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Govt accepts resignation of Madras HC Chief Justice V K Tahilramani

1:34 pm September 21, 2019

New Delhi: The resignation of Madras High Court Chief Justice V K Tahilramani has been accepted, according to a government notification. Her resignation has been accepted with effect from September 6, it said. She had resigned after the Supreme Court collegium declined her request for reconsideration of transfer to the Meghalaya High Court. Justice V […]

‘I want a future’: Global youth protests urge climate action

4:47 am September 21, 2019

NEW YORK: Young people afraid for their futures protested around the globe Friday to implore leaders to tackle climate change, turning out by the hundreds of thousands to insist that the warming world can’t wait for action. Marches, rallies and demonstrations were held from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York, and German […]

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

US welcomes Imran’s ‘unambiguous’ statement warning Pakistanis against going to Kashmir for jihad

8:45 pm September 20, 2019

Washington: The US has welcomed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “unambiguous and important” statement warning Pakistanis against going to Kashmir to wage jihad, but Washington also sought “sustained commitment” by Islamabad to rein in all terrorist groups that is critical to maintain regional stability. The statement by United States Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and […]

US welcomes Imran's 'unambiguous' statement warning Pakistanis against going to Kashmir for jihad

‘Be part of solution, not pollution’: Protests in Delhi over climate change

8:42 pm September 20, 2019

New Delhi: The Fridays For Future held a protest here as part of a ‘global climate strike’ on Friday, and demanded that the government should focus on building climate resilience in cities. Asserting that climate change has become a reality due to global warming, around 300 people, most of them school students, staged demonstrations outside […]

BJP Mehrauli district chief Azad Singh on Thursday allegedly assaulted his wife, an ex-South Delhi mayor

Delhi BJP leader allegedly assaults wife, a former mayor, at party office

10:56 pm September 19, 2019

New Delhi: In an embarrassment to the BJP, its Mehrauli district chief Azad Singh on Thursday allegedly assaulted his wife, an ex-South Delhi mayor, at the party’s Delhi office, right after a poll-preparedness meeting with senior leader Prakash Javadekar, sources said. Party leaders said the two have been involved in a marital discord and Singh […]