The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has sparked a political controversy by alleging that former Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s name was on the voter list in 1980, several years before she reportedly acquired Indian citizenship. This claim, if substantiated, raises questions about the legality of her voter registration at the time.According to records cited by the…
After over a decade of legal delays, the Madras High Court has ordered the commencement of the trial in the Rs 100-crore defamation suit filed by former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The suit, filed in 2014, accuses several media houses, a journalist, and a retired IPS officer of falsely linking him to the…
New Delhi: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir has launched a major probe into the 35-year-old murder of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, a move that has been met with significant political reaction and renewed calls for justice from the Kashmiri Pandit community. The case, which had been dormant for decades, was…
PULWAMA, JAMMU AND KASHMIR: In a powerful show of national unity and patriotic spirit, hundreds of students and local residents participated in a large-scale “Tiranga” (Tricolor) rally in Pulwama, South Kashmir. The event, organized by the district administration, was a key part of the “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign, which aims to encourage citizens to hoist…
A new study by researchers in Jaipur, Rajasthan, has found that the ancient practice of blowing a conch shell, or shankh, may be more effective in easing the symptoms of sleep apnoea compared to deep breathing exercises. The findings, published in the journal ERJ Open Research, suggest that this simple, low-cost practice could be a…
China has announced the start of construction on an ambitious railway line that will connect its Xinjiang province to Tibet. The project is a key part of China’s plan to build a 5,000-kilometer plateau rail network centered on Lhasa by 2035. However, the route’s proximity to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto…
NEW DELHI: In a significant clarification, the Supreme Court has ruled that an Aadhaar card cannot be treated as conclusive proof of Indian citizenship. The observation was made during a hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the special intensive revision of electoral rolls being conducted in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI)….
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has issued a landmark directive, ordering the release of all convicts who have been sentenced to a “fixed-term life imprisonment” after they have completed their prescribed prison term. The ruling, which came while the court was addressing the case of Sukhdev Yadav, a convict in the 2002 Nitish…
Thiruvananthapuram – M.V. Govindan, the state secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), has launched a blistering attack on Father Varghese Pamplany, the Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thalassery, labeling him an “opportunist” and stating that no one else speaks as “strongly of opportunism.” The criticism comes amidst a heated political…
Washington, D.C. – Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon official and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has launched a scathing attack on Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, following a series of controversial remarks made by Munir on US soil. Rubin has not only compared Munir to Osama bin Laden but has also…
