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SC lifts ban on Thakur, clears his return to BCCI

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ended the embargo on BJP MP and former Union minister Anurag Thakur to associate with the BCCI, ending the nine-year old hiatus that kept him away fr... Read More


arrest not rule in probe cases with up to 7-yr jail terms: SC

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- No person should be arrested for an alleged offence punishable with imprisonment of up to seven years unless such arrest is "absolutely warranted", the Supreme Court has held, und... Read More


arrest not rule in probe cases with up to 7-yr jail terms: SC

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- No person should be arrested for an alleged offence punishable with imprisonment of up to seven years unless such arrest is "absolutely warranted", the Supreme Court has held, und... Read More


Recurring faults in half of airlines' fleet, LS told

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- India's aviation safety regulator identified repetitive technical defects in 377 aircraft in 2025, exactly half the aircraft across Indian airlines, with the specific defects rang... Read More


Rape law misuse issue of 'profound concern': SC

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Flagging a troubling trend, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that invoking rape charges in the aftermath of failed consensual relationships not only amounts to a misuse of the c... Read More


'Key India-Malaysia pacts likely'

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- India and Malaysia are expected to finalise several agreements, including one between the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Malaysia's PayNet, and explore ways to ... Read More


'govt trying to suppress voices of oppn leaders'

NEW DELHI, Feb. 6 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at the Narendra Modi government for "being determined to suppress the voices of Opposition leaders". Talking to the media after Op... Read More


Govt staff have a right to get DA, says SC; tells WB to release funds

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday held that dearness allowance (DA) is a legally enforceable right of government employees and directed West Bengal to release arrears for the period b... Read More


UPSC will flag delayed DGP appointments: SC

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday took a significant step to hold states accountable for appointing a regular police chief within prescribed timelines as it authorised the Union Publi... Read More


manjha deaths to be classifiedas murder: yogi

Lucknow, Feb. 6 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed that deaths caused by the banned "Chinese manjha" (kite string) be treated as murder and ordered the strictest poss... Read More