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After the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon, India is gearing up for its Sun mission 'Aditya-L1'. Indian Space Research Organisation chief S Somnath has said that the ISRO team has completed rehearsal for the launch. Speaking to the media, ISRO Chief said, "We are just getting ready for the launch. The rocket and satellite are ready, we have completed the rehearsal for the launch. Tomorrow we have to start the countdown for the launch, the day after tomorrow." Aditya-L1 would be the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun. Earlier on August 14, ISRO informed about mission Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun and said that it is getting ready for the launch. "PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission: Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for the launch. The satellite realised at the U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru has arrived at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota,&quo

The IAF is going full steam ahead in making the airspace over the Delhi-National Capital Region as impregnable as possible, with fighter jets, surface-to-air missile systems, anti-drone systems, airborne early-warning and control systems (AEW&C) and other sensors being deployed for the G20 summit on September 9-10. from Times of India https://ift.tt/XtyVHD1 https://ift.tt/T6kEjFK

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's suspension from Lok Sabha was revoked on Wednesday, hours after a parliamentary panel made a recommendation to the effect. "The suspension of Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, MP from the service of the House which was effected on 10.8.2023 till the submission of the Report by the Committee of Privileges, has been revoked with effect from 30.8.2023," a notification by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said. Earlier in the day, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury appeared before the Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha and expressed regret over his conduct in the House following which the panel unanimously adopted a resolution to revoke his suspension. The report of the committee was immediately communicated to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Appearing before the committee, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also expressed regret over certain remarks made by him in the House which had led to his suspension from the Lok Sabha on the penultimate day of the monsoon session of

Maharashtra minister Vijaykumar Gavit expressed regret days after his comments linking the daily consumption of fish to having "eyes as beautiful" as Aishwarya Rai's triggered a row. In a written reply to the Maharashtra State Women Commission, the minister stated that news channels quoted him out of context, panel chief Rupali Chakankar said on Tuesday. "Mr Gavit said that he expresses regret if his comments have insulted any women. He had no intentions of insulting women. He also said that he was speaking in a local dialect and the news channels took his comments out of context. I had never used any insulting remarks against women in my lifetime," Ms Chakankar posted on X (formerly Twitter) quoting the minister. Remarks by Mr Gavit, a BJP leader and state tribal minister, stoked a controversy after the video of his speech at a public function went viral. "People who consume fish on a daily basis develop smooth skin and their eyes sparkle. If anyone lo

In spite of the suspension of three-year sentence in the Toshkhana case, former Prime Minister Imran Khan will stay in jail as he is yet to be granted bail in the Cypher case. The special court overseeing Khan's trial under the Official Secrets Act has ordered that he be kept in Attock Jail till he appears before the court on August 30. from Times of India https://ift.tt/EA0si3R https://ift.tt/6MAZFS5

In cases related to compensation claims in road accidents, the case is not expected to be proved like a criminal trial, the High Court of Karnataka has said. "It is well known that in a case relating to motor accident claims, the claimants are not required to prove the case as it is required to be done in a criminal trial. The court must keep this distinction in mind," the court said recently while dismissing an appeal filed by an insurance company challenging the compensation awarded to an accident victim's family. The Division Bench of Justices K Somashekar and Rajesh Rai K was hearing two appeals -- one filed by Bajaj Allianz Insurance and another filed by Chikka Thayamma and Rame Gowda, the parents of one Divakar M R who died in an accident on August 13, 2019. Divakar met with an accident near Durgaparameshwari Temple in Nagarabhavi while riding a motorcycle. A car is said to have caused the accident resulting in his death in a nearby private hospital where he was

Three persons were arrested in Vadodara in Gujarat for allegedly targeting interfaith couples, harassing them and uploading their videos on social media in order to cause enmity among religious groups, a police official said on Monday. The matter came to light when the video of one such couple went viral on social media platform X and a probe found that a gang that actively targeted such couples and shared videos on a WhatsApp group called 'Army of Mahdi' was behind it, Zone 2 Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhay Soni said. Three administrators of the WhatsApp group, identified as Mustakim Sheikh, Burhan Saiyad and Sahil Sheikh, were arrested under Indian Penal Code (IPC) provisions for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, etc., making statements conducing to public mischief, and disappearance of evidence, the DCP said. The content they shared could have led to mob lynching and communal clashes, he said, adding that the WhatsApp group in que

