As the Law Commission holds consultations on a uniform civil code, the Standing Committee on Law and Justice has chosen the "review of personal laws" among the subjects for its examination. The UCC is one of the three ideological planks of the BJP. In the run-up to 2024 general election

New Delhi: Today, the court acquitted eleven individuals, including Muhammad Faisal, Rashid, Ashraf, Rashid alias Raja, Shahrukh, Shoaib alias Chotowa, and Muhammad Tahir, who were accused in the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots. They were charged with the killing of 22-year-old Dilbar Negi, an employee a

One Nation One Election: Former President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday headed the high-level committee meeting attended by Law Commission chairperson Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and other members on the issue of One Nation One Election. A roadmap for holding simultaneous elections in the country was di

A proposal by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) panel to have the next set of books printed as 'Bharat' instead of India, has been accepted unanimously by its members. It is one of the 25 panels that works on changing or modifying the content of NCERT books.

The Travancore Devaswom Board, the apex temple body which manages major shrines in Kerala's Travancore region, has issued a new circular banning the activities of the RSS on temple premises and its properties. According to the circular issued by the Devaswom Commissioner, the 'namajapa pr

Nagpur:  Questioning if forces from across the border were behind the violence in Manipur, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today "strong political will" was required to check the violence in the Northeastern state. In his annual Vijayadashami address at RSS Dussehra rally in Nagpur, Mr Bha

The Cyclonic storm has been named 'Hamoon' by Iran. The word ‘Hamoon’ is a Persian word that refers to inland desert lakes or marshlands. They are formed as natural seasonal reservoirs in areas adjoining the Helmand basin. “Very likely to intensify further into a VSCS fo

New Delhi: Two faculty members of an engineering college from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh have been suspended for asking a student to step down from the stage after he greeted the audience during a student induction ceremony with a loud ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan. Over the years, the r

Bengaluru, Oct 19 (IANS): Ousted JD (S) State President C.M Ibrahim challenged his ouster from the post and warned former prime minister Deve Gowda to be prepared to face consequences. “I will approach the High Court of Karnataka and the Election Commission shortly,” he said.

Citing UK-based newspaper, Financial Times which claimed that the Adani Group was purchasing coal above its market value from Asian countries, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that it is due to this reason for prices of electricity in country are getting inflated. Addressing a pr

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on October 17, 2023, announced penalties on Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd and ICICI Bank Ltd for violating its regulations Penalty On Kotak Mahindra Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited was fined Rs 3.95 crore for failure to adhere to RBI directions, including the code of

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Tuesday accused the government of using the Army "politically" for elections and claimed the ruling party has hurt its dignity by "capitalising on the popularity of soldiers". He claimed the Narendra Modi government has asked the Army to s

Delhi and its neighbouring cities were jolted on Sunday afternoon when a 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck Faridabad in Haryana. The earthquake struck at around 4:08 pm, said the National Centre for Seismology. It said the epicentre for the quake was nine kilometres east of Faridabad and 30 kilometre

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS): India has ranked 111th out of the 125 countries on the 2023 Global Hunger Index (GHI), slipping four places since last year. However, the government has rejected the report calling it "flawed" and "erroneous". "With a score of 28.7 in the 20

Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on pleas challenging the premature release of convicts in Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. The Supreme Court directed the Centre, Gujarat government to submit by October 16 original records related to remission of sentence of convicts in Bilkis Bano case. A

Bengaluru, Oct 12 (IANS): The BJP high command is planning to organise a massive convention in Karnataka to bring together the leaders of the party and JD(S) on a single platform. The convention will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah, according to sour

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids at around 12 premises of the banned organization Popular Front of India (PFI) in Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. The searches began at 5.00 am on Wednesday morning. In Uttar Pradesh, NIA raids are underwa

  Bengaluru, Oct 10: Barring green firecrackers, no other fireworks will be permitted during Deepavali as per the Supreme Court’s orders. This has been clarified by the chief minister’s office (CMO) following reports in a section of the media that sale of firecrackers during t