At Tekhali Bridge, synonymous with the 2007 land acquisition drive that killed 14 people and the gateway to Nandigram, it’s hard to miss the sea of saffron. Many of the flags have the slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’ prominently displayed on them; others feature Ram temples.Among the saffron flags were some bright yellow flags with the … Read more
New Delhi: Nominated member Harivansh is likely to be elected as the Vice-President of the Rajya Sabha as five notifications have been received in his favour, while the opposition has not issued any notification recommending a candidate. The election for the position will take place on Friday.After Harivansh’s term ended on April 9, the position … Read more
New Delhi: In a meeting with visiting Austrian Prime Minister Stock, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized that India and Austria support a stable, sustainable and lasting peace in Ukraine and West Asia and reiterated that military conflict cannot solve the problem. This visit is the first by an Austrian Prime Minister in 42 years. The … Read more
NEW DELHI: A spouse in an extra-marital relationship cannot be a ground to prosecute the partner if the spouse commits suicide due to tension in the relationship, the SC said on Thursday, adding that abetment of suicide requires active abetment.A bench of Justices K V Viswanathan and Atul Chandurkar said that to sustain the charge … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Opposition charges on Thursday that the proposed delimitation would result in lower shares for southern states were at the heart of their refusal to back three bills to amend women’s quota laws and set up a delimitation commission. Addressing the Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister said, “I say with … Read more
KOLKATA: Nearly one-fifth of the 1,478 candidates voting in the first phase of Bengal polls are croprepatis, most of them TMC contenders. The poorest candidate is from New AJUP and has assets of only Rs 500 cr.Of the 152 BJP nominees, 106 have pending criminal cases and 96 of them have been named for serious … Read more
Pingla (West Midnapore): Votes disappeared in SIR. The paintbrush was raised in protest. Scroll spoke before the vote in parliament. In the heart of Bengali Pattachitra, democracy was being painted frame by frame – each stroke carrying a question, each sentence demanding an answer.Patachitra artists—custodians of a centuries-old storytelling tradition rooted in the Ramayana and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Finding the release of accused in criminal cases “better” than acquittal, the Supreme Court has held that no disciplinary or administrative action can be taken against the acquitted persons.Dispelling the myth that an accused would be labeled as an accused unless he is acquitted, Justices Dipankar Datta and KV Viswanathan said this understanding … Read more
Engineer Rashid (PTI Photo) Srinagar: Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq The central government on Thursday urged the central government to release Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, who has been lodged in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, on humanitarian grounds to meet his ailing father.Mirwaiz said in a statement that he visited … Read more
SRINAGAR: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday filed charges against 10 persons accused in the “white collar” terror module case. One of them, Umar Un Nabi, was killed in the Red Fort blast last November.The other nine accused are: Arif Nisar Dar, Yasir Ul Ashraf Bhat, Maqsood Ahmad … Read more