Spread the love       Supreme Court seeks reconciliation between estranged couple as it hears woman’s plea to terminate over six-month pregnancy, opposed by her husband NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday found itself in a predicament on an abortion plea of a woman who sought its approval for termination of her over-six-month pregnancy over the discord with her husband, who opposed the...

Spread the love       PM Modi says clean energy investments cushioned India against West Asia crisis, sets 500GW target by 2030 NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi said India’s economic growth has remained high despite the West Asia crisis, whose impact would have been far more serious if the country had not invested in clean energy over the past decade.Commending India’s progress...

Spread the love       Union home minister Amit Shah met senior NCP leaders at his residence amid growing concerns over internal differences in the party following Ajit Pawar’s death NEW DELHI/MUMBAI/PUNE: With BJP concerned over organisational discord within NCP, home minister Amit Shah late Sunday met senior functionaries believed to be unhappy with party president Sunetra Pawar and her son Parth,...

Spread the love       What began as an ambitious conservation experiment in one of Australia’s most isolated landscapes has grown into a remarkable wildlife recovery effort. Nearly a decade after moving to a remote station in north-western New South Wales, ecologists Rebecca West and Reece Pedler are witnessing the return of native mammals that had disappeared from the region for morqe...

Spread the love       SC refuses urgent hearing on plea against steep rise in domestic airfares ahead of Diwali NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday refused to urgently list a plea against steep rise in domestic air fares during Diwali season and seeking a direction to Centre to frame a mechanism to cap air fares on domestic routes during festival periods.The issue...

Spread the love       SC allows green crackers in Delhi-NCR on November 7 and 8 during specified hours NEW DELHI: Holding that Deepawali has a religious, social, psychological and emotional significance for people, Supreme Court on Monday kept the window open for bursting of green firecrackers on Nov 7 and 8 between 6am and 7am, and between 8pm and 10pm.The court...

Spread the love       SC clears trial of eight accused of siphoning Rs 2.7 crore in Ayodhya Ram temple donations NEW DELHI: Five months after news broke of pilferage of donations at Ayodhya Ram temple, Supreme Court cleared trial of eight people, who figure in the chargesheet filed by the SIT for allegedly siphoning Rs 2.7 crore. It also gave the...

Spread the love       Sitharaman calls for an amicable resolution to the Tata Trusts-Tata Sons dispute, saying the conglomerate is critical to the Indian economy and should return to normal functioning MUMBAI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday the dispute between Tata Trusts and Tata Sons should be resolved amicably, describing the salt-to-software conglomerate as a critical component of the...

Spread the love       Three former AAP MLAs from Punjab join BJP a day after resigning, citing concerns over rising crime, drugs and gangsterism in the poll-bound state NEW DELHI: A day after resigning as MLAs in Punjab, three AAP members joined BJP here on Monday, giving a boost to the saffron outfit in the poll-bound state.BJP is making an all-out...

Spread the love       Darius Khambata to exit two Tata Trusts on Nov 8, citing growing rift between Noel Tata and N Chandrasekaran. MUMBAI: Darius Khambata, one of Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata’s closest allies, will leave the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) when his term ends on Nov 8. In a four-page letter dated...