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Poll duties for teachers only if no one else available: Allahabad HC | India News

Allahabad high court (File photo) PRAYAGRAJ: Teachers shouldn’t be deployed for election duties unless no employees from all other categories mentioned in Election Commission ...

Be careful in criminal cases tied to matrimonial disputes: Calcutta HC | India News

KOLKATA: Courts need to be cautious when dealing with criminal cases based on matrimonial disputes, Calcutta HC said Wednesday while quashing FIRs against two ...

Bail not a right for hardened criminals, clarifies top court | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday said the much-reiterated ‘bail is the rule and jail is the exception’ principle attaching importance to personal liberty ...

After 300 deaths, our call has been accepted: Congress | India News

NEW DELHI: Blaming BJP for violence in Manipur, Congress Thursday said its demand for President’s rule in state has finally been accepted, but after ...

Meitei groups oppose Prez rule, tribal bodies call it ‘a ray of hope’ | India News

Meitei groups oppose President’s rule in Manipur GUWAHATI: Meitei opposition to Manipur being brought under President’s rule within days of chief minister Biren Singh’s ...

‘Overlooked for yrs,’ Ahmed Patel’s son to stop working for Congress | India News

Congress (Representative image) SURAT/AHMEDABAD: Faisal Patel, son of late Congress stalwart Ahmed Patel who was a close confidante of Sonia Gandhi, announced on Thursday ...

3 killed, 30 hurt as 2 elephants go berserk at Kerala temple festival | India News

Two captive elephants ran amok at a temple in Kerala’s Kozhikode, killing three persons and injuring nearly 30 of the assembled devotees on Thursday. ...

PM Modi meets US national security advisor Michael Waltz | India News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met US national security advisor Michael Waltz and said that h has always been a great friend of ...

Kejriwal changes X handle name of Delhi CMO, account deleted later; BJP hits back: ‘Digital loot’ | India News

NEW DELHI: A fresh political storm erupted on Thursday in the capital after Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva accused former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal ...

CRPF jawan opens fire, kills 2 colleagues before shooting self in Manipur | India News

NEW DELHI: A CRPF jawan allegedly shot and killed two of his colleagues and injured eight others before taking his own life at a ...

Leadership shakeup in Maharashtra Congress as Harshwardhan Sapkal replaces Nana Patole amid party restructuring | India News

NEW DELHI: In a significant leadership change, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed Harshwardhan Sapkal as the new chief of the party’s Maharashtra unit on ...

President’s Rule imposed in Manipur days after resignation of CM Biren Singh | India News

NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Thursday announced that President’s Rule has been imposed in Manipur. This came days after Manipur CM ...