The Centre on Thursday asked the top court collegium to reconsider its recommendation for the elevation of the Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph as a judge of the Supreme Court. "The proposal for the reconsideration of the case of K.M. Joseph has the approval of President and Prime Minister," said the letter sent t...
The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the multi-crore gutka scam in which a minister and top state police officers and government officials are alleged to be involved. The court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe following a petition filed by DMK legislator J. Anbazhagan. The case is related to an Inc...
Indian and Pakistani troops on Thursday traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. Defence sources said the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing, using mortars, small arms and automatic weapons. Indian positions were targeted. "Pakistan shelling and firing started at 8.30 a.m. and c...
Railway Board Chairman Ashwahi Lohani on Thursday said that the Indian Railways is committed to "eliminate unmanned level crossings" after 13 school children were killed and six seriously injured when a train hit their van at an unmanned railway crossing in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar. "We are trying to ...
Kerala Director General of Police (Prisons) R. Sreelekha on Thursday said she will initiate a probe into media reports on the availability of liquor inside the Kannur Central Jail. "A detailed probe will be initiated into it -- one reason being that none of the CCTVs in the central jails in the state are functioning," Sreelekha said. "If any off...
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives of 13 school children in an accident at a railway crossing in Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Thirteen school children were killed and six others seriously injured in the accident that occurred around 7.10 a.m. when the children were headed to scho...
A student was stabbed in Kashmir University on Thursday during a scuffle between two groups of law students, police said. "The injured student has been shifted to hospital for treatment. One student has been arrested in this incident," a police source said. The varsity's public relations office said a team of officials has been constituted to probe the in...
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that one of the four militants killed in Tuesday's gunfight in the Tral forest area was a Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) operational commander. State Director General of Police (DGP), S.P. Vaid said: "Operational commander of JeM Mufti Yasir was among those killed in the joint operation in upper reaches of Tral." ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday connected with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates and cadres through his personal mobile app ahead of the May 12 Karnataka assembly elections. Modi made use of his 'Narendra Modi' mobile application to connect with BJP's 224 nominees for the polls, apart from hundreds of party cadres and ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Congress of spreading lies by hiring foreign agencies and dividing societies on caste lines. He said political purity cannot come unless the Congress culture ends. In an interactive session with BJP candidates, state office bearers and leaders of Karnataka via the Narendra Modi app, the ...
