New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI), The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the State of Kerala to refrain from publishing or circulating data regarding the population, assets, and churches belonging to the Malankara Orthodox and Jacobite factions, amidst ongoing tensions between the two denominations. The bench, comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice N.K. Sigh, emphasized the…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the BJP-RSS of “capturing the institutions of the country” including the Election Commission and said the “Congress was not just fighting a political oganisation but Indian state itself”. Addressing party workers after the inauguration of the new AICC headquarters…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR) challenging a Telangana High Court order that refused to quash an FIR against him in connection with the alleged Formula-E race ‘Scam’ case. A bench…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Central government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition filed by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, challenging recent amendments to the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. The amendments allegedly curtail citizens’ rights to access election-related records, raising concerns about…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Chief Secretary of Punjab to submit a complete comparative medical report of farmers’ leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike for over 49 days. The reports, including Dallewal’s latest vitals, are to be handed over to the Registrar (Judicial)…
Seoul, Jan 15 (UNI) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested in presidential residence Wednesday, becoming the country’s first sitting president to be kept in custody over his short-lived martial law imposition. A joint investigation unit, composed of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), the National Office of Investigation (NOI), and the defense…
Sydney, Jan 15 (UNI) Hundreds of train services across Sydney, the capital city of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), have been delayed or cancelled as workers struck on Wednesday. Commuters into the city were told to expect major delays on Wednesday as work bans put in place by the Electrical Trades Union (ETU)…
Bratislava, Jan 15 (UNI) Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico doesn’t plan to visit Kiev to discuss the halt in Russian gas transit through Ukraine, Deputy Speaker of the Slovak National Council Tibor Gaspar said on Tuesday. Gaspar, who is visiting Moscow with a Slovak parliamentary delegation, told the News Agency of the Slovak Republic that…
Los Angeles, Jan 15 (UNI) Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions will continue for coastal southern California including the areas of the wildfires in greater Los Angeles, said the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) on Tuesday. The “particularly dangerous situation” will go into effect Tuesday and last through Wednesday for swaths of Los Angeles…
New Delhi, (UNI) Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of engaging in petty politics by using bomb threats to schools for political gain, just ahead of the upcoming elections. This came after BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi asked AAP to clarify its…
