Supreme Court

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti released

11:18 pm October 13, 2020

Srinagar: PDP president and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti was released on Tuesday night as the Union Territory administration revoked the Public Safety Act charges against her, more than a year after she was detained following the abrogation of special status of the erstwhile state. The development came barely two days […]

UP govt urges SC to direct CBI probe in Hathras case

12:43 pm October 6, 2020

New Delhi: The UP government on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to direct a CBI probe into the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman in Hathras, saying it will ensure that no vested interests is able to create a fake and false narrative with “oblique motives”. In an affidavit filed in response to […]

JKNPP demands SC monitored probe in Hathras incident

7:29 pm October 5, 2020

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Monday staged a protest here over the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district and demanded a Supreme Court monitored probe into the incident. A large number of JKNPP activists including women led by party chairman and former minister Harsh Dev Singh […]

UPSC declares results of civil services main exam

SC refuses to postpone civil service exam of 2020

3:14 pm September 30, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to postpone UPSC civil services preliminary exam, to be held on October 4, because of COVID-19 pandemic and floods in several parts of the country. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari asked the Centre to consider granting one more chance to […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Pandemic overwhelms Trump’s message in critical N. Carolina

2:40 pm September 28, 2020

Winston-Salem: President Donald Trump is fighting to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, howling with unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and warning that violent mobs are infiltrating the suburbs. But on a recent morning along Arbor Street, a peaceful tree-lined road with stately brick Colonials and Tudors near Winston-Salem, the women who are the targets of Trump’s messages […]