Amid reports of students and teachers being harassed and not being allowed to enter campuses wearing hijabs and burqas, citing a court order, the Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to see to it that its interim order is not violated.The Karnataka HC had last week said that until it decides on whether…Continue Reading

The Koraput Police has advised people to maintain caution and not to venture near the areas sporting Maoist posters. The warning comes close on the heels of intelligence inputs about increasing Maoist activities in the Red belt of Odisha ahead of the elections to the three-tier Panchayati Raj institutions.SP, Koraput Varun Guntapalli on Sunday advised…Continue Reading

‘Don’t destroy own property’: Railway minister on violence by job aspirants

Vaishnaw’s comments came after violent protests by job aspirants erupted in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh Topics Indian Railway Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday urged job aspirants not to destroy public property and assured them that their grievances would be resolved as candidates went on a rampage over alleged irregularities in a recruitment exam…Continue Reading

Don’t Deny Covid Compensation Claim On Technical Grounds, SC To States

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said no compensation claim filed by family members of Covid-19 victims can be rejected by state governments on technical grounds.A bench comprising Justice M.R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna said that claimants, who have applied for Covid compensation, should be given a chance to rectify their applications. It further added that…Continue Reading

Don’t trust CBI ‘selectively’, Union Minister urges states

Union Minister of State for Personnel, Dr Jitendra Singh, on Sunday said that the Narendra Modi government is committed to uphold, preserve and strengthen the independence and autonomy of the CBI and all other investigating institutions.Presiding over the Investiture Ceremony for recipients of the police medal for meritorious services at the CBI headquarters, he said…Continue Reading

No plan to ban NSO group, don’t know whether it has been blacklisted in US: Centre to Parliament

The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology informed the Parliament on Friday that it had no information on whether the United States has blacklisted the NSO group, which has been at the centre of a global controversy over the alleged misuse of its Pegasus spyware to tap phones of journalists, activists, and politicians. There…Continue Reading

Coordinate, but don’t step on states’ toes: Amit Shah to IPS probationers

The police need to coordinate at the national level to fight serious crime but without interfering with the rights of states, Home Minister Amit Shah said Friday. “There is a need for coordination at the national level without interfering with the rights of the States and respecting the spirit of the Constitution to prevent crimes…Continue Reading

In a stern advisory, Indian government has told public on Friday that don’t subscribe to the satellite-based internet services of Starlink till it gets a licence in the country.    Starlink, which is a satellite broadband arm of Elon Musk-led SpaceX, is advertising about its services.    Starlink has been directed by the Department of…Continue Reading

Don’t want players to be harassed, give clean chit to Manika: HC tells TTFI

Manika Batra (Getty Images file photo)NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Monday said that it does not want any player to be unnecessarily harassed and asked the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) to give a clean chit to the country’s star paddler Manika Batra who has made a complaint against the national sports body.…Continue Reading