Photo credit: PTI UNITED NATIONS: India has asserted that any reform of the United Nations Security Council not accompanied by expansion in the permanent category with veto would perpetuate existing imbalance and inequities in the UN organ.Addressing the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) meeting on Security Council reforms on Tuesday, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador…
NEW DELHI: The special session of Parliament on Thursday is set for a heated debate as three key bills — the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Delimitation Bill, 2026, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, including a proposal to implement women’s reservation from the 2029 Lok Sabha elections and…
File photo: PM Modi (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wrote about women’s empowerment on social media ahead of the special session of Parliament.In a post on X, the Prime Minister said the country is set to take a “historic step” in empowering women as lawmakers prepare to discuss an…
Enforcement Directorate late Wednesday arrested Amitabh Jhunjhunwala in Mumbai in an ongoing money laundering investigation against entities of the Anil Ambani group, including Reliance Home Finance and Reliance Commercial Finance. ED produced Jhunjhunwala before a special court and sought his remand. Jhunjhunwala had served as the vice-chairman of Reliance Capital Ltd that held these entities.ED…
NEW DELHI: A cleric has been arrested in the Amroha triple talaq and halala case nearly three months after the matter first came into focus, with the survivor alleging that he facilitated a Feb 2025 nikah using a fake document that led to her gang rape under the pretext of halala. The woman, who said…
NEW DELHI: Noting that it is the honour which is the most important thing for a defence personnel, Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that a septuagenarian former Indian Air Force pilot, who had to face an ignominious exit from the service 33 years back, be now given a farewell with honour as his dismissal was…
NEW DELHI: Noting that it is the honour which is the most important thing for a defence personnel, Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that a septuagenarian former Indian Air Force pilot, who had to face an ignominious exit from the service 33 years back, be now given a farewell with honour as his dismissal was…
NEW DELHI: The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on Wednesday asked a nine-judge bench of SC hearing the Sabarimala reference if despite the Constitution’s making every religious denomination subject to ‘public order, health and morality’ and nudity in public being an offence, can courts ban public appearance of naked sadhus of Jainism’s Digambar sect?This query from…
NEW DELHI: “The most difficult part for a constitutional court is to give a ruling whether a centuries-old belief of millions of devotees is right or wrong,” said CJI Surya Kant on Wednesday as the nine-judge constitution bench under him continued hearings on whether the court can be arbiter on faith-related matters, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.Justice…