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In a setback to Uddhav Thackeray, the Supreme Court has ruled on Thursday that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will keep his job despite benefiting from an illegal decision made by the then-governor. Shinde and 15 other MLAs revolted against former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in June of last year, but the Supreme Court ruled […]
The Supreme Court begins pronouncing the Judgement on Maharashtra’s political crisis. The Supreme Court says that ‘issues such as whether a notice to the removal of the Speaker will restrict the powers of the Speaker to issue disqualification notices need examination by a larger bench.’ The Court claims that a larger bench needs to be […]
Last year, new Ahmedabad municipal commissioner M Thennarasan visited a water pumping station at Helmet Crossroads as part of a surprise check. But what he found may not have been a surprise. The staff were fewer than what the contractor agreed to in the tender, claimed a national newspaper. As a follow-up action, the commissioner […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday stated its verdict in the dispute between Delhi and the Central government on who should control administrative services in the national capital. The top court said that the Delhi government is selected by the electorate of Delhi and must be interpreted to further cause of representative democracy. “The principle of […]
MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings consolidated their position on the IPL 2023 points table after they beat David Warner’s Delhi Capitals by 27 runs in Chennai on Wednesday. MS Dhoni’s men earned their seventh win in 12 matches and moved to 15 points, just behind Gujarat Titans which is on 16 points. Meanwhile, Delhi’s Playoffs qualification chances […]
While on the one hand there are people from Gujarat who don’t think twice before paying lakhs of rupees to unscrupulous human smugglers to fulfil their American dream, there is a growing number of Gujaratis who have sought asylum in the US citing political and community-based persecution. According to a report in The Times Of […]
The final result will be out on May 13 but the exit polls for the Karnataka Assembly elections are saying that the Congress is likely to edge out the BJP from the southern state. There is the anti-incumbency factor in a three-way fight between the BJP, the Congress, and the Janata Dal (Secular). According to the […]
A police complaint has been lodged against the Second Additional Senior Civil Judge and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate SC Patel for consuming alcohol while performing his duty as a Magistrate in the Modasa Court as well as misbehaving with the employees working in the Court and the Court’s building premises. The Modasa Town police took […]
The White House has announced on Wednesday that President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an ‘official state visit’ to the United States on June 22. The visit will include a state dinner. “The upcoming visit will affirm the deep and close partnership between the United States and India and the warm […]
In a letter to the Supreme Court, an RSS affiliate stated that legalising same-sex marriage would undermine the Hindu Marriage Act’s very purpose, and show how liberal ideas from other religions and Western nations are “overpowering” India and changing the “nature of Hinduism.” Samwardhini Nyas, an affiliate of the women’s wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 10 said that some people are so full of negativity that they don’t want to see anything positive happen in the country and only like to stir up controversy. This was purportedly a subtle attack on opposition parties. At a programme in Nathdwara in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district, where he […]
Olympic medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik on Wednesday has challenged WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to undergo a lie detector Narco Test if he is confident of his innocence after seven grapplers levelled sexual harassment allegations against him. The protesting wrestlers added that if Singh is associated with their organisation, they will oppose the holding […]
A report by the United Nations (UN) shows that India leads a list of 10 countries that are responsible for 60% of global maternal deaths, stillbirths, and newborn deaths, as well as 51% of live births globally. These 10 countries saw 4.5 million deaths in 2020-2021, consisting of 290,000 maternal deaths, 1.9 million stillbirths, and […]
In 2016, two years before the hit Akshay Kumar starrer Padman brought menstrual hygiene into the mainstream, a young academic was busy doing a baseline research study on the subject in Ahmedabad. Arpan Yagnik, a graduate of MICA, was then a doctoral student in the area of development communication at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, and his […]
Robert De Niro, a renowned Hollywood actor, disclosed that he recently welcomed a baby, making him a father of seven children at the age of 79. The multi-award-winning actor revealed the information during an “About My Father” interview with the entertainment website. De Niro acknowledged that he occasionally needed to be a “stern” parent to […]
New travel warnings have been issued by the US, UK, and Canada for their citizens due to political unrest following the arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. A travel warning has been issued by the US Embassy for US citizens in Pakistan. The latest advisory issued by the US Embassy said: “The US […]
Crisis-hit airline Go First’s plea for voluntary insolvency has been admitted by the NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal), and the request to begin CIRP (Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process) proceedings is also admitted. Go First is protected by the NCLT’s moratorium from recovery by lessors and lenders. The low-cost carrier, which recently changed its name to […]
Go Airlines (India) Ltd, the country’s fourth-largest carrier and its 7,000 employees is set to be decided on Wednesday, in a bankruptcy plea ruling that will also have major implications for foreign lessors trying to repossess planes. The low-cost carrier, rebranded as Go First, attributed its financial crisis to faulty Pratt & Whitney engines, which […]
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday stated that the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a Deep Depression and is centred in the same region. The system has been moving west-northwestwards at a speed of 5 kmph and is situated around 540 km west-southwest of Port Blair, 1,460 km south-southwest […]
In a money laundering case connected to an alleged betting ring in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T-20 cricket tournament in 2015, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches against suspected bookie Anil Jaisinghani today, official sources said. The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis was the target of a plot by Anil […]
