By Express News Service NEW DELHI: The ‘Association for Protection of Civil Rights’ (APCR) on Monday released a fact-finding report on the eviction drive at Dholapur in Assam on September 23, demanding strict action and compensation to families of Shaikh Farid, Moinul Haque, and others injured in the drive. APCR claimed three people were killed … Read more
By Express News Service NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to modify its directive to demolish the twin 40-storey towers in Noida for the violation of norms. It dismissed an application of Supertech Ltd seeking to save one tower and partially demolish 224 units in the other to conform to building bye-laws. The top … Read more
By PTI CHANDIGARH: The Punjab civil aviation department on Monday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to allow Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s chopper to land so that he can visit Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people were killed as violence erupted during a farmers’ protest a day earlier. The violence took place on Sunday, claiming the … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: The three new farm laws have already been stayed, the Supreme Court said on Monday and asked a farmers’ body what is it protesting against when these legislations are not in place. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar said where is the question of going on … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday said it may not be able to hear on October 8 the plea of an NGO seeking a direction to the Centre not to open any further window for sale of electoral bonds during the pendency of a case pertaining to funding of political parties and alleged … Read more
By PTI MUZAFFARNAGAR: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) national president Naresh Tikait has asked BJP workers not to visit the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, saying farmers are angry over the violence that broke out in Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday. Addressing a kisan panchayat at the BKU headquarters in Sisoli on Sunday night, he alleged that … Read more
By PTI SRINAGAR: In an apparent reference to the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Monday that imposing Section 144 wherever human rights and dignity have trampled upon has emerged as the Centre’s preferred approach. She claimed that the government uses an iron fist against its own people but … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: Seventy percent of India’s adult population has been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday, as the total doses given across the country crossed 91 crore. According to officials, 25 percent of the adult population has been administered both doses of the vaccine. … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: Oxfam India called for immediately abolishing tax havens after a leak of millions of documents, dubbed the ‘Pandora Papers’, revealed offshore financial assets of wealthy individuals across 91 countries and territories, including India. The leaked documents and a worldwide journalistic partnership on Sunday claimed to have uncovered financial secrets of current … Read more
By Online Desk Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha, who were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday in connection with the seizure of banned drugs onboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast, were sent to further NCB custody till October 7. All the eight accused were … Read more