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Supreme Court rejects Tarun Tejpal's plea, asks him to surrender within 2 weeks

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed journalist Tarun Tejpal's plea seeking exemption from surrendering following his conviction and sentence of 10 years of rigorous imprisonme... Read More


SC protects journalist against FIR

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the Uttar Pradesh Police from taking coercive action against journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who had reported alleged irregularities in the ... Read More


SC may set up special bench on CSE-2025 OBC rules

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider setting up a special bench to hear the Centre's plea seeking clarity on whether its March 11 judgment on OBC creamy-layer criteria... Read More


SC notice on TMC's Abhishek Banerjee plea for time-bound decision on disqualification of 20 rebel MPs

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee seeking an expeditious decision by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on petitions seeki... Read More


Government mulls random yearly dope tests for all pilots amid Air India fallout

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The civil aviation ministry is looking at the possibility of carrying out psychoactive substance tests for all commercial pilots round the year on a random basis. Civil Aviation ... Read More


Sebi drops case against Max Financial, Max Life, Axis entities in Rs 3,911 cr case

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Sebi has disposed of proceedings against Max Financial Services, Max Life, and Axis Group entities over an alleged Rs 3,911 crore shareholder loss, with the markets regulator fin... Read More


CM Mann dedicates 509 'Pendu Khed Maidan' to Punjab villages

India, Aug. 25 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday inaugurated 509 modern 'Pendu Khed Maidan' across the state, taking the total number of dedicated rural playgrounds to 734 and giv... Read More


Rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 21-day parole, 17th since 2017

India, Aug. 25 -- Rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walked out of the Sunaria jail in Rohtak on Tuesday morning on a 21-day furlough, sources said. It is the 17th time he has... Read More


SC asks Centre to consider devising safeguards to ensure no misuse of EPFO, ITR data

India, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court has said the access by private entities to sensitive data of EPFO and ITR records was "worrisome", and asked the Centre to consider devising safeguards to ensure th... Read More


Karnataka suspends food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket over Datura sales

India, Aug. 25 -- Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration Department has suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket until further orders after Datura fruits and seeds... Read More