Supreme Court

Open community kitchen, provide dry ration & facilitate transportation of migrant workers: SC

11:32 pm May 13, 2021

New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday directed Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to open community kitchens in the NCR for stranded migrant workers amid the current wave of COVID-19 pandemic and facilitate transportation for labourers who want to return home. Passing a slew of interim directions to ameliorate the miseries of migrant workers facing difficulties in wake of the recent surge […]

SC refuses bail to activist Gautam Navlakha in Bhima Koregaon case

11:59 pm May 12, 2021

New Delhi: In a setback to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed his plea seeking bail in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case of Bhima Koregaon in Maharashtra. The apex court examined the technical grounds raised by Navlakha for the default bail as the charge sheet in the case was not filed […]

Jaypee Infra insolvency: NBCC, Suraksha submit revised bids

9:11 pm May 11, 2021

New Delhi: State-owned NBCC and Suraksha group, which are in the race to acquire Jaypee Infratech under the insolvency resolution process, have submitted revised bids and improved their offers for financial creditors. According to sources, NBCC and Suraksha group submitted their revised bids on Monday. Suraksha group has now offered a line of credit of Rs 3,000 crore as […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Won’t let anyone die due to oxygen shortage in Delhi if govt gets 700 MT supply daily: Kejriwal

11:11 pm May 6, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi received 730 metric tonnes of medical oxygen for the first time amid a crippling shortage, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday and asserted that no one will die due to lack of the life-saving gas if the Centre maintains the same level of supply till the second COVID wave lasts. While Kejriwal wrote […]

Inquire if witness, Hathras victim’s lawyer threatened during trial: HC to district judge, CRPF IG

11:57 pm March 20, 2021

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench has directed the Hathras district judge and CRPF Inspector General, central sector, to inquire whether the prosecution witness and the lawyers of the Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and died due to injuries were threatened before a special judge during the trial on March 5. The court has sought the report within 15 days and […]