NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday set aside Delhi high court order which suspended the jail sentence and granted bail to former BJP MLA Kuldip Singh Sengar, convicted of raping an alleged minor in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, and asked HC to hear the politician’s bail plea afresh during pendency of his appeal against conviction.Sengar’s…
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire by 45 days after two days of talks in Washington, offering a temporary diplomatic breakthrough in a conflict that has continued to claim lives despite the truce. The extension, announced by the US State Department on Friday, will keep the cessation of hostilities in place beyond…
NEW DELHI: Consumer protection regulator CCPA has imposed penalties of Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 lakh on Motion Education Pvt Ltd and Career Line Coaching (CLC), Sikar, respectively, for publishing misleading advertisements about JEE and NEET results, and unfair trade practices.In a statement, Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) said the advertisements published by the…
NEW DELHI/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: CBI on Fr-iday said it had arrested a retired chemistry professor, who it identified as a key accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, in Latur.PV Kulkarni, who spent over three decades in academia, was associated with National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of the panel that set the question paper….
El Nino’s shadow over this year’s monsoon in India may have just got longer. Latest forecasts from international agencies suggest El Nino could be just weeks away, setting in earlier than expected. It’s now likely that the weather condition will prevail during most of the four-month monsoon period as opposed to previous expectations that it’ll…
NEW DELHI: Seeking a unified, global approach in the fight against narcotics and narco-terror, Home minister Amit Shah Friday said India has chalked out a roadmap to eradicate drug cartels and make itself drug-free by 2047, such that not a single gram of drugs can enter the country or transit through its land or sea…
Govt, in an affidavit, said the issue is not what the appointment process should be, but whether SC can examine Parliament’s chosen mechanism at all NEW DELHI: Justifying the decision to drop the CJI from the appointment panel for the chief election commissioner and election commissioners (ECs), Centre has told Supreme Court that the Constitution…
NEW DELHI: India’s crude security is all set to get a boost with its reserve likely to increase by nearly 70% from 5.3 million tonnes, as the UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has agreed to ramp up crude oil storage to as much as 30 million barrels.Officials said the UAE already has leased…
A shocking discovery in Florida’s Everglades has once again highlighted the growing threat posed by invasive Burmese pythons in the region. Snake hunter Kevin Pavlidis recently uncovered two neighbouring nests containing around 120 Burmese python eggs in total, according to videos and reports shared online. The discovery quickly went viral, with many viewers expressing alarm…
India and the UAE sought to boost their energy, defence shipping and technology ties signing 6 MoUs and announcing investments worth $ 5 billion from the Arab nation into India, as PM Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a brief stopover in Abu Dhabi on his way to…