New Delhi: Days after the Supreme Court Collegium declined her request for reconsideration of transfer to Meghalaya, Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya K Tahilramani has resigned. She tendered her resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind and sent a copy of it to Chief Justice of India Ranjan

In a bid to curb absenteeism at government schools, the Gujarat government on September 5 (Teachers’ Day) launched a facial recognition-based biometric online attendance system across 40,000 primary schools. While launching the new system from the State capital Gandhinagar, Chief Minister Vijay R

A Supreme Court Bench on Friday referred to the Chief Justice of India a plea for live streaming of the ongoing Ayodhya title dispute hearings. The Chief Justice is likely to hear the petition filed by activist K.N. Govindacharya on September 11. The Bench led by Justice Rohinton Narimam, whil

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to Centre on a plea challenging the amended anti-terror law that empowers the government to designate an individual as terrorist. This case comes days after the government, using the law, declared Jaish chief Hafiz Saeed and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim,

Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday assured that there were no plans to ban conventional petrol and diesel vehicles amid an unprecedented slowdown in the auto industry. “There were discussions and the ministry had received suggestions that petrol, diesel vehicles be banned. I would

Gurugram: Following implementation of the amended Motor Vehicles Act 2019 in the country, Gurugram traffic police issued a 'challan' of Rs 59,000 to a tractor trolley driver for multiple violations. The tractor driver Ram Gopal who is also the owner of the vehicle was caught by traffic police after

New Delhi: At least 10 people have been killed and 30 injured after a blast rocked through a firecracker factory in Punjab’s Gurdaspur on Wednesday. As many as 50 are reported to be still trapped inside. Over a dozen fire tenders have been pressed into action to douse the flames. According to rep

BJP’s ally Shiv Sena has backed former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who recently said that the Indian economy is in a bad shape due to “mismanagement” by the Narendra Modi-government, and said that listening to him is in the “national interest.” Sena’s support for Manmohan Singh, a noted econom

Gurgaon: Barely two days after the implementation of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill 2019 there has been a giant wave of traffic violation fines that have been issued to hundreds. One astonishing case came from Gurgaon where a two-wheeler user was handed a challan for Rs 23,000 over multiple traffi

Three students of Amity University in Noida, Uttar Pradesh were brutally thrashed by a group of people allegedly over a minor parking dispute outside the campus on August 28. An audio clip allegedly by one of the victim and witness, Divaker Tyagi, is doing the rounds on social media. In the clip,

The Union Home Ministry has assured that the 19 lakh people left out of the citizenship list would not be detained till all remedies have been exhausted. Talking about the options available for those excluded, the ministry said they need to appeal to Foreigners Tribunal within 120 days from Augus

An arrest warrant has been issued against Mohammed Shami and the India crickter now has 15 days in which to surrender and apply for bail. Mohammed Shami is currently playing the second and the final Test against the West Indies and played a key role for India in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In

Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane on September 1 assumed charge as vice chief of the 1.3 million-strong Army. Lt. Gen. Naravane will be in contention for the Army chief’s post as he will be the senior-most commander when incumbent Gen. Bipin Rawat retires on December 31, official sources s

Nearly 19 lakh people from Assam were excluded Saturday from a final citizenship list that is intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants, amid fears they could be rendered stateless. A total of 3.1 crore people were included on the list, leaving out 1.9 lakh, according t

Two Bihari brothers who worked as migrant labourers in Kashmir are in serious trouble after marrying two Kashmiri sisters soon after annulment of Article 370, and simultaneously bringing them to their home in Supaul. On Wednesday, Kashmir police arrested the two brothers, Mohammed Tabrez, 26 and

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on Thursday released Rs 47,436 crore to various states in a major boost towards promoting afforestation and achieving green objectives in the country. The money, released under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), w

Daman: IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who resigned last week and stated that he did so as the denial of "freedom of expression" to the people of Jammu and Kashmir was not acceptable to him, has been asked to resume duty and continue to work till his resignation is accepted. Kannan Gopinathan, who

Taxpayers earning between Rs 5 lakh and Rs10 lakh a year may be in line for major tax relief with the task force on the Direct Tax Code suggesting halving the tax rate for them to 10%, two persons aware of the matter said on condition of anonymity. To be sure, this is still just a suggestion and