New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday began the final hearing on a series of appeals related to the 2002 Godhra train burning case, rejecting the objection raised by some convicts that the matter must be heard by a three-judge bench since it involved death penalty sentences. A two-judge bench comprising Justices…
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that India and the UK have successfully concluded an ambitious and mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement, describing it as a historic milestone. PM Modi spoke with his UK counterpart Keir Starmer and the two leaders welcomed the successful conclusion of the India–UK Free…
United Nations, May 6 (UNI) The issue of escalating India-Pakistan tensions was discussed with concern at a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) where Islamabad was asked tough questions, including about the role of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group in the Pahalgam attack, sources said. The issue was taken up by the UNSC…
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) India continues its steady rise on the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 130 out of 193 countries in the 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) released by the United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday. With an HDI value increasing from 0.676 in 2022 to 0.685 in 2023, India remains in the…
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to personally congratulate him on his and his party’s election victory. He also invited him to India for the Quad summit and bilateral summit later this year. In a post on X, the PM said: “Spoke with my…
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) Ahead of the nationwide civil defence mock drill on Wednesday, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Tuesday convened a meeting with senior officials here to assess the preparedness of the exercise, as tensions between India and Pakistan continues to escalate. The government will conduct the mock drill across 244 categorised…
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) In a significant observation during the hearing of a case concerning OBC reservations in Maharashtra’s local body elections, Supreme Court Judge Justice Surya Kant on Tuesday likened the reservation system in India ‘to a train journey where those already seated are reluctant to let others in’. The remark came from…
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday made three suggestions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on caste enumeration in the upcoming census one of which is removing the 50 per cent ceiling on reservation. In a letter to PM Modi, which Khrage had posted on his social media handle X said,…
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the Kerala High Court’s decision that had annulled the election of CPI(M) legislator A Raja from the Devikulam Assembly constituency in the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly elections. A bench comprising justices AS Oka and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah allowed the appeal filed by Raja challenging…
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) In a landmark step towards transparency, the judges of the Supreme Court have begun declaring their personal assets on the official court website. This decision was made unanimously in a full court meeting held on April 1. As of Monday night, the declared assets of 21 out of 33 sitting…
