Harish Rana, India’s first passive euthanasia patient, dies after 13 years in vegetative state

Harish Rana, India's first passive euthanasia patient, dies after 13 years in vegetative state

New Delhi: 31-year-old Harish Rana is the first person to receive this honour passive euthanasia An Indian patient died at AIIMS-Delhi on Tuesday after being in a vegetative state for more than 13 years, PTI reported. Rana has been in a vegetative state since August 2013 after falling from a building in Chandigarh.this Supreme Court … Read more

Today in 1977: How Morarji Desai became India’s first non-Congress prime minister

Today in 1977: How Morarji Desai became India’s first non-Congress prime minister

This image is for representation purposes only (AI generated) On a quiet morning in March 1977, in the solemn hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, a brief oath-taking ceremony lasted less than three minutes and changed the trajectory of Indian politics.When Morarji Desai, then 81, was sworn in as the country’s first non-Congress prime minister on … Read more

‘Common joke’: Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi’s foreign policy, calls him ‘compromising’

'Common joke': Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi's foreign policy, calls him 'compromising'

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Calling India’s foreign policy the “personal” policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he called it a “common joke”. He further accused the Prime Minister of “compromising” and added that he was acting on the basis of the US President Donald Trumpinstructions.“Our foreign policy is Prime … Read more

Delhi High Court rejects Lalu Yadav’s plea in land-for-job case, calling it ‘baseless’

Delhi High Court rejects Lalu Yadav's plea in land-for-job case, calling it 'baseless'

New Delhi: delhi high court On Tuesday, RJD president and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, seeking quashing of the CBI FIR in the so-called land-for-employment case, dismissed the plea, holding that the petition had “no legal basis”. The order, passed by Justice Ravinder Dudeja, effectively allowed the investigation and related proceedings to continue.The petition … Read more

Puducherry Assembly polls: CM Rangasamy takes on former CM Vaithilingam, Thattanchavady in tight race

Puducherry Assembly polls: CM Rangasamy takes on former CM Vaithilingam, Thattanchavady in tight race

N Rangasamy (left) and V Vaithilingam New Delhi: Thattanchavady constituency in Puducherry will have Congress MP and former chief minister V Vaithilingam replacing the current CM N Rangasamymarking the most high-profile contest in the upcoming parliamentary elections.Rangasamy is also the current Thattachavady MLA. watch TN polls go into Pentagon: DMK, NDA, Vijay and rebels: Who … Read more

Center calls for an all-party meeting as tensions in West Asia escalate

Center calls for an all-party meeting as tensions in West Asia escalate

Representative image (ANI file photo) The central government held an all-party meeting on Wednesday to discuss the escalating crisis in West Asia. The move comes amid reports of tensions in the region leading to an LPG crisis and unstable market conditions.Opposition leaders have been attacking the government’s handling of the situation and urging it to … Read more

Watch: Dhurandhar ‘qawwali’ of BJP MP Shambhavi Choudhary slams Lok Sabha opposition

Watch: Dhurandhar 'qawwali' of BJP MP Shambhavi Choudhary slams Lok Sabha opposition

LJP MP Shambhavi Choudhary (PTI) New Delhi: Lok Sabha MP Shambhavi Choudhary lashed out at the opposition in the Lok Sabha by using a couplet from an ancient ‘qawwali’ remixed in last year’s blockbuster “Dhurandhar”.Participating in discussions on the Finance Bill 2026, she accused the opposition of indulging only in “negative politics”, adding that such … Read more

Supreme Court: Converts to religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism do not enjoy scheduled caste status

Supreme Court: Converts to religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism do not enjoy scheduled caste status

New Delhi: People who practice religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism cannot be recognized as members of scheduled castes, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The Supreme Court observed that conversion to any other religion would result in loss of such status.A bench of Justices PK Mishra and NV Anjaria upheld an order of … Read more

‘Adversely affecting overall performance’: SC slams bias against women officials in appraisal standing committee

'Adversely affecting overall performance': SC slams bias against women officials in appraisal standing committee

Supreme Court (data map) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the denial of permanent commission (PC) to women Short Service Commission (SSC) officers in the armed forces stemmed from a flawed and discriminatory evaluation system, particularly the way their performance was assessed.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices … Read more

Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat slams PM Modi for ‘one-way’ speech on West Asia conflict

Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat slams PM Modi for 'one-way' speech on West Asia conflict

New Delhi: Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat on Tuesday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his recent speech in Parliament on the ongoing middle East Clash, saying the speech lacked room for discussion and was a “one-way communication.” Speaking to ANI, Bhagat said, “Yesterday’s speech came in the wake of Rahul Gandhi’s program in Gujarat. We … Read more