As Vikram and Pragyan, the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover, continue to do science on the Moon, Isro has set the date for the launch of its solar mission — 11.50am, on September 2. The agency has completed the integration of the Aditya-L1 spacecraft — India’s first solar observatory mission — with its workhorse launch vehicle, the PSLV, at Sriharikota. from Times of India https://ift.tt/PafwN8u https://ift.tt/T2jA7tb

On its social media account, X (formerly known as Twitter), the World of Statistics listed 21 companies that have Indian-origin CEOs. This list includes Alphabet: Sundar Pichai, World Bank Group: Ajay Banga, Micron Technology: Sanjay Mehrotra, Adobe: Shantanu Narayen and many more. Recating on the post, Musk on his micro-blogging account said, "Impressive". from Times of India https://ift.tt/6kCnPgR https://ift.tt/DcAbxzQ

As the whole country continues to celebrate Chandrayaan-3's success, a Durga puja committee in Kolkata has decided to design its pandal modelled on lander Vikram which touched down on the lunar south pole on August 23. Another Puja committee will theme its pandal on the evils of ragging with the message of zero tolerance to such bullying. Pallir Jubak Brinda Club at Sitaram Ghosh Street in north Kolkata has started work on a jumbo-size Vikram replica which will serve as its pandal. "Come Pujas and visitors will see Maa Durga sitting in the lander model which will be perched on the ground resembling the lunar surface," a puja committee spokesperson said on Sunday. He said the organisers will get the puja inaugurated by the father of an ISRO scientist associated with the moon mission. India scripted history on August 23 when ISRO's ambitious third moon mission Chandrayaan-3's lander module touched down on the lunar surface making it only the fourth country to a

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he had requested the Karnataka Governor, Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister not to come to the airport to receive him as he did not want them to take the trouble of coming early in the morning as he was not sure of his arrival time after a long flight. Ahead of PM Modi's Bengaluru visit to meet ISRO scientists, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday alleged that he purportedly barred Siddaramaiah and his deputy, DK Shivakumar, from receiving him at the HAL Airport. Meanwhile, a war of words erupted between BJP MLA and former minister R Ashoka and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar over "ignoring" protocol to receive the Prime Minister at the airport. PM Modi flew down to Bengaluru around 6 AM directly from the Greek capital of Athens to interact with ISRO scientists involved in the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon. Addressing a large number of people gathered outside the HAL airport, the PM said since he was comin

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by an NGO against lowering the age of consent, saying it jeopardises the interest of a large number of child victims of sexual abuse, especially girls. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra issued notice to the Centre and tagged the plea of ' Bachpan Bachao Andolan ' with a pending petition filed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). The NCPCR had challenged last year's order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which said that a Muslim girl can marry a person of her choice. The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on the issue. The plea of the NGO, besides seeking a slew of directions and guidelines, has also sought a directive to the courts to refrain from making observations about the girl's casual relationship and promiscuous attitude while dealing with the criminal proceedings under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offe

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will expand his cabinet on Saturday morning with the induction of three to four ministers, the move coming just months ahead of Assembly polls at the end of the year. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 8:45am, a Raj Bhavan official told PTI late Friday night. The names of ex-ministers Rajendra Shukla, a Brahmin leader and MLA from Rewa in the Vindh region, and Gaurishankar Bisen, legislator from Balaghat in the Mahakoshal region and chairman of the MP Backward Class Commission, have almost been finalised for induction in the cabinet, a BJP leader said. Mr Shukla and Mr Bisen have reached Bhopal. Deliberations are on between Shivraj Singh Chouhan and senior party functionaries on the names of Rahul Singh Lodhi and Jalam Singh, both from the Other Backward Classes that form 45 per cent of the state's population, he said. The name of former state minister Lalsingh Arya, who is the president of the BJP SC Morcha, is also

Former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani, serving life sentences in the poet Madhumita Shukla murder case, were released on Friday evening, ahead of the completion of their terms. from Times of India https://ift.tt/fvq3Z5D https://ift.tt/ScwOVzH

