File photo of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy CM D K Shivakumar (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Congress MLA H A Iqbal Hussain on Sunday hinted at a leadership change in Karnataka, saying that D K Shivakumar can get the chief minister post within the next two or three months. His remark came amid…
Bar council of India (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: In a decisive step toward preserving the credibility of legal education in India, the bar council of India (BCI) has issued a formal advisory against the proliferation of unapproved LLM (master of laws) programmes offered in online, distance or hybrid formats. This advisory reinforces the exclusive…
Three devotees died and over 50 others were injured in a deadly stampede near the Gundicha Temple in Puri, Odisha, during the annual Rath Yatra festival on Sunday morning. The incident unfolded between 4 and 5 am as thousands of pilgrims had gathered to witness the rituals when chaos broke out, reportedly due to two…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled the Emergency imposed 50 years ago, calling it one of the darkest chapters in India’s democratic history in his monthly Mann ki Baat address.Referring to the Emergency imposed in 1975, PM Modi said, “Those who imposed Emergency not only murdered the spirit of the Constitution but…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed key issues including health, yoga, and religious pilgrimages during the 123rd episode of his monthly radio programme, Mann ki Baat.He talked about the massive crowd participation in the Yoga Day, eliminating eye disease called Trachoma, giving credit to health workers and Constitution as he recalled the…
A tragic stampede during Puri’s Rath Yatra left three dead and several injured, raising serious questions about crowd control measures during large religious gatherings.Meanwhile, ministry of external affairs firmly rejected Pakistan’s claims of Indian involvement in the recent suicide bombing in North Waziristan, calling the accusation “deserving of contempt.” In the US, Senate Republicans advanced…
Saquib Nachan, an ISIS-linked convicted terrorist, who was convicted for his involvement in 2002-03 Mumbai blast NEW DELHI: Saquib Nachan, an ISIS-linked convicted terrorist, died at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi on Saturday while receiving medical treatment, as confirmed by Tihar Jail authorities.Nachan was incarcerated in Tihar Jail Number 1 from December 27, 2023, before…
Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor and LoP Rahul Gandhi – File Image NEW DELHI: Amidst the growing rift with the Congress Party, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday appears to have sided with the RSS-BJP over the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi’s accusation that the RSS wanted ‘Manusmriti’, not the Constitution….
CJI Bhushan Gavai has ruled out accepting post-retirement assignments. “It’s a matter of personal principle,” he said in an exclusive interaction with TOI Saturday. Gavai, who retires in Nov this year, added his focus remains on reducing over 81,000 pending cases in Supreme Court and improving infrastructure in rural courts. Source link
NEW DELHI: Less than 1% of Indian women are entrepreneurs, placing India far below the global trendline, a research paper focussed on gender gaps in entrepreneurship in India has highlighted. On the other hand, India aligns with the global pattern for men, with around 3% of working-age men (15–64 years) being entrepreneurs, which is in…
