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At the SCO meeting in Tianjin, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar raised the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, saying it aimed to disrupt Kashmir's tourism and incite communal tension. Emphasising SCO's core goals of combating terrorism, separatism and extremism, he called for regional cooperation built on mutual trust to stabilise a conflict-ridden global order. External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday raised the issue of Pahalgam terror attack at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisat ...Read More >
The Supreme Court emphasized the importance of self-regulation and understanding the value of freedom of speech and expression, while hearing a plea regarding offensive social media posts. The court is considering guidelines to regulate such posts, stressing the need to curb divisive tendencies without resorting to censorship. The Supreme Court on Monday said citizens must know the value of freedom of speech and expression and observe self regulation as it mulled guidelines to regulate offensiv ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Five social media influencers, including "India's Got Latent" host Samay Raina, on Tuesday appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilities. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi recorded their presence and directed them to file their replies to the petition. They are accused of poking fun at the disabled and those suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and blindness. They were ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed stand-up comedians Samay Raina, Vipul Goyal, Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, and Nishant Jagdsish Tanwar to appear personally before the court on the next date of hearing over their alleged insensitive remarks against persons with disabilities. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi allowed comedian Sonali Thakkar, also known as Sonali Aditya Desai, to appear virtually during the next hearing. Also Read | India Ra ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed stand-up comedians Samay Raina, Vipul Goyal, Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, and Nishant Jagdsish Tanwar to appear personally before the court on the next date of hearing over their alleged insensitive remarks against persons with disabilities. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi allowed comedian Sonali Thakkar, also known as Sonali Aditya Desai, to appear virtually during the next hearing. The apex court recor ...Read More >
The Supreme Court criticised Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya. This was regarding his cartoon depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS. The court deemed the cartoon undignified and inflammatory. Malviya faces charges under various sections of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act. This follows a complaint filed by an RSS member. The Supreme Court on Monday chided Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya for his "immature" cartoon that portrayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday flagged the issue of people abusing their fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression on social media. A bench led by Justice B.V. Navarathna also stated that reasonable restrictions over the fundamental right of speech and expression are rightly imposed and need to be complied with by citizens. 'All reasonable restrictions is rightly put. Just because technology is there, doesn't mean you'll abuse it', Justice Nagarathna ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday flagged the issue of people abusing their fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression on social media. A bench led by Justice B.V. Navarathna also stated that reasonable restrictions over the fundamental right of speech and expression are rightly imposed and need to be complied with by citizens. All reasonable restrictions is rightly put. Just because technology is there, doesnt mean youll abuse it, Justice Nagarathna stat ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 13: Both the ruling and the opposition leaders, including Chief Minister (CM) Omar Abdullah, former chief minister and People's Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti, former ministers Chowdry Ramzan, Altaf Bukhari, Sajad Lone, and MLAs across the political spectrum were placed under house arrest on Sunday. Though the Police or the J&K administration did not officially confirm the house arrests, political leaders across Kashmir took to social media platforms and posted vi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee Chairman and Kerala Congress MP K C Venugopal has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking urgent intervention in the case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala who has been sentenced to death in Yemen on July 16. https://x.com/kcvenugopalmp/status/1943942069762109553 'I am writing to seek your immediate intervention concerning Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala sentenced to death in Yemen on July ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Tomy Thomas, husband of Nimisha Priya, the 37-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala who faces execution in Yemen on July 16 after being convicted of murder in June 2018, informed about the ongoing efforts to save her life. Thomas met with the Kerala Governor, Rajendra Arlekar, recently, who offered support to Nimisha's mother through video conferencing. According to Thomas, the Central government, the State government, and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) are ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Tomy Thomas, husband of Nimisha Priya, the 37-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala who faces execution in Yemen on July 16 after being convicted of murder in June 2018, informed about the ongoing efforts to save her life. Thomas met with the Kerala Governor, Rajendra Arlekar, recently, who offered support to Nimisha's mother through video conferencing. According to Thomas, the Central government, the State government, and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) are ...Read More >
Lucknow: UP ATS on Friday took conversion syndicate kingpin, Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba, to his massive villa in Balrampur -- now partially demolished by govt after his network was busted.The ATS commandos took Baba inside the sealed property, where senior officers conducted a 40-minute on-site interrogation related to the investigation and collected vital documents in connection with the case of alleged forced religious conversions.Baba reportedly broke down on seeing his razed den from whe ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which sought all documents from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), is expected to examine the money trail in the club conversion activity that landed Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president A. Jaganmohan Rao and others in jail. The ED will scrutinise bank transactions, fund flows, and cash movements linked to the name change of Gowlipura Cricket Club into Sri Chakra Cricket Club. This includes examining payments made for alleged "club ...Read More >
