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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Coming down heavily on Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers for targeting Hindu families and their women for supporting BJP during the 2021 assembly elections in alleged complicity with West Bengal police, Supreme Court has cancelled the bail granted to six TMC workers and said such incidents were "grave attacks on the roots of democracy".It allowed an appeal against Calcutta HC's orders granting bail to Sekh Jamir Hossain, Sekh Nurai, Sekh Ashraf, Sekh Karibul and Jayanta Done.'Cancellation of bail requires a higher threshold than grant of bail' A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said, "The concerted attack on the (Hindu) complainant's house was launched on the day of election results with the sole objective of wreaking vengeance because he had supported the saffron party. "This is a grave circumstance which convinces us that the […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Conceding the longstanding demands of Ladakhi people for safeguarding their economic rights as well as cultural and linguistic identity, the Centre on Tuesday introduced new reservation and domicile policy for the Union Territory, guaranteeing 85% quota to locals in jobs while also reserving one-third seats for women in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils.English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhoti and Purgi languages were notified as official languages of Ladakh, with new regulation also requiring boosting institutional mechanisms for promoting native languages like Shina (Dardic), Brokskat (Dardic), Balti and Ladakhi.Ladakh Autonomous Council to reserve 33% of seats for women Centre's move seeks to assuage the sentiments of Ladakh's native population that had been demanding constitutional safeguards to protect their language, culture and land after the special status of the erstwhile state of J&K, which included Ladakh, under Article 370 was […]

[ad_1] BENGALURU: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of India and three other members of Axiom-4 mission's multinational crew will launch for International Space Station on June 10 at 5.52pm IST, two days later than the originally planned June 8 lift-off.Axiom Space announced the revised schedule Tuesday, citing no reason for the delay. The mission, led by veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, will launch from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex in Florida.Shukla addressed the world in a stirring final message, combining gratitude, science, and India's cultural pride. "Even stars are attainable," he said. "The last few months have been nothing short of extraordinary - of discovery and unshakable resolve. From diverse systems to advanced platforms, across continents and cultures. This training has been intense but deeply rewarding."Carrying not just scientific equipment but "the hopes and dreams of a billion hearts", Shukla will conduct […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In a reform that promises to fix the delays in updating of voter turnout figures on poll day - a grouse often raised by Congress to question the electoral processes and EC itself - the poll panel Tuesday said it shall replace the manual reporting methods with a streamlined, technology-driven system that will provide timely updates to the public on approximate poll percentage trends."This new process significantly reduces time lag associated with earlier manual reporting methods. The initiative aligns with EC's commitment to ensure timely public communication, which has often been underlined by CEC Gyanesh Kumar," EC said in a statement Tuesday. The faster voter turnout update system shall kick off with upcoming Bihar assembly poll.Reiterating its commitment to keep the public informed and ensure faster updation of approximate voter turnout trends, the poll panel explained that […]

[ad_1] GUWAHATI: At least eight more deaths due to rain-triggered floods and landslides were reported Tuesday in Northeast, taking the toll in the past five days to 44.In Assam, one death each occurred in Hailakandi, Sribhumi, Morigaon, Cachar, Sonitpur and Tinsukia districts. One person died in Manipur, while a labourer perished in a wall collapse in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district.The situation in Assam further deteriorated, with the number of flood-hit people rising from 5.15 lakh on Monday to over 6.33 lakh on Tuesday. Twenty-one of Assam's 35 districts are affected. IMD forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in isolated areas of Assam, heavy rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura on Wednesday. Brahmaputra overshot danger levels in Tezpur Tuesday, as did its tributaries Burhidihing and Kopili. tnn [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav NEW DELHI: Lalu Prasad as the then railway minister exerted excessive pressure on ministry officials to clear the applications of Group-D job applicants who gifted land parcels or sold them at dirt cheap rates to him and his family in exchange for railway jobs, CBI told a Delhi court Monday.CBI has named 102 people as accused in the land-for-railway-jobs scam. Lalu's family acquired over 1 lakh sqft of land for just Rs 26 lakh against Rs 4.39 crore circle rate of the property, it alleged.The agency stressed the fact that multiple applications were cleared the same day while there was no advertisement for the vacancies. "Look at the speed. It is such a tedious process... How can so many applications in bulk be decided instantly? No justification was given to hire substitutes," special public […]

[ad_1] Virat Kohli (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: At long last, after 18 years of waiting, it’s celebration time for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). A match-winning spell from Krunal Pandya, combined with a disciplined pace attack by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, and Yash Dayal, sealed RCB’s maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title with a thrilling six-run victory over Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.For Punjab Kings, the title drought continues. Despite a remarkable season under the astute leadership of Shreyas Iyer and coach Ricky Ponting, PBKS fell agonisingly short in their first final appearance in 11 years.But on this historic night, it was RCB skipper Rajat Patidar who lifted the trophy—marking a defining moment not just for the franchise but also for Virat Kohli, who finally got his hands on the elusive IPL crown after 18 loyal […]

[ad_1] Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma After 18 long years of near misses and heartbreaks, Virat Kohli finally led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their first-ever Indian Premier League title, sealing a tense six-run victory over Punjab Kings in a pulsating final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday night. As the last ball was bowled and victory was confirmed, Kohli’s emotions overflowed. Tears streamed down his face as he embraced his wife Anushka Sharma in the stands — a poignant moment capturing the weight of years of dedication, sacrifice and unwavering loyalty to the Bangalore franchise. “This win is as much for the fans as it is for the team,” Kohli said in a heartfelt post-match interview. “It’s been 18 long years. I’ve given this team my youth, prime and experience. I’ve tried to win it every season, gave it […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: If you have been baffled by how and why railway tickets in certain trains disappear within minutes of the booking window opening even 60 days before the scheduled journey, IRCTC has detected those behind creating this artificial crisis. Only in the past five months, it detected 2.9 lakh suspicious PNRs while analysing ticket purchases done within just five minutes after booking commenced for both general and Tatkal tickets.Top railway officials said between Janand May, they have deactivated 2.5 crore suspected user IDs for booking tickets and put 20 lakh user IDs under revalidation as a part of a special drive. "A total of 134 complaints have been registered with the national cyber crime portal and over 6,800 disposal email domains have been blocked. This drive will be intensified further," said an official.Disposable email addressing refers to an […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The health ministry has issued orders prohibiting medical representatives from entering the premises of Centre-run hospitals. The order, issued by Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Sunita Sharma, calls for strict directions to officials in the matter. "Medical representatives may be requested to share recent advances regarding any treatment, investigation or procedure by email or other digital media," the order states.Vinay Aggarwal, past national president of the Indian Medical Association, said the entry of medical representatives should be regulated and not banned. "If some medical representatives adopted illegal means such as gifting to sell their products they should be acted upon, but I don't think it is wise to ban their entry altogether for simply talking about the products," he said.Pharmaceutical and medical device companies spend a lot of money on marketing their products. It has often […]