[Anjali Ojha] NEW DELHI, 18 Jan: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali Angmo has said his arrest reflects the state of democracy in the country where power is used to “illegally detain” people, and contended that the case has “no merit” as fresh dates are repeatedly sought by the government in court. In an interview
NEW DELHI, 18 Jan: Media associations on Sunday urged the government to appoint a new chairperson to the Press Council of India (PCI) as the post fell vacant after Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai completed her tenure last month. The PCI, a statutory, quasi-judicial body to safeguard press freedom, has been without a chairperson for the
NEW DELHI, 18 Jan: Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Sunday urged youths to stay grounded in duty, be patriotic and uphold the constitutional values while facing challenges towards building a Viksit Bharat. He was addressing a gathering at the ongoing National Defence Corps’ Republic Day Camp at Delhi Cantonment. Highlighting the role
NEW DELHI, 18 Jan: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that advocates cannot use the Right to Information (RTI) Act to seek details regarding cases they are handling for clients, observing that using the transparency law in this manner fails to advance its core objectives. Dismissing a second appeal filed by an advocate in
NEW DELHI, 18 Jan: The Congress on Sunday cited a World Bank report on air pollution that says around one million premature deaths happen in the Indo-Gangetic plains and Himalayan foothills annually to ask how long the Narendra Modi government would live in “denial.” Congress general secretary and former union environment minister Jairam Ramesh said
NEW DELHI, 17 Jan: The Congress on Saturday accused the Modi government of indulging in “communalisation of education,” following the withdrawal of permission for MBBS course at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), and demanded that the college be reopened. Earlier this month, the National Medical Commission (NMC) revoked the letter of
NEW DELHI, 17 Jan: As many as 19 government bills remain pending in the Rajya Sabha, with the oldest, pertaining to population control, dating back to 1992. The Rajya Sabha is a permanent House which is never dissolved, with one-third of its members retiring every two years. While the bills pending in the Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI, 17 Jan: On the 10th death anniversary of Dalit student Rohith Vemula on Saturday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the reality for youngsters from the community has not changed on campuses and stressed the need for an anti-discrimination law. Vemula, a 26-year-old Dalit student of the University of Hyderabad, died by suicide on
NEW DELHI, 17 Jan: The Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has busted a well-organised network involved in the printing and supply of counterfeit NCERT textbooks with the arrests of three persons and seizure of nearly 45,000 fake books, along with printing machinery and material worth around Rs 2 crore, officials said on Saturday. The crackdown was
NEW DELHI, 15 Jan: A UGC panel has proposed specific counsellor-to-student ratios, one for every 500 students in larger institutions and one for every 100 in smaller ones, and to hold periodic awareness programmes on stress and anxiety to bolster student-support systems, according to officials. The recommendations have been made in the University Grants Commission
NEW DELHI, 14 Jan: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the response of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and others regarding the death of seven elephants near Guwahati after being hit by a Rajdhani Express in December last year. The green body was hearing the matter where it had taken suo motu (on
NEW DELHI, 13 Jan: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to 29 January the hearing of a plea filed by Gitanjali J Angmo, the wife of jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, against his detention under the National Security Act. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale deferred the matter. “List for further hearing
NEW DELHI, 13 Jan: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will ask states to pay a “heavy compensation” for dog-bite incidents as it flagged its concern over the lack of implementation of norms on stray animals for the past five years. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and NV Anjaria said that
NEW DELHI, 11 Jan: Prashant Tamang, who rose to fame as the winner of ‘Indian Idol 3’ and was praised for his turn as a cold-blooded assassin in Paatal Lok 2, died here on Sunday following a cardiac arrest. He was 43. Tamang’s close friend, singer Mahesh Sewa, told PTI that the singer-actor died at
NEW DELHI, 7 Jan: The names of 6.5 crore electors were removed from the draft electoral rolls of nine states and three Union territories published in the past days as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being carried out by the Election Commission. Before Phase 2 of the SIR, which commenced on October
GENEVA, 6 Jan: Bangladesh, engulfed in political unrest while heading for its national election on 12 February, 2026, recorded the murder of journalist Rana Pratap Bairagi, who incidentally becomes the first journo-victim across the world this year. The global media safety and rights body, Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), strongly condemned the shooting down of Bairagi
NEW DELHI, 6 Jan: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking implementation of the 2006 Lyngdoh Committee report, which lays down the regulatory framework for student union elections in colleges and universities across the country. The central government, acting on the directive of the top court, had formed the Lyngdoh Committee whose report
GUWAHATI, 6 Jan: Assam’s Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging “serious irregularities” in the draft electoral rolls of the state, published after a special revision (SR). The senior Congress leader demanded the halt of the finalisation of the electoral rolls until “all irregularities are thoroughly verified and resolved”
NEW DELHI, 6 Jan: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took note of the number of interlocutory applications being filed before it in the stray dogs case and said that so many applications normally don’t come even in cases of humans. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta made the observations when two lawyers
KOLKATA, 4 Jan: The Northeast integration rally began its journey from Kolkata (WB) on 4 January, setting the tone for a month-long initiative aimed at strengthening regional integration and people-to-people ties across the Northeastern states. The inaugural session was attended by a wide range of public representatives, professionals, cultural figures, and civil society members. Among