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Assam cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal to enhance the remuneration of Gaon Pradhans from Rs 9,000 per month to Rs 14,000 per month with effect from October 1. This has been done keeping in view the increasing responsibilities of the Gaon Pradhans in Assam and as per Budget announcement 2025-2026. This will also be extended to Gaon Pradhans of Forest Villages. Also Read | Bengaluru Peeping Tom Case: CM Siddaramaiah Condemns Man Filming Women i ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Congress and Shashi Tharoor have been associated for 16 long years. But of late, the Thiruvananthapuram MP seems to be bringing more cheers to the rival BJP than his own party Congress. And what's more, Tharoor seems to be pushing the boundaries with every new "statement" he makes.In the last 6 months, there have been several instances when Tharoor's critical remarks have become fodder for the BJP to attack the Congress. Whenever Tharoor speaks - the Congress ducks for cover while BJP ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI ) Rajya Sabha MP Sandosh Kumar has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking immediate diplomatic intervention to save Nimisha Priya, an Indian national facing execution by Yemeni authorities on July 16. In a letter to Jaishankar, the CPI MP highlighted that Nimisha Priya's case has "shaken the conscience of the public" about the lack of legal safeguards. Also Read | Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Shashi Tharoor ...Read More >
A majority of India's youth -- through a representational sample -- is either very concerned or concerned about China's ascension to global power, according to an Indian think-tank survey that was unveiled on Tuesday. The continued border dispute, including the 1962 Sino-Indian war, China's annexation of Tibet (1950-51) and its "aggressive promotion" of a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, are among major issues that have affected ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emplaned for Namibia -- the final stop of his five-nation visit -- after wrapping up his State Visit to Brasilia where he met Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and also attended the 17th BRICS Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Taking to X, the PMO wrote: "PM @narendramodi has boarded for Namibia, the final destination of his tour" Also, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randir Jaiswal wrote on X: "P ...Read More >
New Delhi: Twelve days into its hunger strike, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) has objected to what it claims is a new undertaking format for PhD students seeking hostel extension, alleging that it requires them to express "gratitude" for being allowed to stay beyond the normal academic period.According to the union, the alleged undertaking format states that "the university has kindly agreed to allow me to stay in the hostel on humanitarian grounds" and asks students to ...Read More >
Srinagar- A local court in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday dismissed a case of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation filed against PDP leader and MLA Waheed-Ur-Rehman Parra in connection with a roadshow he held during last year's Lok Sabha elections in Pulwama district. The case, registered under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), was dismissed by Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Awantipora, Muneer Ahmad Bhat, who ruled that no cognisance of the offence could be taken due to procedural ...Read More >
Cuttack: Orissa high court has granted a 10-day interim bail to Chintan Raghuvanshi, a 2013-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and deputy director of the enforcement directorate (ED), Bhubaneswar, who was arrested by the CBI in a bribery case on May 30.Justice Gourishankar Satapathy passed the order on July 2 after hearing an interlocutory application filed by Raghuvanshi, who sought interim bail to visit his newborn child. He had earlier moved the court citing the pregnancy of his wife, ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 4 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court on Friday extended interim protection to BJP MLC and opposition whip in Legislative Council N Ravikumar in connection with a criminal case registered against him for allegedly making "derogatory remarks" about the state's Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh. Justice SR Krishna Kumar issued an order restraining the police from initiating any coercive steps against Ravikumar until his petition seeking to quash the FIR is heard on July 8. Also Read | ' ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court Friday granted interim protection to BJP MLC and opposition whip, SN Ravikumar in relation to a criminal case filed against him for allegedly making inappropriate comments on state chief secretary Shalini Rajneesh.On the same day, a special court for elected representatives in the city granted interim bail to the legislator, directing him to furnish a bond of Rs 1 lakh and provide two surities. Justice SR Krishna Kumar directed the state govt and police to ref ...Read More >
Delhi: A 19-year-old girl from South West Delhi's Vasant Kunj is battling for her life after allegedly consuming acid when her long-time partner, who had reportedly concealed his religious identity, refused to marry her. The incident, which took place on June 18, is now being investigated by the police under a suspected case of 'Love Jihad'. According to officials, the local police were alerted by Safdarjung Hospital after the girl was admitted in a critical condition following a suspected sui ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 2 (UNI) The foreign ministers of India, Australia, Japan, and the US -- members of the Quad -- have emphasized their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, underscoring the need to respect international law, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. The bloc also launched key initiatives, including the Quad Critical Minerals Partnership, aimed at securing reliable and diversified supply chains to bolster regional resilience and shared prosperity. Secretary of State Marco Rub ...Read More >
Washington/New Delhi, July 2 (UNI) The Quad nations, comprising India, US, Japan and Australia, condemned in the strongest terms the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack and called for the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of this reprehensible act to be brought to justice without any delay and urged all UN Member States to cooperate actively in this regard. A joint statement issued at the end of the meeting of the Quad Foreign Ministers in Washington, the Foreign Ministers, including Exte ...Read More >
The foreign ministers of the Quad grouping -- India, the United States, Australia, and Japan -- strongly condemned the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 civilians, including 25 Indians and one Nepali national. In a joint statement issued after their meeting in Washington, the ministers called for the immediate prosecution of the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers behind the attack. They urged UN member states to extend full cooperation in accordance wi ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Quad foreign ministers representing the United States, India, Japan, and Australia strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, 2025. The attack claimed the lives of 26 civilians, including 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen. In a joint statement issued during their meeting on Tuesday, the ministers expressed their deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wished a swift recovery for those injured. "We ...Read More >
Kolkata: Padma Shri awardee Swami Pradiptananda, known as Kartik Maharaj, on Tuesday moved Calcutta High Court seeking protection from coercive action in a rape complaint filed against him.The matter was mentioned before Justice Jay Sengupta and is likely to be heard on Wednesday.The development came after a legal notice was issued asking Kartik Maharaj to appear at Nabagram police station for questioning. Beldanga police station cops delivered the notice, summoning him on July 1, to Bharat Seva ...Read More >
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