win in Supreme Court")
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday thanked the Supreme Court for doing justice to the people of the national capital and said that the pace of development will increase manifold.
Shiv Sena (UBT) President and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the Supreme Court verdict has exposed the role of the Governor, the Election Commission of India and the current regime, here on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated a programme marking the National Technology Day 2023 during which he observed that rapid changes are taking place in the world of technology.
The NIA wants to identify their exact location to initiate the extradition proceedings. The Special NIA court in Delhi had issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against them due to their non appearances in the matter.
In a latest development in the Rs 2000 crore liquor scam of Chhattisgarh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday told a special PMLA court that the arrested accused, Nitesh Purohit, gave Rs 163 crore to IAS officer Anil Tuteja and Pappu Bansal at the instruction of alleged kingpin, Anwar Dhebar.
The bench said the lack of security to MLAs (Eknath Shinde faction) is not a reason to conclude that a government has fallen and it was nothing, but an extraneous reason to be relied upon by the Governor.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of the Delhi government in a case between the state government and Centre in connection with the administrative control over transfers and postings of civil servants.
The minor wrestler, who has accused Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment, has given a statement before a magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), an official said on Thursday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said that a low pressure depression that formed near the South East Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm 'Mocha'.
The ED sources said that the probe has established that massive corruption was taking place in the excise department and hundreds of crores of Rupees in cash was being collected from every possible point of access in a distributed hierarchical manner.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned NCP leader Jayant Patil for questioning in connection with a case pertaining to alleged irregularities related to Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS).
Another low-intensity blast was reported near the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday -- the third explosion in less than a week.
Police have arrested three suspects after the blast that occurred just behind the Guru Ram Dass Inn.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday launched the ambitious 'Ayushman Asom' scheme in line with the Central government's 'Ayushman Bharat' to provide health coverage to 26 lakh families in the state.
With the Karnataka Assembly elections concluding on Wednesday, a slew of exit polls have mostly predicted a hung Assembly with the Congress emerging as the single-largest, followed by the BJP with less than 100 seats.
The situation in the ethnic violence-hit Manipur improved further on Wednesday with the authorities relaxing curfew in 11 districts, including Imphal West and Churachandpur, for six hours in the morning even as the Army and central paramilitary forces continued their vigil in the sensitive areas.
The voting in Karnataka for the 224 Assembly seats on Wednesday which began at 7 a.m. ended at 6 p.m. with the state recording a voter turnout of 65.69 per cent till 5 p.m., an official said.
The two leaders will discuss ways to further expand the educational exchanges and people-to-people ties between India and the US, as well as the work together to confront common challenges from climate change, to workforce development and health security, it said.
Chief Electoral Officer F.R. Kharkongor said that no incident of violence was reported in the bypoll, which was conducted under tight security measures. He said that first timers, young and elderly voters enthusiastically cast their ballots since the polling started at 7 a.m.
On a day when assembly polls in Karnataka were underway, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress leaders saying that they deliberately created an uproar during the evacuation of Indians from Sudan aiming that if any Indian is shot dead, they can attack Modi.
Chief Minister Dr Saha along with Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy today flagged off two Advanced Life Support Ambulances which were handed over to Gomati district hospital by OTPC.
"A reliable source information was received against Parmar containing allegations of showing favouritism to the accused persons in ED and CBI cases pending in his court. Following the information, we have lodged an FIR," the source said.