Pestering a son-in-law to abandon his parents and start living with his in-laws as 'ghar jamai' amounts to cruelty, the Delhi High Court has held while granting a divorce decree in favour of a man. A bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna set aside an order of a family court, which had dismissed the husband's divorce petition, and granted divorce to the couple on the ground of cruelty and desertion by the wife. The man said in his plea that he got married in May 2001 and, within a few months of the marriage, his wife left her matrimonial home and went back to her parents in Delhi during pregnancy. He said he made sincere efforts to convince her to return to the matrimonial home but she refused, while she and her family members insisted that he shift from Gujarat to Delhi and stay in their house as 'ghar jamai' (resident son-in-law), a proposal to which he did not agree as he had aged parents to take care of. The woman, however, claimed she

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) against Supertech chairman RK Arora in connection with a money laundering case in Delhi's Patiala House Court. The chargesheet filed on Thursday was filed before Special Judge Devender Kumar Jangala, stating that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute Arora for laundering money. The court fixed August 28, 2023, for arguments on the cognisance point of the chargesheet. Arora was arrested on June 27 under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Chargesheet has been filed by ED's counsels, Naveen Kumar Matta and Mohd Faizan Khan. Earlier, while sending Arora to ED remand, the Court said that "the power to seek remand is essentially a part of the power of arrest and to conduct investigation in respect to the commission of the alleged offence of money laundering, and this power has necessarily to be inferred with the help of the above Section as Se

The Delhi High Court has directed the parents and maternal uncle of a 22-year-old lesbian woman to undergo counselling in order to prepare themselves to accept her "as per her wishes". The court's order came on a habeas corpus petition by the woman's friend who claimed that she was "missing". After interacting with the parties involved, a bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait directed the police to take the woman to a shelter home and make necessary arrangements for her boarding and lodging there. While asking the director of the shelter home to provide "counselling session" to the woman, the court observed that her family members should also be counselled on alternate days. The bench, also comprising Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, further directed the "parents and all other concerned" to "not to extend any kind of threat or undue pressure upon" their daughter and the petitioner. "It is further directed that parents

Chandrayaan-3 mission's lander 'Vikram' chose a relatively flat region on the lunar surface to touch down, images captured by its camera showed. Soon after Vikram, with four landing legs, successfully reached the Moon, these images captured by the Landing Imager Camera after the landing showed a portion of Chandrayaan-3's landing site. "Seen also is a leg and its accompanying shadow," ISRO noted. Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The image captured by the Landing Imager Camera after the landing. It shows a portion of Chandrayaan-3's landing site. Seen also is a leg and its accompanying shadow. Chandrayaan-3 chose a relatively flat region on the lunar surface ?… pic.twitter.com/xi7RVz5UvW — ISRO (@isro) August 23, 2023 "Chandrayaan-3 chose a relatively flat region on the lunar surface," the space agency said. It also said a communication link was established between the lander and the space agency's Mission Operations Complex (MOX) here. The

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti congratulated India, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and their entire team as Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon. Taking to his social media 'X', Eric Garcetti tweeted, "That's how you stick a landing! Congratulations to India, @ISRO and the entire team on the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3! I can see exciting opportunities ahead for #USIndiaSpace collaboration." That's how you stick a landing! Congratulations to India, @ISRO and the entire team on the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3 ! I can see exciting opportunities ahead for #USIndiaSpace collaboration. https://t.co/jSL473iJrD — U.S. Ambassador Eric Garcetti (@USAmbIndia) August 23, 2023 Eric Garcetti also shared his delight and said that he can see exciting opportunities ahead for India-US Space collaboration. Moreover, Krunal Joshi, Counsellor Space at the Embassy of India in Washington DC, US got emotional as Chandrayaan-3 mad

The Telangana High Court has placed under suspension a special sessions judge in connection with a "direction" given by him to police for registering an FIR against Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and several others, saying the judge acted in "undue haste". Official sources in Hyderabad and people aware of the development in Delhi said the suspension was initiated on the administrative side against K Jaya Kumar, the judge of special sessions court for trial of MPs/MLAs, after a complaint was lodged with the high court by a senior official of the Election Commission. Based on a private complaint filed under Section 200 of the CrPC by Raghavendra Raju, the judicial officer "acted in undue haste" without conducting any preliminary enquiry and without recording the statement of the complainant, the high court said. Thus, there was a serious lapse in the procedure followed by the officer while discharging his duties, the sources said citing the order

