New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) The Supreme Court held that ‘mere delay in trial’ of a person charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (“UAPA”) is no ground to grant bail in grave offences. The Bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Aravind Kumar, while denying bail to a man charged under the Unlawful…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) The Parliament on Thursday gave its nod to the Modi government’s interim Budget with Rajya Sabha returning the Finance Bill 2024 and related appropriation bills after discussion. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2024 was also returned. The Lok Sabha in its sitting on Wednesday approved the Finance Bill and…
Mumbai, Feb 8 (UNI) Snapping his 48-year-old ties with the Congress, former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique on Thursday announced his resignation from the party. Taking to his official account on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Siddique said, “I joined the Indian National Congress party as a young teenager and it has been a significant…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar will attend the 7th Indian Ocean Conference which is being held in Perth, Australia, on February 9-10, a government statement said on Thursday. The Indian Ocean Conference is a flagship consultative forum for countries in the Indian Ocean region, organised annually by the Ministry…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday decided to scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR) between India and Myanmar to ensure the internal security of the country and also to maintain the demographic structure of India’s North Eastern States bordering Myanmar. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on his social…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) The Indian National Congress released a ‘Black Paper’ against the Narendra Modi government on Thursday titled ‘10 Saal Anyay Kaal’. The black paper was released by party president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence here. Addressing the media, Kharge said, “This Black Paper highlights the failure of the government, which is…
New Delhi (UNI) Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Wednesday stressed that as the country is going through Amrit Kaal, it is time for building a highly capable Aatmanirbhar defence space ecosystem. Inaugurating ‘DEFSAT’, a three-day Space Seminar and Exhibition here, Gen Chauhan underlined that from space augmentation to exploration, the government has…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (UNI) India’s installed nuclear power capacity will increase to 22800 megawatts by 2031–32, the central government announced on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said, “The present installed nuclear power capacity is set to increase from 7480 MW to 22800 MW…
New Delhi Feb 7 (UNI) Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, who is on a visit to Saudi Arabia, held talks with the Defence Minister and Assistant Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia to further consolidate bilateral cooperation in multifarious sectors. Ajay Bhatt held meetings with the Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Khalid bin…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi Marlena on Wednesday asserted that despite conducting 16-hour raids at the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s secretary and 18-hour raids at the house of AAP Treasurer ND Gupta, no searches were conducted and no evidence was recovered by Enforcement Directorate (ED). Addressing…
