Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:51:35
Overturning a family court's order, the Gujarat High Court has said that a woman cannot be forced to cohabit with her husband and establish conjugal rights with him even by a court's decree.
The high court also observed that the first wife may decline to live with her husband on the ground that the "Muslim law permits the polygamy, but has never encouraged it". "The Muslim law, as forced in Ind
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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:44:23
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Coronavirus-related restrictions cannot be imposed everywhere as it may impact the economy as has been the case since the onset of the pandemic.
Speaking to reporters while visiting the Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district where the annual Ganga Sagar Mela will begin next month, Banerjee said Covid-19 cases in Kolkata were rising
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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:41:59
Deputy Commissioner Mullai Muhilan issued orders banning entry of people on beaches in Uttara Kananda district on December 31 from 8:00 pm.
The order will be in force on the beaches and parks in Karwar, Ankola, Kumta, Honnavar and Bhatkal taluks.
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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:37:28
All COVID vaccines do not prevent infection and are primarily disease-modifying, said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday.
Briefing media persons, DG, ICMR said, "All COVID vaccines, whether they are from India, Israel, US, Europe, UK or China, are primarily disease-modifying. They do not prevent infection. The precautionary dose is primari
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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:34:24
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday termed the “clean chit” given by the Jammu and Kashmir police’s special investigation team to security forces in the Hyderpora encounter as “wrong” and demanded a judicial probe into the incident.
“The police report is wrong. Police have done it to save themselves. Police had killed them and there is no doubt about it,” Abdullah told rep
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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:31:06
Visitors wasted no time after the lunch break to bowl out hosts for 191 to register a 113-run win and also won their first Test ever here at the SuperSport Park, Centurion on Thursday to take a 1-0 lead in 3-match Test series.
Resuming the post-lunch session at 182/7 Mohammed Shami dismissed debutant Marco Jansen caught behind by wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant for just 13. Shami got his third wicket
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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:25:34
Days after a Bill was passed by Parliament to link voter id cards with Aadhaar, over 100 retired civil servants wrote an open letter, saying it will undermine the independence and integrity of the Election Commission and cast doubts on the fairness of the entire electoral process.
A letter signed by bureaucrats, including Former Home Secretary GK Pillai, former health secretary K. Sujatha Rao,
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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:24:05
Congress on Tuesday slammed the union government for selling Central Electronics Ltd to the private sector for Rs. 210 crore, stating it is lower than the company's worth, and also raised questions on the firm to which the strategic PSU was sold.
The issue was raised by Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh, who said the strategically important CEL was sold to a firm called Nandal Finance and Le
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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:22:07
India is witnessing a major surge in COVID infections as 13,154 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 3,48,22,040 said the Health Ministry data on Thursday.
The active cases currently stand at 82,402 cases, which is one per cent of the total cases, while 268 people have died in the last 24 hours pushing the death toll to 4,80,860.
The tally of recoveries ros
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