[ad_1] Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday wrote to Amneet Kumar, wife of senior Haryana IPS Y Puran Kumar, who died by suicide at his Chandigarh official residence.In his suicide note, Puran Kumar named 16 senior IAS and IPS officers, alleging harassment and holding them directly responsible for his…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The former Chief Justice of India, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, on Saturday called for a more sensitive and nuanced approach in the application of laws that govern financial frauds.“Every act or failure to act that has financial implications cannot be painted with the same brush,” he said, urging lawmakers to draw clear distinctions…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: With India gearing up to submit its updated climate action pledge ahead of the UN climate summit (COP30) next month, the Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday headed to Brazil for a pre-COP meeting, scheduled on Oct 13-14in Brasilia, to put forward the country’s expectation from the main annual conference next…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: With India gearing up to submit its updated climate action pledge ahead of the UN climate summit (COP30) next month, the Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday headed to Brazil for a pre-COP meeting, scheduled on Oct 13-14in Brasilia, to put forward the country’s expectation from the main annual conference next…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former chief justice of India Sanjiv Khanna said on Saturday that every instance of failure to act in matters that have financial implications cannot be termed a white-collar crime.He said this while speaking at the “National Conference on White Collar Crime”, organised by the Terapanth Professional Forum.“White-collar crime is a cliche which…
[ad_1] HYDERABAD: Telangana’s Congress govt has decided to approach Supreme Court against an HC stay on a hike in Backward Classes (BC) quota from 25% to 42% for local body polls on Oct 23, reports Roushan Ali.Chief minister A Revanth Reddy took the decision at a meeting held late Friday with Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress…
[ad_1] BHOPAL: After the death of 23 children in Madhya Pradesh, including 20 from Chhindwara, following the consumption of Coldrif, a cough syrup laced with the killer chemical diethylene glycol (DEG), Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Friday made it mandatory to test for both DEG and ethylene glycol (EG) in all raw materials and…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Investigating the uncommanded deployment of the ram air turbine (RAT) – a procedure triggered during engine failures – on an Air India Boeing 787 flight on October 4, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed the airline to reinspect RATs on all aircraft where the power conditioning module (PCM) was recently…
[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: In the strongest commitment yet of action in the alleged suicide of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini warned on Saturday that no one will be spared, “no matter how influential”. The CM’s statement came hours after Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya was removed from his post. Bijarniya…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Chief Justice B R Gavai on Saturday said despite constitutional guarantees, many girls continue to be tragically denied their fundamental rights and even basic necessities for survival and face harmful practices like female genital mutilation (FGM). Interestingly, a PIL challenging the validity of FGM, practised among certain Muslims, is pending before a…