Jasprit Bumrah, a comeback pacer, led the Indian team to a 2-0 series win against Ireland. The three-match series ended with an abandoned third T20I due to rain in Dublin. Bumrah took four wickets in the two matches, with an average of 9.75. from Times of India https://ift.tt/SnrdR1H https://ift.tt/oycT5NW

ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Wednesday toasted the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, crediting it to the “pain and agony” of all the scientists who persevered on it and expressed confidence that the space agency would similarly land a spacecraft on Mars in the coming years. Acknowledging the contribution of a generation of leadership by the scientists of the country's space agency for the Chandrayaan-3 mission's success, he said this is an "incremental progress" and "definitely a huge one”. The journey to the Moon is tough and soft-landing is difficult for any nation to achieve today even with the advancement of technology, he said, pointing out that India achieved it in just two missions. Chandrayaan-2, the first mission with the objective of soft landing on the Moon had a narrow miss, while the Chandrayaan-3 mission was perfectly executed. Chandrayaan-1's objective was only to place an unmanned spacecraft in an orbit around the Moon. "It (succes

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief K Sudhakaran was on Tuesday questioned for several hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a financial fraud allegedly committed by self-styled controversial antique dealer Monson Mavunkal. Mr Sudhakaran was questioned for nearly nine hours starting from 11 am at the ED office in Kochi. Prior to reaching the ED office, the KPCC chief, also a parliamentarian, told reporters that he did not commit any wrong and hence was not scared when summoned for questioning by the agency. "I am not concerned or scared in any manner. I am going for the questioning with full of courage and confidence as I have never done anything wrong nor will I do so in future," he said. He also claimed that he had several opportunities during his political career to earn money through illegal means, but he never did. After being questioned, Mr Sudhakaran told reporters that he answered all the ED's questions satisfactorily as he h

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India will become the growth engine for the world in the coming years, and the ease of doing business has improved with "mission-mode" reforms being undertaken by his government. Speaking at the BRICS Business Forum Leaders' Dialogue here, PM Modi also said India soon will become a USD 5 trillion economy. He told the gathering that India has the world's third-largest startup ecosystem and there are over 100 unicorns in the country. PM Modi is on a visit to South Africa, which is hosting the first in-person summit of BRICS comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, since 2019.  (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/UEHfXj8 via IFTTT

The Congress on Tuesday demanded a 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local bodies in Gujarat and asked the government to make public the Justice Jhaveri Commission report. The opposition party also made a strong pitch for a caste-based census. These demands were made during a sit-in protest organised under the "Jan Adhikar Samiti" banner by Congress legislature party leader Amit Chavda, state unit president Shaktisinh Gohil, Jagdish Thakor, and others, at the Satyagrah Chhavni ground here. Chavda said OBC leaders belonging to the ruling BJP were also invited to join the dharna but none came. In a dig, he said it seems "the BJP leaders are following the directions of their party high command". He said the Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste and OBC communities will organise a Mahapanchayat for their rights and protest "discriminatory policies of the government". "We had invited leaders of the OBC community sitting in the

The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) on Monday cancelled the test held a day ago to hire technical staff, after two men from Haryana were arrested for allegedly impersonating and cheating in the exam. The VSSC, in a notification, said that the written tests to the posts of technician-B, draughtsman-B and radiographer-A held on August 20 at various centres in Thiruvananthapuram now stand cancelled. "The revised schedule for the test will be informed to all the candidates through the VSSC website in due course. Inconvenience caused is regretted," the statement said. The move comes after the Kerala Police caught two people red-handed at separate test centres as they cheated and arrested them. On checking their identities, the police realised they were proxying for the actual candidates when their names did not match with those appearing for the exam. Besides these two, four others from Haryana are in police custody for cheating. The police launched a full-fledged invest

