Spread the love NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday invoked its special powers and quashed all FIRs registered against student protesters in different parts of the country during the NEET paper leak protests.The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana said the order had been passed in view of the peculiar facts...
‘Keeping future of students in mind’: Nadda after quashing of FIRs against NEET protesters
Spread the love JP Nadda on Tuesday said the Centre is fulfilling its assurance to withdraw cases NEW DELHI: Union minister JP Nadda on Tuesday said the Centre is fulfilling its assurance to withdraw cases registered against students who participated in the protests, while welcoming the decision to call off the protest scheduled for September 5.“Keeping the students’ future in...
New Jersey woman paid $40,000 for land; town now wants it for 340 homes
Spread the love Image credit: WHYY In South Jersey’s Middle Township, a war goes on. The township has filed an eminent domain condemnation complaint that seeks to acquire 2.4 acres of land in Whitesboro for a large-scale housing development project. But the woman who owns the property, Dawn Robinson, does not want to give it up, according to a report...
India’s GDP grows 7.8% in Q1: Factors powering the economy despite global turmoil
Spread the love India’s GDP grows 7.8% in Q1 War next door. Markets on edge. Commodity prices swinging. Yet India’s growth engine continues to run strong, clocking a 7.8% GDP growth for the April-June quarter.The Q1 numbers for the financial year 2026-2027 are particularly significant as they beat expectations and comfortably exceeded the Reserve Bank of India’s 7% projection for...
OBC creamy layer: SC agrees to hear Centre’s plea against income-only criteria
Spread the love SC agrees to hear Centre’s plea on OBC creamy layer ruling NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Centre’s plea challenging the retrospective application of its ruling that parents’ income cannot be the sole criterion for determining the creamy layer among Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates.Also read: Govt seeks 2 years to frame...
‘He killed her, then went back to sleep’: Calm of Hyderabad nurse’s killer baffles cops
Spread the love A bike mechanic was arrested for raping and strangling a nurse in Pahadishareef HYDERABAD: A bike mechanic accused of raping and strangling a nurse in Pahadishareef area in Hyderabad allegedly returned to the garage where he worked and went to sleep soon after committing the crime, police said on Monday, even as investigators said he had entered...
Pakistan cricket in chaos: Misbah resigns as PCB selector amid Test squad shake-up
Spread the love Misbah ul Haq (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has offered his resignation from the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) national selection committee, adding another dramatic twist to the turmoil surrounding the Test side after a sweeping overhaul of the squad and coaching staff.According to Geo News, sources close to Misbah said the former cricketer had...
Mamata Banerjee’s niece found dead at Birbhum house; cops suspect suicide
Spread the love Bristi Mukherjee, niece of Mamata Banerjee, was found dead at her Birbhum home KOLKATA: Bristy Mukherjee, the niece of Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, was found dead at her house in Birbhum on Tuesday, police said.Mukherjee was found hanging at her home, and the death is being treated as a...
To keep himself in focus, Pak PM Sharif crops out world leaders from SCO summit photo
Spread the love The edited framing keeps Sharif at the centre alongside several prominent leaders Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Office on Tuesday shared a photo from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit cropping out several world leaders while putting Sharif in the centre of the image.The original family photograph, taken before a session of the 26th SCO Summit in...
A hidden eight-note alphabet makes up every bird song in the world
Spread the love From the musical whistles of a red-whiskered bulbul to the mechanical whirr of a barn swallow song, there is an incredible diversity to avian music. But according to a new study by researchers from France and the U.S., this vast diversity comes from just eight building blocks. Researchers analysed more than one lakh song recordings from more than...
