NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has acquitted two death row convicts and one lifer in a murder case due to shoddy probe into the killing of a 15-year-old boy in MP.Anguished over "disappointing, inept and unscientific police investigations", the court called for framing of a code of investigation to infuse efficiency and professionalism in the police force. Supreme Court: Benefit of doubt given due to weak...
NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said that Canada shared evidence on allegations behind Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing with the Indian government weeks ago."Canada has shared the credible allegations that I talked about on Monday with India. We did that many weeks ago," Trudeau told a news conference in Ottawa. "We are there to work constructively with India....
Do you frequently forget the names of people you know well, or where you kept your car keys, or the name of that film you just watched? While many assume this forgetfulness to be an early indicator of dementia, doctors describe the condition as 'pseudo-dementia' which, they say, is impacting younger people, mainly due to excessive stress, multitasking and high workload, which may lead to...
NEW DELHI: Brushing aside apprehensions of a delay in the implementation of the Women's Reservation Bill, Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said in the Lok Sabha that the next government will conduct the census and the delimitation exercise immediately after the elections and set in motion the process to make reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies a reality.Intervening in the...
NEW DELHI: The long journey of deliberations on women's reservation over the decades has been marked by the demand for a sub-quota for OBC women.The joint parliamentary committee report examining the 1996 women's reservation bill had recommended that quota be provided for OBC women once the Constitution was amended to allow for reservation for OBCs. It also recommended that reservation be extended to...
WASHINGTON: Having dropped a bombshell by alleging the Indian government was behind the assassination of a Khalistani extremist in Canada, the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Ottawa was not looking to escalate matters with India even as Washington cautiously backed his demand for an investigation into the killing. "We are not looking to provoke or escalate. We are simply laying...
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, reviving a bill pending for 27 years for want of consensus among parties.The government said the women's reservation bill is aimed at enabling greater participation of women in policy-making at the state and national levels.Leaders across...
DEHRADUN: A piquant problem came up before the Uttarakhand HC while hearing a plea filed by unsuccessful applicants who appeared in the Uttarakhand judicial service civil judge prelims, reports Pankul Sharma. The row pertains to an exam question: "'A' placed a bomb in a medical store and gave the people three minutes to get out before the bomb exploded. 'B', a patient with arthritis, failed to escape...
NEW DELHI: In a big move for women's empowerment, the Narendra Modi government is set to table a constitutional amendment bill in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday for reserving one-third of seats in Parliament and state legislatures across the country.The decision, pushed by the Prime Minister and cleared by the Union Cabinet at a meeting on Monday evening, aims to secure passage of the bill in the two Houses...
A beautiful oil on canvas by the legendary Amrita Sher-Gil, the SikhHungarian painter who died at the age of 28 in 1941, sold for Rs 61.8 crore ($7.4 million) in a Saffronart sale on Saturday night, making it the most expensive work of Indian art sold at auction worldwide.In fact, this comes barely 10 days after modernist Syed Haider Raza’s painting titled ‘Gestation’ fetched Rs 51.7 crore at...
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