News updates: Tamil actor Ajith escapes unhurt after racing car crash in Dubai

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8:30 PM

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

2:43 PM

News update: Courts have ruled on 42 occasions that EVMs are not hackable, says CEC Rajiv Kumar

2:37 PM

News update: Questioning EVMs' legitimacy bid to derail polls, says CEC Rajiv Kumar

2:32 PM

Allegations of EVM tampering totally baseless, says CEC Rajiv Kumar

EVMs are commissioned only 7-8 days before polling day, candidates are kept informed through their agents at every step, says CEC Rajiv Kumar.

2:31 PM

News update: Responses to charges on voter list manipulation provided in written and in-person, says ECI