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HC allows St Stephen’s College to hold interviews for minority seat admissions

July 28, 2023

The Delhi High Court has permitted St Stephen’s College to conduct interviews for granting admission to students under the minority quota, besides taking into consideration their common university entrance test scores. A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma similarly permitted Jesus and Mary College to hold interviews for...

Entity supplying rotten chana under PM POSHAN scheme can’t be allowed to continue: Delhi HC

July 28, 2023

The Delhi High Court has said an entity that provided rotten chana (chickpeas) to school children as part of dry ration kits under the PM-POSHAN Scheme during the Covid pandemic cannot be permitted to continue to supply food items as it brings a bad name to a noble cause initiated...

Cong bats for special Manipur Assembly session as Kuki-Zos seek separate administration

July 28, 2023

The Opposition Congress in Manipur has requested Governor Anusuiya Uikey to convene an emergency session of the assembly to discuss the “ongoing unprecedented turmoil” in the state. The assembly is the most appropriate forum to discuss the situation and get suggestions on how to restore peace in the state rocked...

Home Minister Shah to launch ‘En Mann, En Makkal’ Padayatra ahead of LS polls

July 28, 2023

The Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to launch a six-month-long padayatra ‘En Mann, En Makkal’ (My Land, My People) this evening as it seeks a decisive mandate ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election to install party leader Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the PM for...

PMLA accused can’t be sent to ED custody Balaji’s counsel tells SC

July 28, 2023

The Supreme Court on Thursday was told that an accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) upon being produced before a magistrate can’t be mandatorily remanded to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) upto 15 days and can only be sent to judicial custody. Senior advocate Kapil...

HC probe team recommends suspension, FIRS against Bengal bureaucrats for malpractice

July 28, 2023

An inquiry committee headed by a retired High Court Judge has recommended the suspension and filing of an FIR against three bureaucrats for tampering with ballot papers during the recently held Panchayat elections in West Bengal. This is the first time that bureaucrats have been named for allegedly aiding election...

Ajit a popular leader, will get opportunity to become CM: Praful Patel

July 28, 2023

The Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Rajya Sabha member Praful Patel on Thursday said Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is a popular and heavyweight leader and he will get an opportunity to become the Chief Minister. Asked about such speculation, Praful Patel, who supports Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)...

Red alert stays on as rains batter Mumbai

July 28, 2023

Thursday was yet another day of heavy rains with triple digit rainfall causing many low-lying areas in Mumbai and other parts of MMR (Mumbai Metropolitan Region) to go down under water. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) upgraded the city from an orange to a red alert as rains continue to...

BJP protests near Home Minister’s residence

July 28, 2023

The BJP on Thursday staged a demonstration near Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara’s residence alleging the Congress government was supporting “terrorists” and siding with the accused girls in the Udupi washroom video case. Party activists also staged protests in several parts of Karnataka including the coastal district headquarters town...

History of international Tiger Day

July 28, 2023

International Tiger Day was first celebrated in 2010 after it was found that 97% of all wild tigers had disappeared in the last century, with about only 3,000 of them remaining. It is not news that tigers are on the brink of extinction and International World Tiger Day aims to...

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