AHMEDABAD: The desire to walk tall and proud in khakis “shrunk” after encountering a tape measure. Several candidates for police posts in Gujarat have moved the high court after they failed to achieve the maximum height during the recent recruitment drive, even though they had reportedly achieved the same standard earlier but were below the … Read more
Union Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (PTI) New Delhi: The Center has laid out an ambitious vision for artificial intelligence that is directly borrowed from one of India’s biggest digital success stories – UPI.The idea, officials say, is to provide the world with “a range of trustworthy AI solutions”: a shared, reliable digital backbone that … Read more
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat’s electoral strength fell by 13.4 per cent with 44 crore voters as more than 77 lakh voters were removed from the 2025 rolls after completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and 9.5 lakh new voters were added to the final list released on Tuesday. The double-digit percentage drop capped two rounds of … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday criticized 12 “eminent” persons who together filed a PIL “against” the chief minister of a BJP-ruled state, accusing him of hate speech, while calling for guidelines to be put in place to restrain constitutional officers and bureaucrats from violating loyalty to constitutional ethics. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing … Read more
CHENNAI: More than eight years after a trial court acquitted 23 people accused of killing a man during the 2013 Villupuram election contest, the Madras High Court on Tuesday overturned the order and convicted 21 of them and sentenced them to life imprisonment.A bench of Justices P Velmurugan and M Jothiraman said, “After careful re-evaluation … Read more
New Delhi: Tina Ambaniwife Anil Ambani member of the Reliance Group, skipping the law enforcement bureau (ED) Tuesday. She failed to show up at the agency’s headquarters when she received a subpoena related to the money laundering investigation. Tina was earlier summoned on February 9. Her husband was summoned for questioning on Wednesday in connection … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that development is not an absolute goal and the right to a clean environment is part of the right to life and cannot be at the cost of economic gain. The land variation application for a cement plant near farms and schools in Sangrur, Punjab, was rejected. A … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi New Delhi: At a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron On Tuesday, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi The prime minister recalled Veer Savarkar, an Indian soldier and Hindu thinker who fought in the First World War, and recalled their relationship with the French port city of Marseille, which he … Read more
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday came down heavily on Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi for opposing the Great Nicobar Island infrastructure project, accusing them of leaving no stone unturned to sabotage the project. The ruling party termed the National Green Tribunal’s endorsement of the initiative as a victory for truth and thwarting … Read more
Jammu: J&K CM Omar Abdullah There was a mixture of hope and skepticism on Tuesday when Union Law Minister Arjun Meghwal cited Home Minister Amit Shah’s assurance in Parliament that a decision to restore statehood to the Union Territory would be announced “soon”.“It’s been a year and a half since the democratically elected government took … Read more