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FCRA bill improvement on existing law, says government | India News
MPs from opposition parties and BJP clashed over provisions of the bill with two DMK MPs, A Raja and P Wilson, dubbing the bill violative of Article 300(A), which says no one will be deprived of their property save by the authority of law. NEW DELHI: The vesting of assets is the single-most contentious provision…
US Supreme Court allows Trump admin to resume controversial ‘third-country’ deportations
The administration had asked the Supreme Court to intervene after a lower court ruling disrupted its ability to carry out what it calls “third-country” removals The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to temporarily resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own, without giving them an opportunity to challenge their…
‘If appeased, Nitish wouldn’t have defected’, says Digvijay Singh | India News
Intending to stress that Congress should try to spread the opposition umbrella as BJP and RSS are on a weak footing, his argument was that if appeased, Kumar would not have defected to the BJP camp. NEW DELHI: Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh Tuesday told CWC that the political landscape would have been different if Nitish…
Karnataka challenges high court order for SIT probe into KPSC job ‘scams’ | India News
HC had constituted an SIT to probe the recruitment of 50 industrial extension officers, which saw the daughter of the KPSC chairman being selected in the results declared on June 10. NEW DELHI: At a time when Congress is backing students’ agitation seeking transparency in public examinations and accountability from the authorities, the Karnataka government…
Not just CEC, PM Modi and Shah should also resign for ‘vote chori’, says CWC | India News
Referring to a meeting involving him, PM Modi and Shah, Rahul said the PM told him that after they lose, the Congress government will come in. NEW DELHI: Raising the stakes in the ongoing controversy over special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls, the Congress Working Committee on Tuesday demanded that PM Narendra Modi and…
Supreme Court to hear plea for CEC’s suspension, voiding SIR next week | India News
Petitioner Rakesh Kumar Singh alleged that about 14 decisions were taken in the EC’s name despite objections recorded by the two other election commissioners, S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear next week a petition filed against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, seeking his suspension and…
‘Bigger than the internet’: Trump officially renames AI as ‘super intelligence’
The executive order came after Trump hosted a high-level White House luncheon with leading technology executives, including SpaceX and Tesla chief Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing the federal government to replace the terms “Artificial…
As US cozies up to Pakistan, India warns it could impact ties | India News
India and the US had in Feb announced the finalisation of the framework for the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement. However, changes in the US tariff landscape have led to further negotiations on the agreement. NEW YOR/ NEW DELHI: Amid growing US-Pakistan bonhomie, external affairs minister S Jaishankar warned that a lack of…
Supreme Court imposes 10 lakh cost on UP government for illegal NSA detention | India News
Noting that the action was taken against him almost two months after the incident, despite the probe agency claiming to have video footage, the court said, ‘It defies reason as to why it took the agency to arrest the detenu 54 days after registration of the first FIR’. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh govt failed to…
India’s Kaveri engine clears trials in Russia, ready for integration with stealth UCAV ‘Ghatak’
The Kaveri engine, built by DRDO’s Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), has undergone trials at two Russian institutes — Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) and Gromov Flight Research Institute. NEW DELHI: In a big milestone for India’s homegrown engine, the DRDO-built Kaveri dry engine has cleared high-altitude and flight trials in Russia, paving the…

