PAC meeting postponed as SEBI chief Buch fails to appear, BJP miffed at panel chair Venugopal
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday postponed its sitting after SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and other officials expressed inability to attend the meeting, panel chairperson K C Venugopal said. Buch, under a cloud over allegations of conflict of interest levelled by US-based short-seller Hindenburg, was asked to appear before...
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Priyanka Gandhi files nomination for Wayanad LS bypoll, says has 35 yrs experience in politics
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday marked her electoral debut by filing her nomination for the upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, saying that she has 35 years of experience in the political arena beginning from the age of 17 years when she campaigned for her late father Rajiv Gandhi...
Maharashtra polls: NCP releases 1st list of 38 candidates; Ajit Pawar to contest from Baramati
The Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday released its first list of 38 candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls with Deputy Chief Minister and party head Ajit Pawar being nominated from Baramati seat in Pune district. Apart from renominating 26 sitting MLAs, including ministers who sided with Ajit Pawar when...
SC pulls up Centre for making environmental laws 'toothless', says penalty provision not implemented
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for making the environment protection law “toothless”, and said the provision under the CAQM Act which deals with penalty for stubble burning was not being implemented. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanulllah and Augustine George Masih said the Commission...
CJI Chandrachud-led bench defers hearing on pleas against immunity to husbands in marital rape cases
Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, who is demitting office on November 10, Wednesday deferred hearing by four weeks on pleas challenging the immunity granted to husbands in cases of marital rape. The CJI said he will not be able to conclude the hearing and render the verdict if the hearing does...
PM Modi, President Xi to hold bilateral talks today: Foreign Secretary Misri
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold bilateral talks on Wednesday on the margins of the BRICS summit in Russia, in their first structured meeting since the eastern Ladakh border row erupted in May 2020. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri made the announcement, a day after India and...
Massive turnout in Kalpetta as Priyanka Gandhi kicks off campaign for Wayanad bypoll
Thousands of people, including UDF leaders and workers, gathered in Kalpetta on Wednesday to participate in a massive roadshow welcoming Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, as she prepares to make her electoral debut by filing nomination papers for the upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll. Priyanka, who arrived in the hill...
Awareness is key for success of functioning of legal aid mechanism: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said awareness is the key for success of functioning of legal aid mechanism and a robust system should be put in place to ensure that beneficial schemes promoted by legal services authority reaches all. Passing a slew of directions on the issue of providing legal aid...