The construction of the sanctum sanctorum of Ayodhya's Ram Temple is ready and Ram Lalla will be consecrated between January 16 and 24 after Makar Sankranti, a top official of the temple trust said on Sunday. The consecration of Ram Lalla will be carried out after the construction of the first floor of the temple, Ram Mandir Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/uoriBeY https://ift.tt/vN1jqTY

A travelling ticket examiner (TTE) was allegedly attacked with a knife onboard a moving train in Kerala by a man against whom the railway official had complained to the RPF for being drunk. The incident occurred on the West Coast Express on Sunday close to Vatakara in Kozhikode district, a Railway police officer said. The accused was arrested based on the TTE's statement, the police said. The TTE claimed to have suffered an injury to the back of his head in the attack. He told reporters that from Kannur he notice the alleged attacker was drunk and accordingly informed the Railway Protection Force's (RPF) control room. Subsequently, RPF officers made him deboard the train at Thalassery, the TTE said. However, the man got back on the train under the pretext of getting his bag and then went and sat in the general compartment, he said. Later while checking for tickets, he found the man in another reserved coach and on confronting him, the accused abused the official in Hindi

At the garden on Saturday, J&K administration’s secretary (floriculture, gardens and parks) Fayaz Sheikh was honoured with the certification by World Book president and CEO Santosh Shukla. World Book editor Dilip N Pandit, the J&K director of floriculture, other officers and the garden staff were also present on the occasion. from Times of India https://ift.tt/xYsGqJL https://ift.tt/Jowizqj

In wake of some students from Andhra Pradesh being deported from US, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has decided to take up the issue with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to resolve it, said an official on Saturday. An unspecified number of students from the southern state were deported by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) federal law enforcement agency officials recently from the American airports on landing, reports said. "Reddy is looking into this matter and will address it to the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India for resolving this at the earliest as all students have a valid USA visa for higher studies…and also keeping in view of the careers of these students of AP," said an official of the state-government body Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society (APNRTS) in a statement without divulging details. Though the students possessed valid visas, the Andhra Pradesh government has said that CBP officials should consider granting en

A man was arrested in Jalna in Maharashtra for allegedly leaving a drum filled with stones on the railway tracks after spotting an incoming train, a police official said on Saturday. Balu Makhmale (25) was arrested by the Railway Protection Force on Friday in connection with the incident that took place a month ago, he said. "The drum was spotted by the driver of the Devgiri Express on the Satona-Osmanabad route. He applied emergency brakes and averted an accident. A probe found Makhmale was taking the drum to his field nearby but abandoned it on the tracks after the Devgiri Express reached close by," he said.  (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/FayMfZD via IFTTT

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday announced a financial assistance of Rs 15 crore to Himachal Pradesh where heavy rains and landslides have caused massive damage. "An assistance of Rs 15 crore will be given by the Rajasthan government to help the people suffering from the difficult situation created by heavy rains and landslides in Himachal Pradesh," Mr Gehlot said in a post on X, formerly called Twitter. Mr Gehlot said the people of Rajasthan are standing with the people of Himachal Pradesh in these difficult circumstances. This comes after Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced a financial assistance of Rs 11 crore to the flood-hit state earlier in the day. Officials in Himachal Pradesh have said the total number of deaths in rain-related incidents in the state since Sunday night has increased to 75 with Shimla alone accounting for 22 fatalities.  Heavy rains have hit the hill state since Sunday, triggering landslides in Shimla and several o

India began their three-match series against Ireland with a two-run victory at The Village in Dublin, but the match was called off due to rain interruptions and a humorous incident. from Times of India https://ift.tt/36VPCG9 https://ift.tt/suo25SA

The largest armed group of the Nagas that have signed a framework agreement with the centre has strongly denied allegations of supplying weapons and sending its cadre to Manipur to help a particular community, amid the ethnic violence between the hill-majority Kukis and the valley-majority Meiteis. The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), or NSCN(IM), in a statement said a video being shared widely on social media showing a man alleging that NSCN(IM) sent its fighters to help the Meiteis in Manipur was a "scripted production by some mischievous agency". In the video, the man alleged that 15 well-trained NSCN(IM) fighters are coming to Manipur to join the Meiteis in the fight against the Kukis. The Kuki-Zo-Chin tribes have started demanding a separate administration after violence broke out on May 3 during a protest against the Meiteis' demand for Scheduled Tribes (ST) status. The NSCN(IM) said the man in the video has been identified as H Khosiivei Lov

