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When Manmohan Singh’s election was challenged in the Madras High Court

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 17:12
Soon after he joined Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao’s Cabinet as the Finance Minister, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Assam. In 1993, a petition was filed in the court for his disqualification from Parliament. But the court did not find merit in the petitioner’s case that Singh could not claim to be ‘an ordinary resident’ of Assam
Categories: National News

Lodha case hearing adjourned to January 27: Bombay High Court

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 17:11
The company that was founded in 1980, was split between the brothers, when Abhinandan Lodha separated to form a different entity
Categories: National News

Row over feeding stray animals: Mysuru varsity Registrar transferred

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 17:03
Speculations rife that the shifting stemmed from the controversy over the ban on feeding stray animals at Kukkarahalli lake
Categories: National News

U.S. President Donald Trump declares end to birthright citizenship

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 17:00
The decision could affect thousands of Indian professionals working in the U.S. under H-1B and other temporary visas; President threatens to impose 100% tariffs on BRICS countries if they attempt to move to “non-dollar” transactions.
Categories: National News

Supreme Court reserves verdict in contempt plea on DDA for illegal tree felling in protected ridge area

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 16:47
Court seeks to look into the extent of contempt, the reasons for the widening of road that led to the tree felling
Categories: National News

Centre, police propose to establish 88 new security camps in Maoist affected areas

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 16:45
Officials said that it helps the security forces in planning operations against the armed Maoist cadres and fill the security vacuum in an area
Categories: National News

Field-level RPF officers put through specialised course on Improvised Explosive Devices detection

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 16:45
The five-day crash course on IEDs detection is conducted for a select group of about 40 men and women officers in batches; over 500 RPF and Railway Protection Special Force officers have undergone training at the centre since 2023
Categories: National News

Indian fact-checkers to continue with Meta partnerships, for now

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 16:43
For at least a few months, Meta’s partnerships with fact checkers in India, as well as other countries other than the US, will continue, an executive from the firm said
Categories: National News

High Court issues notice to Punjab and Haryana governments on petition challenging anti-begging laws

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 16:38
The PIL challenges the constitutionality of certain sections of 50-year-old State laws that prohibit begging by criminalising it
Categories: National News

India Boat and Marine Show from January 22

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 16:32
Categories: National News

On UCC, Modi government treating Law Commission in a “cavalier manner”: Congress

Hindu - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 16:27
In a consultation paper, the 22nd Law Commission said UCC “neither necessary nor desirable”; in June 2023, said it would examine UCC again after reference from Law Ministry; wound up in August 2024 without submitting UCC report
Categories: National News

Trump warns of 100% tariff on BRICS, including India; drops a clanger on Spain

Times of India - Tue, 01/21/2025 - 16:21
Amid a series of executive orders, President Trump warned of 100% tariffs on Brics nations if trade remains unbalanced, incorrectly mentioned Spain as a member. He also signed notable actions like withdrawing from the Paris Accord, ending birthright citizenship, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico, sparking legal and international challenges.
Categories: National News

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