In a setback to Manish Sisodia, who resigned from his post as deputy chief minister, and his party, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed his petition seeking either quashing of the FIR in the liquor policy case or grant of bail, and said he must move the trial court or Delhi high court seeking the twin reliefs.
Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang Tuesday confirmed his participation in the G20 meeting on March 2 but Japan, one of India's key partners in the Indo-Pacific, will likely be represented by a junior minister. In the meantime, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov was among the first to arrive as he landed here Tuesday night while United States secretary of state Antony Blinken will arrive on Wednesday.
India is likely to experience heat waves between March and May, especially in the key wheat producing central and northern states, the weather office said on Tuesday, as the country recorded its highest ever maximum temperature in February. A heat-wave for the second straight year could dent production of wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas, and complicate governments efforts to bring down food inflation.
Following the G20 meeting of the finance ministers, which ended without a joint communique because of differences between G7 and Russia and China, Russia "noted" what it described as India's constructive role in the negotiations. In an official statement, the Russian foreign ministry said the Indian presidency strove for a fair consideration of interests and positions of all countries.
Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia's arrest in the alleged excise policy scam - though widely speculated by many, including chief minister Arvind Kejriwal - has come as a big jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party. Handling 18 of the 33 government departments, Sisodia was not only literally carrying the entire government on his shoulders, but his able handling of the dispensation had also given the chief minister a leverage to focus on the expansion of the party beyond Delhi and Punjab.
US treasury secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday said friendshoring with “trusted trading partners” is making progress, with investments by Apple and Google in phone manufacturing in India being the result of the initiative. The treasury secretary, who met Indian and American IT company CEOs here, expressed her keenness to deepen ties in the technology sector and said more investments will flow into India through the ‘Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment’ (PGII).
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday that he was disturbed by incidents of students from marginalised communities taking their lives in top institutions like the IITs and national law universities, and that there was a pattern in Dalit and Adivasi students dying by suicide that should be questioned.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said the Congress should be absolutely clear in its ideological stance in favour of an inclusive India and pointed out that party could have been more vocal on issues such as the Bilkis Bano outrage and murder in the name of cow vigilantism.
Terming the arrest and deplaning of his colleague Pawan Khera from a Raipur flight condemnable, Congress leader K C Venugopal on Thursday accused the BJP of attempting to "derail" the party's plenary session and asked if India has become a banana republic. Khera was detained by the Delhi Police and subsequently arrested by the Assam Police in connection with his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a senior police officer said.
The Union home ministry has given its go-ahead to CBI to register a regular case against Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and probe his alleged role in creating a ‘feedback unit’ in 2015, purportedly to gather actionable feedback on the working of various departments and institutions under the Delhi government, but which allegedly deviated from its mandate to collect “political intelligence”.
A ground survey by a committee of four experts from state-run Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University has revealed that Joshimath has cracks up to “2 feet wide and half-a-km long”. This is the first time that government officials have publicly disclosed the dimensions of the cracks, thereby revealing the vulnerability of the area.
Hundreds of protesters blocked traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur highway on Tuesday afternoon after a team of Rajasthan Police landed up at the house of gau rakshak leader Monu Manesar to serve him a notice to join the probe into the deaths of two men from Rajasthan whose charred bodies were found in Bhiwani on February 16.
This figure is notably higher than previous estimates, which had put the prevalence at 3.7 million, and underscores the pressing need for better care and support for those living with the condition. The prevalence of dementia in J&K is the highest in the country at 11%. While most of the samples were collected from Kashmir, experts believe there is scope for more detailed study to gauge if the region’s decades-long political turbulence had a role.
The value erosion is surprising because lenders always make sure there is a margin or promoter's contribution before granting a loan. If a bank extends a loan for a Rs 1,000 crore investment, it ensures a promoter contribution of Rs 200 crore.
Chandrasekhar said, among the newer technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) will be a “kinetic enabler” of the digital economy and the government will introduce accountability and scrutiny for companies using IT in the structure of the new Digital India Act.
Announcing the launch, electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “These two programmes will help us create throughout the engineering ecosystem a very good semiconductor talent.” Any AICTE-affiliated college/university/technical institute may opt to offer these courses
This year’s yatra will be held against the backdrop of the land subsidence in Joshimath, about 45km away from Badrinath, and it may prove a challenge for the authorities. Known as the ‘gateway to Badrinath’, Joshimath is the last major halt for pilgrims travelling on the lone route to the holy city.
“In India’s prosperity is the world’s prosperity and India’s growth is the world’s growth…When you associate with India’s growth journey, India gives you guarantee of growth,” the PM said at the ET Global Business Summit, which had global and Indian industry leaders in the audience.
Addressing a gathering at the three-day Mahashivratri Mahotsav at Jagti Colony and Migrant Camp, Buta Nagar, in Jammu, Sinha assured the community that the J&K government “always stands by you”.
Hardik Shah is accused of strangling his live-in-partner Megha Torvi in their rented flat in Sita Sadan, Nalasopara (east). According to police, the matter came to light when real estate agent Sanjeev Thakur approached the cops after he received a call from Megha's sister on Monday. She told Thakur that Hardik had called her claiming to have killed Megha and he also threatened to commit suicide.
Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday flagged an "inordinate delay" by the leadership in taking action against those who "defied" then president Sonia Gandhi by not letting a legislature party meeting take place, and said the decision on the party's affairs in Rajasthan must be taken soon if the trend of alternate governments has to be bucked.
With temperature rising over the past two days, Mumbaikars may be breathing better, but as per Swiss air tracking index IQAir (a real-time international air quality monitor), within a week between January 29 and February 8, Mumbai was the second most polluted city in the world. On January 29, Mumbai was ranked 10th in IQAir rankings for the poorest spots.
The exit of BS Koshyari as Maharashtra governor, who has been replaced by Jharkhand governor Ramesh Bais, is expected to help plug a potential vulnerability of the ruling saffron alliance ahead of the crucial BMC polls in Mumbai. While Nazeer was appointed the new governor of Andhra Pradesh, the incumbent, Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, has been shifted to Chhattisgarh.
In what could impact market sentiments, the Supreme Court on Friday sought to know from the Union government and market regulator Sebi by Monday the steps needed to improve the regulatory and statutory mechanisms to “ring-fence” investors against volatility of the kind that singed Adani Group shares.
BJP on Thursday accused the opposition of conspiring to disrupt the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi thwarted their attempt through his inspirational speech. BJP chief spokesperson Anil Baluni said that after Modi’s Wednesday address in the Lok Sabha that destroyed the “negative and anti-national politics” of the opposition, its “desperate and frustrated” members tried to disrupt his speech in the Rajya Sabha.
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