NEW DELHI: Chief Justice B R Gavai on Saturday said despite constitutional guarantees, many girls continue to be tragically denied their fundamental rights and even basic necessities for survival and face harmful practices like female genital mutilation (FGM). Interestingly, a PIL challenging the validity of FGM, practised among certain Muslims, is pending before a ninejudge…
NEW DELHI: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini assures action on anyone found guilty in the investigation around IPs officer Y Puran Kumar’s suicide.‘No matter how influential the culprit may be, they will not be spared,” said Saini at the BJP state executive meeting.Further assuring thorough investigation he added, “This is an unfortunate incident. The…
A heated family drama erupted on a busy street in the Maharajpur police station area of Kanpur after a wife caught her husband red-handed with his girlfriend. In a video shared on X by the handle ‘True Story,’ the incident unfolded near Narwal crossing on the National Highway during a festival, when the wife, already…
Amir Khan Muttaqi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: A press conference by Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi on Friday drew attention not for what was said, but for who wasn’t in the room. Women journalists were not allowed to attend the event, which was restricted to a handful of male reporters.The interaction,…
(AI image generated using ChatGPT) NEW DELHI: The Centre is set to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the school curriculum for all students from Class III onwards from next academic year (2026-27), in what officials called a “strategic national move” to make India’s future workforce AI-ready.School education secretary Sanjay Kumar said CBSE is developing the…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against authoritarianism and defense of democracy. The NCR states requested the Supreme Court to allow NEERI-approved green firecrackers between 8 pm and 10 pm during Diwali, proposing a balanced approach.External affairs minister S Jaishankar announced that India’s Technical Mission in…
Avalanche in Dharamshala (PTI) NEW DELHI: Early Friday, Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh was hit by an avalanche on the snow-covered Dhauladhar Hills.A video captured by PTI news agency showed the powerful slide cascading down the mountains. No casualties have been reported so far.The avalanche comes after heavy rains in the first week of October, which…
MUMBAI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday said the issue of illegal immigration was discussed in talks between PM Narendra Modi and UK PM Keir Starmer in Mumbai.India had a clear position that it did not support illegal immigration, Misri said, adding that India was in favour of whatever cooperation was required. At the same…
PATNA: In a high-stakes pre-poll move, RJD neta and INDIA bloc coordination committee chairman Tejashwi Prasad Yadav Thursday promised a government job for every household in Bihar and pledged to introduce the legislation within just 20 days of taking office. “NDA government could not provide jobs to the youth in 20 years, but we will…
Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s new venture, Jan Suraaj, making its debut in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, on Thursday released its first list of 51 candidates.Notably, Kishor, the party’s main face, was absent from the list. Here’s the list – Earlier, he had confirmed that he would contest the polls and said the candidate list,…
