NEW DELHI,AUG 9 : Actor-politician Jaya Bachchan and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar faced off yet again on Friday after the Vice President referred to her as ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan’ while inviting her to speak at a debate in the Rajya Sabha. Visibly irritated, Bachchan accused Dhankhar of talking to her in an “unacceptable tone”, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 9 : The Special Cell of the Delhi police has arrested an ISIS module terrorist, wanted by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) in the national capital just ahead of Independence Day. The accused, identified as Rizwan Abdul Haji Ali is a resident of Daryaganj in Delhi. The National Investigation Agency had declared […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 6 : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday briefed an all-party meeting about the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, and appreciated the unanimous support by all parties. In a post on X, he also shared photographs of the meeting at Parliament House. “Briefed an All-Party meeting in Parliament today about the ongoing […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 5 : Air India has cancelled its scheduled flights to and from Dhaka, with immediate effect on Monday due to the emerging situation in the wake of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigning amid unprecedented anti-government protests. The airline operates two daily flights to Dhaka from the national capital. “In view of […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 5 : The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday issued a “high alert” across all its formations along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in the wake of the developments in the neighbouring country, officials said. BSF Director General (Acting) Daljit Singh Chawdhary and other senior commanders toured the front in West Bengal to […]Continue Reading
DELHI, AUG 5 : The Supreme Court stated on Monday that Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor has the power to nominate members to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) without consent from the government. The Court ruled that the power came from the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, so the Lt Governor didn’t need to follow the advice […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 2: The Delhi High Court on Friday transferred the probe into the drowning of three civil services aspirants at the basement of a coaching centre in Rajinder Nagar here to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan asked the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to appoint […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 2 : The Supreme Court on Friday pronounced its judgment giving its detailed reasons for not cancelling the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test)-UG medical entrance exam, despite a raging controversy over paper allegations and other irregularities in the exam. While holding that there was no material to show that the leak […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 1: A Delhi court on Thursday denied anticipatory bail to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar who has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing of OBC and PwD (person with disabilities) quota benefits. Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala said Delhi Police “must also investigate if anyone from inside the UPSC helped […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JULY 31 : The UPSC on Wednesday said it has cancelled the provisional candidature of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar and debarred her from all future examinations or selections. “The UPSC has examined the available records carefully and found her guilty of acting in contravention of the provisions of the CSE-2022 Rules,” the […]Continue Reading
