Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Drawing a distinction between using abuse language and the offence of obscenity, Supreme Court has said that use of mere swear words, profanities and vulgar expletives, however distasteful or uncivil they may be, cannot be equated with obscenity and is not an offence. It set aside conviction under Section 294 for a person who had...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: In a boost for BJP-led NDA’s ranks in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla on Saturday recognised the six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs’ decision to join Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, even as he is yet to take a final call on the merger of 20 rebel TMC MPs with little-known Nationalist Citizens Party of...

Spread the love       SRIHARIKOTA: A sudden hold in the final five minutes of the countdown briefly froze the celebration waiting to erupt at Sriharikota. Then, after a tense 35-minute delay and a restart of the launch sequence, Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 roared off the first launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 12.05 pm Saturday, becoming India’s first privately...

Spread the love       Move Seen As Part Of Govt’s Outreach To Oppn For Delimit Bill Support NEW DELHI: A day after a parliamentary committee abruptly deferred the adoption of its report on a contentious anti-graft bill, another parliamentary panel, which is examining govt’s proposed law to replace multiple higher education regulators with one umbrella body, has called off a meeting...

Spread the love       India was among the 67 countries that participated in a ministerial meeting hosted by the US against far-left extremism and political terrorism. Indian ambassador Vinay Kwatra joined the meeting that saw US secretary of state Marco Rubio calling upon participating countries to unite against left-wing terrorism while claiming that the threat from jihadist terrorism has severely diminished.Kwatra...

Spread the love       From the age of 13, Rahul won top honours at the India International Science Festival for three consecutive years with innovations including a roti-making machine, a battery-powered bicycle and an eco-friendly tractor. LUCKNOW: Police sent the smartphone belonging to young scientist Rahul Singh for forensic examination to recover crucial digital evidence related to circumstances leading to his...

Spread the love       SRINAGAR: School holidays in Kashmir have been extended by three days and Amarnath yatra suspended following forecast of an adverse weather spell from July 20 to July 23, even as mercury continued to rise across the region on Saturday, with Srinagar recording a maximum temperature of 35.9 degree.“It was a severe heat day in Kashmir today,” said...

Spread the love       Union home minister Amit Shah at BSF’s Jumagach Border Outpost in Siliguri corridor on Saturday Kolkata/Siliguri: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the govt is committed to making the country’s borders impregnable through the concept of “smart borders” and announced that the project to fortify India’s borders with a quadrangular security grid will first be...

Spread the love       JAMMU: Army troops opened fire after noticing a suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir on Friday night.“The small arms firing was reported from the Tarkundi forward area around 10 pm on Friday and continued for nearly one-and-a-half hours. However, there were no reports of any casualties,” officials...

Spread the love       Shamsul Huda Khan Lucknow: The Sant Kabir Nagar police has filed a chargesheet against British citizen Shamsul Huda Khan and his son Tausif Raza Khan, alleging that they collected donations for an unregistered madrassa through NRI contributors, and diverted a part of the funds for personal use.The accused also concealed the patron’s British nationality and violated provisions...