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No statutory bar on 2nd maternity leave within 2 years of first: HC

India, Aug. 14 -- LUCKNOW In a significant ruling concerning maternity rights of women government employees, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has held that there is no statutory bar on a ... Read More


Why can't state govt provide employment: SC stays order of HC on govt jobs to relatives of Karur stampede victims

India, Aug. 14 -- In a relief for the Tamil Nadu government, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Madras High Court which quashed Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's order providing governme... Read More


Chandigarh Congress councillors demands withdrawal of table agendas

Chandigarh, Aug. 14 -- Amid the controversy surrounding table agenda worth Rs.227 crore, Chandigarh Congress held a meeting of its councillors on Thursday where it was decided that these proposals sho... Read More


Iran President Pezeshkian to travel to Delhi for BRICS Summit: Sources

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to New Delhi to attend the upcoming BRICS Summit, Iranian sources said on Friday. Pezeshkian's participation in the summit is sch... Read More


Mayawati expels former health minister Anant Kumar Mishra from BSP

Lucknow, Aug. 14 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Thursday expelled former health minister Anant Kumar Mishra, also known as Antu Mishra, from the party on charges of anti-party acti... Read More


SC quashes all FIRs against Samay Raina, others over Latent show remarks against persons with disabilities

India, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Friday quashed all FIRs against comedian Samay Raina and four others over alleged insensitive jokes about persons with disabilities during his 'India's Got Laten... Read More


Samajwadi Party MPs donate protest funds at Hanuman temple in Delhi

Lucknow, Aug. 14 -- Samajwadi Party MPs on Thursday donated around Rs.2,15,490 and two silver coins, collected during their recent protest in Parliament, at the historic Hanuman temple at Connaught Pl... Read More


Manipur: DESAM urges NEET-PG centre relocation from Churachandpur for 29 candidates over security concerns

Imphal, Aug. 14 -- The Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) has urged senior state leaders and MPs to intervene in the allocation of NEET-PG 2026 examination centres in Churachandpur for 2... Read More


TVK welcomes SC's stay of Madras HC ruling against jobs to kin of stampede victims

India, Aug. 14 -- The ruling TVK on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's stay of the Madras High Court's verdict quashing orders providing jobs to relatives of people who died in a stampede during a TV... Read More


SC seeks comprehensive plan to end Manipur highway blockades, says issue cannot be tackled piecemeal

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Friday called for a comprehensive solution to the prolonged blockade of highways in violence-hit Manipur, observing that roads serving as the "lifeline of th... Read More