Day: February 13, 2021

Govt pursuing reforms to make India one of world’s top economies: FM

5:22 pm February 13, 2021

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the government, undeterred by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been pursuing reforms for achieving sustained long-term growth in a bid to make India one of the top economies of the world in the coming decades. Replying to debate on Budget 2021-22 in Lok Sabha, she said, the Prime Minister did not lose any […]

NIA files chargesheet against ex-J&K cop who joined Hizbul ranks for attack on CRPF convoy

5:18 pm February 13, 2021

Jammu: The NIA on Saturday filed a supplementary chargesheet against a former Jammu and Kashmir policeman, who deserted the force and joined the Pakistan-based terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen, for his alleged involvement in attacking a CRPF convoy in 2019, an official said. Naveed Mushtaq Shah, an ex-constable of Jammu and Kashmir police, had decamped with arms and ammunition in 2017 when he was posted as a […]

Supreme Court formally rejects Trump election challenge cases

Religion and the death penalty collide at the Supreme Court

5:13 pm February 13, 2021

Washington : The Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be allowed to have a spiritual adviser by their side as they are executed. The high court around midnight Thursday declined to let Alabama proceed with the lethal injection of Willie B. Smith III. Smith had objected to […]

Bombay HC judge who gave controversial verdicts takes oath as its additional judge for 1 year

5:09 pm February 13, 2021

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court’s judge Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, who had delivered two controversial verdicts in sexual assault cases, on Saturday took oath as the high court’s additional judge for one more year. Justice Ganediwala’s earlier tenure as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court ended on Friday. Justice Nitin Jamdar, the senior most […]

35 children’s books in Parag Honour List for 2021

5:00 pm February 13, 2021

New Delhi: Thirty-five books for children and young adults across fiction, non-fiction and poetry genres by authors like Vinod Kumar Shukl, Jerry Pinto, Nandini Nayar and Nandita Da Cunha in English and Hindi feature in the Parag Honour List 2021. Currently in its second edition, this annual list by the Parag Initiative of Tata Trusts features best of children’s books published in the past one year. The list was launched Saturday […]