Recent Views 27 SC disagreed with the suggestion that the recognition of all six stanzas was not in concord with a ‘secular’ Constitution. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the legality of penal consequences if a person does not sing the national song due to religious beliefs or conscientious objection, but declined…
Recent Views 20 Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu NEW DELHI: Govt is weighing the pros and cons of allowing airport operators such as Adani Group, which operates Mumbai Airport, to run an airline, although no decision has been taken yet. The Delhi and Mumbai airports went the PPP way in 2006 and their…
Recent Views 21 If this is not extortion, then what is it, says SC on allowing retailers to overprice drugs NEW DELHI: Expressing shock over patients and their families being fleeced by pharma companies and retail medicine sellers, Supreme Court on Tuesday said the exorbitant prices charged was nothing but “dacoity” in broad daylight and…
Recent Views 23 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah speaks in the assembly during the autumn session, in Srinagar on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) SRINAGAR: J&K govt has pulled 4,249 books from public, school and college libraries, and sent another 1,752 titles for “expert examination” after screening more than 21.8 lakh books for “objectionable content”…
Recent Views 18 Indian Navy plans to procure six LCU Mk V vessels to boost amphibious, logistics and HADR capabilities. NEW DELHI: To strengthen its amphibious operations, logistics and HADR capabilities, the Indian Navy is planning to procure six landing craft utility (LCU) MK V from Indian shipyards as it has issued a request for…
Recent Views 25 Anahat Singh carries India’s gold medal hopes in squash at the 2026 Asian Games. (ANI) New Delhi: For the first time in 24 years, Saurav Ghosal will watch an Asian Games from the sidelines. The former India No. 1, whose first appearance in the continental event came in Busan 2002, stepped away…
Recent Views 24 Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance have been negotiating with MHA over Ladakh’s autonomy since 2023. Srinagar: Two days ahead of the first anniversary of four deaths in alleged police firing on protesters in Leh demanding Sixth Schedule status and statehood on Sept 24 last year, Ladakh authorities promised Tuesday a…
Recent Views 29 The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs staged a walkout from the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday in protest against the remarks by ruling National Conference (NC) MLAs over the holiday declared on the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh. SRINAGAR: The birth anniversaries of J&K’s last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari…
Recent Views 34 Photo credit: Trip Advisor Wisconsin officials were set to demolish an 1897 jail museum for about $259,000, but a last-minute preservation push changed the timeline. After a lengthy public session in Neillsville, the Clark County Board voted 26 to 1 to delay the demolition decision for three months, giving preservation advocates more…
Recent Views 28 Naorem Roshibina Devi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Naorem Roshibina Devi has already established herself as one of India’s most consistent wushu performers at the Asian Games. On Tuesday, the Manipuri athlete added another chapter to that record, assuring herself of a third successive continental medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.Roshibina defeated Macao, China’s…
