Day: March 8, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Atanu, Tarundeep, Deepika in Indian recurve archery squad

9:34 pm March 8, 2021

Pune: Seasoned Atanu Das and Tarundeeep Rai among men and Deepika Kumari in the women’s section will headline the Indian recurve archery contingent during this year’s Tokyo Olympics. After the final selection trials (Trial 3) at the Army Insitute of Sports in Pune, a six-strong squad which has three male and equal number of female archers was selected for the quadrennial extravaganza. Besides Atanu and Tarundeep, the […]

Remarks on rape case last week ‘completely misreported’, have highest respect for women: SC

9:25 pm March 8, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said its observation during the hearing last week in a bail matter in a rape case were “completely misreported” and added that it has the “highest respect for women”. The comments — on International Women’s Day — come in the wake of recent criticism against the Supreme Court that it had purportedly asked a rape […]

NCLT has jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes solely relating to insolvency of corporate debtor: SC

9:15 pm March 8, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday held that the NCLT has jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes, which arises solely or relates to the insolvency of a corporate debtor. The top court, however, cautioned the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and its appellate tribunal (NCLAT) to ensure that they do not usurp the legitimate jurisdiction of other courts, tribunals and […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Batla House encounter: politics of polarisation, controversies and Bollywood

9:14 pm March 8, 2021

New Delhi: On September 19, 2008, a week after serial blasts tore through the capital, police stormed into a house in Batla House locality searching for terrorists. What followed has been written into contemporary history as the ‘Batla House encounter’ that polarised the city, caused a media frenzy and was even cinematically recreated in Bollywood On Monday, the much […]

Army got 7 complaints of human rights violations in 2020, none found to be true: Naik

8:53 pm March 8, 2021

New Delhi: The Army received a total of seven complaints of human rights violations in 2020, but none of them were found to be true, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said on Monday. The Army had received 26 complaints of human rights violations in 2019 and one of them was found to be true, he said in a written […]