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SC to hear plea on sand mining in Ken river with Chambal sanctuary case

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The Supreme Court has directed the listing of a plea flagging illegal sand mining in Madhya Pradesh's Ken River, threatening the ecosystem around the Panna Tiger Reserve and Ken ... Read More


Centre issues guidelines to set up specialised SDRF units in 5 years

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The Centre has issued detailed guidelines to states and Union Territories for raising, equipping, operationalising and training within the next five years, state disaster respons... Read More


SC grants bail to businessman Naval Kishore in LeT-linked Kashmir terror funding case

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The Supreme Court has granted bail to UAE-based businessman Naval Kishore Kapoor, an accused in the Kashmir terror funding case involving Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Haf... Read More


Dark portents of Nepal flood

India, Aug. 28 -- Thousands are missing and at least 320 dead after a wall of ice and rock broke off a mountainside on the Tibetan side of the Nepal-China border on the morning of August 26 and cascad... Read More


Indian industry must wake up to new order

India, Aug. 28 -- After the new US Administration took office in 2025, the policies announced signalled that the old global economic order had ruptured. The post-World War II system - built broadly ar... Read More


Meta payout must be seen as a lesson for all

India, Aug. 28 -- Meta's $18 billion settlement - one of the largest in US history - with 48 American states and three territories may look like poetic justice. The social media giant is said to have ... Read More


When regulations go beyond bigger sticks

India, Aug. 28 -- Have you noticed how a motorcyclist who always wears a helmet on the main road may sometimes ride without one on a quiet road inside your colony? He has not necessarily decided that ... Read More


States don't lose from new changes to the mining law

India, Aug. 28 -- The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act of 2026 should be seen not merely as a fiscal or regulatory amendment, but as an important step towards preparing In... Read More


12 militants held in Manipur, large cache of arms recovered

IMPHAL, Aug. 27 -- Security forces arrested 12 alleged militants from different banned outfits in the last 48 hours during operations across Manipur, while arms, ammunition, and other items were also ... Read More


Transparency needed in Indian judiciary

India, Aug. 27 -- It is not everyday that a sitting Supreme Court judge calls for the immediate transfer of the acting chief justice of a high court, accusing him of corruption, nepotism, favouritism,... Read More