Ex-independent Mayor of NY says he now believes only a major-party nominee can win White House Michael Bloomberg is actively considering a campaign for President as a Democrat in 2020, concluding that it would be his only path to the White House even as he voices stark disagreements with progressives …
Read More »‘No preferential deal for EU citizens’
British PM May says EU and non-EU nationals will have the same immigration rights after Brexit EU and non-EU citizens, including those from India and Australia, could have the same immigration rights after Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May indicated on Monday. Asked whether the EU would get a preferential …
Read More »Modi-Ghani talks to focus on security
Afghan President will arrive tomorrow Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani will visit New Delhi this week to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss bilateral ties as well as the regional security situation, officials in Delhi and Kabul confirmed. Mr. Ghani will land in Delhi on Wednesday, and meet Mr. Modi …
Read More »CJI warns against ‘cooked up’ evidence
The five persons under house arrest are poet Varavara Rao, lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj, and activists Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Gautam Navlakha. As for the quashing of the cases against them, the Chief Justice, at one point, suggested they (accused) could continue their efforts in the competent lower courts. The …
Read More »SC allows sale of Saridon, 3 other drugs
They were banned by Health Ministry Popular painkiller Saridon will be available in medical stores across the country, with the Supreme Court on Monday allowing the sale of the drug and three other banned fixed dose combinations (FDCs). A Bench of Justices R.F. Nariman and Indu Malhotra issued notice to …
Read More »Rajiv case: SC to hear kin of victims
Sixteen died and many sustained grievous injuries in the 1991 suicide attack The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear families of the victims of the bomb blast which killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur in 1991, and gave them permission to file additional documents. Sixteen died and …
Read More »AAPSU to carry out survey for lineage Bill
There should be a set of rules so that our indigenous rights are protected, says a student leader Less than two months after a Meghalaya tribal council tabled a bill to strip a Khasi woman married to a non-Khasi man of her tribal status, an apex students’ body in Arunachal …
Read More »Chinese intrusions declined by 10% this year, says official
There has been a 10% decline in the number of Chinese transgressions this year, a senior government official told The Hindu The official said the presence of Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has also reduced by around 30%. The manpower has been substituted with powerful surveillance …
Read More »Pak. urged to create milieu for talks
MoS V.K. Singh responds to Islamabad’s Foreign Minister’s comments during Kabul visit India on Monday urged Pakistan to create a ‘conducive’ environment for restarting dialogue. The Indian response came from the Minister of State for External Affairs V. K. Singh, days after Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister spoke about holding talks …
Read More »Activists’ arrest: CJI warns against ‘cooked-up’ proof
Material to be presented tomorrow Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said on Monday that the Supreme Court will set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) if the material relied on by the Maharashtra government to raid and arrest five activists on August 28 in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case is …
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