A Division Bench said the directions are a part of a pilot initiative so the ‘idea of violence and evil may be countered by creation and harmony with nature’. As a result, the convict, who had already spent 10 years in jail, was asked to nurture the saplings.

This comes at a time when the BJP and the Sangh Parivar organisations have come out against the event, questioning the political motive of Vijayan’s Left Democratic Front government.

The HC took suo motu cognizance of media reports that a large group of youngsters were performing stunts on the national highway. Police have impounded 18 cars after videos went viral.

He handed over cheques of `5 lakh each to the families of the deceased. So far, seven bodies have been recovered from the three villages where the debris slide struck, while two remain missing.

This comes nearly a week after the Supreme Court, while dismissing an appeal made by the complainant, a faculty member of the law university, said that the judgment should be made part of the resume of the V-C

Malik is learnt to have accused the state of attempting to erase the history of engagement, and claimed meetings with PMs, political leaders, intel operatives, RSS leaders and journalists.

The UKSSSC is conducting a written examination for graduate-level posts in various departments on September 21. In 2022, Singh was arrested for allegedly arranging solved question papers, which had been leaked, for candidates.

The Adivasi Kurmi Samaj has called for an indefinite rail and road blockade in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. According to officials, hundreds of people had gathered at three stations in Jharkhand, affecting rail traffic in the region.

Day after six people assaulted Rama Kankonkar, CM Pramod Sawant met him in hospital and promised police protection to him and his family

A special court extended the custody of Pahalgam residents Bashir Ahmad Jothatd and Parvaiz Ahmed beyond UAPA’s 90-day ceiling. The two were arrested on June 22 for allegedly harbouring and providing food and other logistical support to the terrorists involved in the April 22 attack.

The High Court held that a litigant's applications cannot be rejected merely due to disorganised files

Categorised as Adivasi in the 1931 Census, Kurmis say they were dropped from the ST list in 1950 and that protests in previous years yielded nothing

All five were remanded to CBI custody until September 22. Several others have already been arrested in the case, including the ex-chairman of CGPSC

Shukla said just before his interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the ISS, he was not feeling well. The sudden loss of gravity can lead to space sickness during an astronaut’s initial days in space.

Murthy also announced that CAG plans to roll out remote audits in all government departments across the country wherever departments have digitised their data/records.

ASG Chetan Sharma, appearing for the Centre, told Justice Saurabh Banerjee: “This is basically, actually required for the Pradhan Mantri Sangrahlaya in which all Prime Ministers of the country, their achievements and their continuity, will be displayed to the general public. That is why the urgency.”

Sources said one Amrit Bharat Express train between Muzaffarpur and Charlapalli (Hyderabad) and another one between Chhapra and Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi) will be announced soon for the state.

The move is consistent with US President Donald Trump’s maximum pressure policy to isolate the Iranian regime, US State Department principal deputy spokesperson Thomas Pigott said.

‘Drones alone not enough, forces need both manned and unmanned systems’

A top Jaish commander disclosed that Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir had issued direct orders to the Corps Commander of Bahawalpur and soldiers to attend the funeral of those killed in the Indian missile strikes on the terror group’s headquarters on May 7.

This comes as Indian exporters have begun facing the pinch of the steep US tariffs with cancelled orders from the US, especially in labour-intensive sectors such as textiles, footwear, and fisheries.

DGP Anurag Gupta rules out talks two days after a ‘Maoist letter’ seeking dialogue emerged in Chhattisgarh.

Several houses were submerged under debris and water after 70 mm rain fell in 3 hours in Chamoli district

Opposition calls attack on Rama Kankonkar an attempt to ‘muzzle independent voices’; police says 5 arrested, one accused still at large