Source- telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Centre and the Delhi government on a plea by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) for security and shelter for 12 inter-caste and inter-community couples allegedly facing threats of honour killing from their family members and vigilante squads. A bench Justices A.K. Sikri and
Source- ndtv.com Pakistan has said it is not concerned if India diverted the waters of Beas, Ravi and Sutlej a day after Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said the country had decided to fully utilise its share of unused water from the rivers. The minister’s statement had appeared to be the latest strike against Pakistan over the Pulwama terror
Source- ndtv.com India on Wednesday denounced Pakistan at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, arguing that it was using Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian national sentenced to death for alleged spying, as a “pawn” to divert attention from its own conduct — state sponsorship of terrorism. Drawing the court’s attention to last week’s terror attack
Source- news18.com When a billion plus populace give a war cry in unison, it is often difficult for the incumbent government of any country to ignore it without running the risk of massive facing public ire. There is no doubt that people of India, sick and tired of witnessing coffins of young men in uniform returning
Source- telegraphindia.com The Narendra Modi government’s preferred trouble-shooter in the CBI was on Tuesday convicted of contempt by the Supreme Court for defying a transfer ban and sentenced to confinement in the court till it rose at 4 pm. Additional director M. Nageshwar Rao, now the virtual No. 2 in the CBI and twice chosen by
Source- ndtv.com The Supreme Court today rejected a plea by the West Bengal BJP to set aside the Calcutta High Court’s 2013 order, which had banned the use of loudspeakers in residential areas in the state. The top court said that children’s studies were more important than election campaigns. The Bengal BJP had filed the plea,
Source- indianexpress.com Judging is “under stress” in the digital era, a Supreme Court judge said Sunday, lamenting that even before a case is taken up by the court, people start discussing on social media what the outcome “should be” which has an influence on the judges. Talking on “Freedom of the press in the digital age”
Source- gulfnews.com India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a spot of trouble. He has to face reelection in a few months amid growing dissatisfaction with his government’s performance; he’s likely to use every lever available to eke out a win. One such lever, unfortunately, was the interim federal budget that his lame-duck government presented, to
Source- ndtv.com Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar cannot be arrested but he has to appear before the CBI in Shillong, make available all evidence and cooperate with investigations into chit fund scams in Bengal, the Supreme Court said today as the centre accused the officer of “doctoring evidence” and shielding the accused. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Source- bbc.com The University of Farmington, advertised as based in Michigan state, was run by undercover agents from the Department of Homeland Security to expose “pay-to-stay” immigration fraud. Prosecutors say those who enrolled knew that the facility would be illegal. However, Indian officials say the students may have been duped. On Saturday, the Indian Ministry of
