SC collegium recommends Patna High Court Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran as Supreme Court judge
8:05 PM
At least 126 dead, 188 injured in 6.8-magnitude quake in southern Tibet, Chinese state-run agency Xinhua says.
7:30 PM
Tamil actor Ajith escapes unhurt after racing car crash in Dubai
Actor and motorsport racer Ajith Kumar escaped unscathed from a car crash during a training session in Dubai on January 7, 2025. In a video shared by Ajith's official racing team, Ajith's car is seen colliding with the guardrails of a wall and spinning out on the race track.
7:24 PM
Goa signs MoU with Harvard University to launch programs for students of govt schools
4:55 PM
SC to examine age bar in India's surrogacy laws
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine on February 11 issues over the age bar for surrogate mothers and others under the laws. A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, which heard about 15 petitions challenging certain provisions of the Surrogacy Regulation Act and the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, asked the Centre to file its written submissions in the case.
4:52 PM
Will you continue to trouble public with backbreaking inflation?: Cong chief Kharge to PM Modi
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday as he targeted the Modi government over inflation and asked when will it be reduced. "Narendra Modi ji, is there any plan to increase public savings in the budget, or will you continue to trouble the public with backbreaking inflation," Kharge asked in a post in Hindi on X. Kharge said that over the past six months, prices of essential medicines and everyday items like oil, tea, coffee, biscuits, soap, etc, have gone up.
4:28 PM
SC directs immediate filling of posts in central, state information bodies
The top court today took a dim view of the vacancies in the Central Information Commission and state information commissions while directing the Centre to immediately fill posts. Asking for an expeditious selection of information commissioners in the CIC, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh told Centre, "These posts need to be filled at the earliest otherwise what is the use of having the institution, if we don't have people working?" The bench criticised the appointments being made only from a particular category of candidates in the CIC and SICs, and mulled taking a judicial note on the presence of bureaucrats, and not people from all walks of life, in these commissions.
4:07 PM
News update: GDP estimated to grow at 6.4% in 2024-25 compared to 8.2% in 2023-24, govt data says
3:21 PM
Political parties should maintain decorum during polls, EC to ensure fair play: CEC Kumar
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has asked political parties to maintain decorum during elections and said the Election Commission would conduct checks to ensure free and fair polls. Kumar was addressing a press conference to announce the schedule for the assembly polls in Delhi.
2:53 PM
News update: Last day of nominations for Delhi Assembly polls on Jan 17, says ECI
2:49 PM
News update: Delhi Assembly polls results to be announced on Feb 8, says EC
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News update: Courts have ruled on 42 occasions that EVMs are not hackable, says CEC Rajiv Kumar
Actor and motorsport racer Ajith Kumar escaped unscathed from a car crash during a training session in Dubai on January 7, 2025. In a video shared by Ajith's official racing team, Ajith's car is seen colliding with the guardrails of a wall and spinning out on the race track.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) declared that the that voting for the Assembly elections in Delhi will be held on February 5 in a single phase for all its 70 constituencies. Results will be declared on February 8. The term of the 70-member Assembly ends on February 23, and elections have to held before that to constitute a new House.
India and US now more than ever need to work with their partners to build a trusted and resilient innovation base, the White House said following the meeting between its National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his Indian counterpart Ajit K Doval. Our two nations have taken significant steps forward together to integrate our technology and defense supply chains in recognition that, now more than ever, we need to work with our partners to build a trusted and resilient innovation base, the White House said in a fact sheet. Sullivan and Doval in 2022 were instrumental in launching the path-breaking US-India initiative on Critical and -Emerging Technology (iCET) at the direction of President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sullivan travelled to India this week to meet Doval. He also had a meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A Delhi bound Air India flight on Sunday made an emergency landing after one of its engines shut off midair, sources in the airport said. According to sources, the flight 2820 took off on Sunday evening at about 7 pm from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. It returned an hour later after revolving around Bengaluru, the sources added.
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