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Supreme Court transfers Gyanvapi case to Varanasi district judge

21 May 2022

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the transfer of the Gyanvapi mosque case from the civil judge to the district judge of Varanasi. A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, Surya Kant and P.S. Narasimha ordered that a “senior and experienced” judicial officer of Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Service should examine...

India asks China to respect its territorial integrity

21 May 2022

Amid reports of a second bridge being constructed across Pangong Lake by China, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said this bridge was in areas that continued to be under illegal occupation of China since 1960. “We have never accepted such illegal occupation of our territory, nor have...

WE HAVE TO PROTECT INDIA FROM DYNASTIC POLITICS: PM MODI

21 May 2022

In his virtual address to the BJP’s brainstorming session in Jaipur on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the ecosystem of political parties engaging in polarisation politics. Addressing the BJP national office-bearers in Jaipur ahead of the upcoming elections in six states—Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh—PM...

INVESTORS LOSE RS 7 LAKH CR AS SENSEX CRASHES

20 May 2022

The Indian stock markets’ key indices, Sensex and Nifty, tumbled by more than 2.5% on Thursday tracking the meltdown in the global equities on fears of a recession in the world economy due to the prolonged Russia-Ukraine conflict. The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex tumbled 1,416.30 points or 2.61% to...

SC sends Sidhu to jail for a year in 1988 case

20 May 2022

In a major setback, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has been sentenced to one year imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a road rage case that is three decades old. The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the review application on the sentence against Sidhu, saying, “We have allowed review application...

INDIA RAISES UKRAINE ISSUE AT BRICS MEETING, SEEKS END TO HOSTILITIES

20 May 2022

As China’s President Xi Jinping in his video address at the opening session of BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Thursday underlined the need for “opposing hegemonism and power politics, and respecting each other’s sovereignty”, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, in what was seen as a message to China, said: “BRICS...

Hardik Patel discovers Congress is ‘not serious enough’, resigns

19 May 2022

The writing was on the wall, but few in the Congress could see it coming. It should have been clear from Hardik Patel deciding to skip the recently concluded Chintan Shivir held in Udaipar, a few hours’ drive from Gujarat. However, nobody made the effort to bring the popular youth...

Supreme Court orders release of Rajiv Gandhi case convict

19 May 2022

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan, one of the prime accused and convicts in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 31 years ago, while invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution. Perarivalan was out on bail granted by the top...

AT BRICS MEET INDIA TO FOCUS ON ENDING WAR IN UKRAINE

19 May 2022

As the world continues to grapple with the economic and geopolitical repercussions of the Ukraine conflict, China will host the BRICS—Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa—Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Thursday in the virtual format. The meeting will give all the Foreign Ministers of the BRICS the much-needed opportunity to hold...

Wheat consignments awaiting customs clearance can be exported: Govt

18 May 2022

The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday said that wheat consignments that have been examined by the customs authorities and registered on their system on or before 13 May would be allowed to be exported from India. The development came even as US Ambassador to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield...

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