Difficult to judge Babur’s intention after 500 yrs: SC
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Supreme Court on Thursday termed as a ‘little problematic’ the demand of a Hindu body that it judicially scrutinise, after...
Month : August 2019
Terrorists kill civilian on outskirts of Srinagar
Reading Time: < 1 minute Terrorists on Thursday night shot dead a shopkeeper on the outskirts of Srinagar city, officials said. The deceased, identified...
Judge: Knew Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ was classic
Reading Time: 5 minutes IMAGE: A portrait of Leo Tolstoy by Ilya Repin. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons The Bombay high court on Thursday made it clear...
World’s best body painting artists show off their artistry
Reading Time: 3 minutes No, this is not the next casting for the Avatar sequel. These are the colourful women taking part in the International...
SC allows Yechury to visit J-K to meet party colleague
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury to visit Jammu and Kashmir to meet...
23 killed in arson attack at Mexico bar
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image used only for representation. Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters At least 23 people including 16 men and nine women were killed and...
Govt returns file on Justice Kureshi’s elevation
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government is learnt to have returned to the Supreme Court collegium its recommendation to elevate Justice Akil Kureshi as the...
Indians want less children now, but want them as sons
Reading Time: 5 minutes Less children are being born in India. But less daughters too, points out the Sample Registration System data from the Registrar...
IAF’s S Dhami scripts history, becomes first female flight commander
Reading Time: < 1 minute Indian Air Force’s Wing Commander S Dhami has become the first female officer in the country to become the Flight...
SC allows The Wire to withdraw appeal in Jay Shah case
Reading Time: 5 minutes IMAGE: From left, Rohini Singh, M K Venu, Monobina Gupta, Siddharth Bhatia and Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire. Freedom of press...