Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:42:48
India are among a host of countries who are interested in hosting the Olympic Games in 2036, 2040 and even beyond, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said.
The IOC recently announced that the city of Brisbane will host the 2032 Summer Games.
Even after Brisbane, Australia, was chosen last month to host the 2032 Summer Games, the IOC enjoys a queue of suitors to h
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:40:33
Sending a legal notice and filing a criminal complaint does not amount to offence of abetment to suicide in spite of the presence of a suicide note, said the Delhi High Court.
“Abetment involves a mental process of instigating a person or intentionally aiding a person in doing of a thing,” explained Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri.
The court’s ruling came in a case where a seller had committed sui
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:37:02
The Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn 77 cases related to the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 related to offences entailing punishment of life sentence without giving any reasons, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday.
A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant is scheduled to hear a plea filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking speedy disposal of cases ag
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:34:52
European Council President Charles Michel says a number of G-7 leaders raised concerns with U.S. President Joe Biden about the Aug.31 deadline for getting their nationals and Afghan helpers out of Kabul.
Michel says that “several leaders expressed concerns about the timing of August 31,” during Tuesday's G-7 summit.
He declined to tell reporters after the meeting what response Biden gave th
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:32:26
A man from Karwar, who was working as a driver in Kabul, returned to his hometown safely on Tuesday.
Rajesh Paduvalkar, a resident of Sadashivgad in Karwar taluk, was working in Kabul as a driver for three years for a company which supplied food to the armed forces of the United States. As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Rajesh was under the care of the US Forces and he was sent to Qat
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:30:22
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday they had conveyed their views in favour of caste-based census to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre has to take a decision on it.
"We talked with PM Modi for 40-45 minutes. All parties said that caste census should be conducted as will benefit everyone. He listened to everyone's opinion very carefully. Now he has to make a decision," Ku
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:27:16
Nashik Police has sent notice to Union Minister Narayan Rane in connection with the FIR lodged against him for his alleged 'derogatory' remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
As per the information shared by the police, Rane has been asked to appear at the police station on September 2.
Rane was arrested in Ratnagiri district after several FIRs were registered against h
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:14:45
Union minister Narayan Rane was acting according to his "Sanskar", Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said here on Tuesday.
Rane was arrested earlier in the day over his statement that he would have slapped Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for allegedly not knowing India's year of independence.
"I do not want to get into this matter. He is acting as per his Sanskar (va
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:08:48
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday urged the medical fraternity and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to take up special awareness campaigns to educate the people about the safety and importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
Inaugurating 'Vaccinate India Programme', an initiative of the Sustainable Goals Coordination Center of the Government of Karnataka in collaboration with
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