7 of 25 high courts without CJs, collegium recommends names for just four

Spread the love       The collegium is yet to decide on selecting judges for appointment as regular CJs to HCs of Rajasthan, J&K and Madhya Pradesh, which are manned by acting CJs NEW DELHI: At a time when seven of the country’s 25 high courts are without regular chief justices, the Supreme Court collegium, headed by CJI Surya Kant, recommended the...

Recent rain has little impact on national monsoon deficit

Spread the love       IMD, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards NEW DELHI: Good rains in the past one week over Delhi, Haryana and east Rajasthan helped offset the shortfall in these areas, but they did not reduce the overall country-wide monsoon deficit by much. In this period, India’s...

Search ops involving Indian Navy for 3 missing fishermen continue in Kerala

Spread the love       INS Kalpeni sailed from Kochi on Saturday night to join the search operation and anchored one nautical mile off Neendakara on Sunday morning (Representative image) NEW DELHI: A search operation involving the Indian Navy for three fishermen who went missing following separate boat mishaps off Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram coasts will continue on Monday, a defence spokesperson has...

Op Sindoor showed India will go to any extent to protect its citizens: Defence min

Spread the love       Drawing a parallel with Sindoor Maharaktadan Yatra, Rajnath asserted that while Op Sindoor showcased courage, the mega blood donation camp represents compassion NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that “Operation Sindoor demonstrated the unmatched valour of our defence forces who sent a global message that India will go to any extent to ensure the...

Indian, US navies kick off 5-day specialised diving, EOD exercise in Kochi

Spread the love       Indian and US navies have been conducting joint salvage and EOD exercises since 2005. The forthcoming engagement marks the 8th edition of the specialised bilateral training exercise NEW DELHI: Indian and US navies will conduct a five-day exercise on explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi from August 10 to 14.‘Indian Navy–US Navy...

Hyderabad’s NALSAR students oppose CJI Surya Kant as convocation chief guest

Spread the love       students cited the CJI’s reported remarks during Delhi protest hearing, including his response: “We are not interested in videos; we don’t have time to watch.” HYDERABAD: A section of students at the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad, has urged the university to reconsider inviting Chief Justice of India Surya Kant as chief guest...

Gujarat horror: PG girl raped on terrace; guard arrested

Spread the love       A security guard allegedly raped a 22-year-old student on a society terrace late Saturday AHMEDABAD: A security guard allegedly restrained a 22-year-old student using a wire around her neck and raped her on the terrace of a society in Jodhpur late on Saturday night.Anandnagar police said the accused, Dharm Singh, 27, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi...

‘Girls enjoy rape’: Kerala right-winger TG Mohandas detained for Jantar Mantar remarks

Spread the love       In the video, Mohandas allegedly said the protest by students in Delhi could lead to incidents of gang rape and claimed there would be no complaints because at protest there were girls who “enjoy being raped” KOCHI: A team from Thiruvananthapuram Cyber Police Station on Sunday evening took right-wing political commentator TG Mohandas into custody from his...

Police search 26 locations tied to banned Jamaat-e-Islami J&K

Spread the love       Sopore Police conducts searches at 26 locations in UAPA case against Jamaat-e-Islami SRINAGAR: Police searched 26 locations across Sopore in north Kashmir on Sunday in a coordinated crackdown on banned Jamaat-e-Islami J&K, seizing documents, literature and electronic devices as part of a probe into its alleged links to terrorist outfits and youth radicalisation.The search targeted residential and...

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