Category: Events

SC flags private access to sensitive PF, I-T data, asks Centre to prevent misuse by firms NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday expressed concern about a commercial technological ecosystem which allegedly accesses, retrieves and verifies sensitive individual information on provident fund and income tax returns and told the Centre about the desirability of devising an antidote...

Mizo woman challenges marriage law in SC, calls it ‘misogynistic and pro-Mizo men’ NEW DELHI: Entrepreneur and Congress functionary Meriam L Hrangchal Monday challenged the constitutional validity of Mizo Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance of Property Act, 2014, which was enacted by Congress govt headed by Lal Thanhawla, terming it “misogynistic and pro-Mizo men”.Hrangchal, daughter of...

Ahead of Putin’s India visit, Jaishankar delivers PM Modi’s message as Russia assures continued fertiliser supplies NEW DELHI: Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India next month, external affairs minister S Jaishankar called on the President and handed over a personal message from PM Narendra Modi to him. Putin committed to continuing fertiliser...

Jim and Nancy Carpenter bought 215 acres to save the land from development and turn it into a nature preserve. (Photo: IBJ) For years, Wolf Run Golf Club in Zionsville, Indiana, was known for its challenging fairways, water features, bunkers and rolling landscape. Today, many of those same fairways have disappeared beneath grasses and vegetation,...

SC to decide on Tejpal’s plea against surrender after 10-year rape conviction NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday said it would pass order on former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal‘s plea seeking exemption from surrender after Bombay High Court convicted and sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment in a 2013 rape case, with Goa govt opposing...

Census 2027 drops separate ‘beggars and vagrants’ category, adds natural calamities as migration reason NEW DELHI: In a departure from previous exercises, Census 2027 will not record data on begging separately, with the questionnaire having omitted the category ‘beggars and vagrants etc’ from the list of ‘non-economic activity’. This, as per sources, is due to...

NIA searches five states in cyberterror case over attempted DDoS attacks on govt websites during Operation Sindoor NEW DELHI: NIA conducted searches at five locations in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Bihar and Delhi Monday in connection with attempted distributed denial of service attacks against govt websites during Operation Sindoor. The accused in the Gujarat cyber terrorism...

Visa crackdown widens as Trump administration targets visitors seeking to remain in US through asylum claims The Donald Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of as many as 2,00,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum in the United States, in what could become the largest single...

Spike in Turkish military flights to Pakistan raises concerns over possible weapons transfers NEW DELHI: An unusual increase in Turkish military transport flights to Pakistan in the last few days has raised hackles in Indian defence circles.Open-source flight trackers noted a 60-hour surge of Turkish military transport flights, including Turkish C-130 Hercules and A400M aircraft...

INS Sudarshini arrives in Lisbon, strengthens India-Portugal naval ties during Lokayan 26 expedition The port call of the Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini at Lisbon as part of the Lokayan 26 transoceanic expedition will further strengthen the India-Portugal naval partnership.The defence ministry, in a statement said, the port call will see the ship’s...