New Delhi, Sep 1 (UNI) The Supreme Court today expressed serious doubt over the correctness of its 2014 ruling in Pramati Educational & Cultural Trust, which had exempted minority schools, both aided and unaided, from the purview of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act). A Bench comprising Justice…
New Delhi, Sept 1 (UNI) The Supreme Court today directed its Registry to verify which of the two special leave petitions (SLPs) filed in the Sambhal Masjid dispute was legitimate, after it emerged that parallel petitions had been filed by different office bearers of the same management committee. The Court also ordered that the interim…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (UNI) The Supreme Court today issued notice in a petition filed by India’s international sailor Pearl Milind Colvalcar challenging the Bombay High Court (Goa Bench) order that quashed the State Government’s decision to allot vacant seats under the Children of Freedom Fighters category to meritorious sportspersons under the sports quota. A…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (UNI) India has taken a significant leap in the global biotechnology arena, now hosting 21 out of 121 bio-companies worldwide, union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh said. Launching the High-Performance Biomanufacturing Platforms under the new BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) Policy here at an…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today spoke with the Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and conveyed that India has delivered 1,000 family tents and 15 tonnes of food material, in the aftermath of a massive quake that hit Afghanistan. The phone call between EAM and the Afghan…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (UNI) Amid rising concerns over likely increase in the Yamuna’s water level, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta today said that the Delhi government and all its flood-related departments are fully prepared and maintaining high alert. The CM has appealed to the people residing in the Yamuna riverbed to exercise caution, and strictly…
New Delhi, Sept. 1 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh Limited tomorrow via video conferencing while also transferring Rs 105 crore into the institution’s bank account as an initial corpus to operationalise the credit system. A government statement here said, the Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi has…
New Delhi, Sept 1 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today slammed Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for his repeated references to “Atom Bomb” and threats to unleash a “Hydrogen Bomb” in the political arena, which it said, has little connection to electoral politics. Former union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, addressing…
Tianjin/New Delhi, Sep 1 (UNI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif cut a sorry figure, standing by lamely as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir, walk by talking animatedly, without glancing towards him, at the SCO Summit in Tianjin. A video of the moment has gone viral, showing the Pakistan Premier standing next…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said that its party workers will go door to door to collect relief material for flood-affected Punjab. Party leaders, including national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia, urged people to extend financial and material support. AAP stated that even small donations would…