A group of faculty members of Ashoka University has written to its vice chancellor claiming that free thought within universities in India is in crisis today and demanded that all decisions on matters related to academic freedom should be put on hold till the promised committee for academic freedom is in place. The letter comes following the resignation of assistant professor Sabyasachi Das after a controversy over his research paper which argued that the BJP won a disproportionate share of closely contested parliamentary seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, especially in states where it was the ruling party at the time. While another professor Pulapre Balakrishnan has put in his papers in support of Das, the faculty members from Economics, Political Science, English and creative writing departments have have written to the governing body threatening a faculty exodus if Das is not offered reinstatement. The faculty members have also warned of stopping teaching till their demands are met.

Delhi Services Minister Atishi Wednesday issued a fresh order asking Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to ensure files on transfer-posting of officers and vigilance matters be presented to the National Capital Civil Services Authority (NCCSA) only after her approval. She said the three-member NCCSA will meet regularly until any new order is issued by the Supreme Court. "Despite challenging this legislation (GNCTD ordinance) in the Supreme Court, we will comply with it as long as it remains prevalent as a law passed by Parliament," she said. The NCCSA was formed after the Centre issued an ordinance in May. The ordinance has now been replaced by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2023. The AAP has been alleging the Centre was trying to take control of Delhi's services matter through the ordinance which was promulgated a week after the Supreme Court ruled that the transfer and posting of official working in Delhi was under the city governmen

Appearance through video conferencing, refraining from making comments on the physical appearance and educational background of government officials and reasonable time frame for compliance of judicial orders are some of the suggestions enumerated in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) the government has submitted to the Supreme Court for consideration. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in the top court regarding the appearance of government officials in court proceedings, including contempt proceedings. The SOP submitted for the apex court's consideration is intended to be applicable to all proceedings in government-related matters before the Supreme Court, high courts and all other courts that are hearing matters under their respective appellate and/or original jurisdiction (writ petitions, PIL etc.) or proceedings related to contempt of court. As per the SOP, in case of proceedings related to government matters where the person

Attending a Ram Katha at Cambridge University on Indian Independence Day, Rishi Sunak proclaimed that he was there "not as a Prime Minister but as a Hindu". "It is truly an honour and pleasure to be here today at Morari Bapu's Ram Kahtha at the University of Cambridge on Indian Independence Day. Bapu, I am here today not as a Prime Minister but as a Hindu," said Mr Sunak, the UK's first Indian-origin Prime Minister, who is also a practising Hindu with Punjabi roots. Mr Sunak was born and raised in Southampton, but his appointment as his UK's first prime minister of colour has been cheered by Indians who still consider him a son of the soil. "Like an ordinary person, our Rishi sahab is here. A warm welcome to you. May lord Hanuman bless you and the British people reap the benefits," said the spiritual leader welcoming the Prime Minister. Mr Sunak said that his Hindu faith guides him in every aspect of his life and gives him the courage to d

There was yet again no concrete breakthrough in resolving the festering troop face-offs at Depsang Plains and Demchok in eastern Ladakh despite the latest round of top-level military talks being held with China after a gap of almost four months. from Times of India https://ift.tt/iQrmTXc https://ift.tt/T8ybGQR

Free treatment and screening or testing facilities became available at government hospitals in Maharashtra from August 15, officials said. An order to this effect had been issued on Saturday. All services at the hospitals run by both the state government and civic bodies will be free, it said. But the order is not applicable to hospitals under the control of the Maharashtra Medical Education and Research Department. A complaint can be lodged on toll-free number 104 if a government hospital covered under the order charges a fee. Among other things, common tests and screenings such as X-ray, ECG, blood tests and CT scans will be free. If medicines are not available at the OPD, they shall be purchased locally (by the hospital) and given to patients, the order said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/5E1UcQl via IFTTT

Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath has sought the divine intervention of Lord Mahakal to free the state from the "50 per cent cut rule". Kamal Nath on Monday took darshan at the famous Mahakaleshwar temple, one of 12 jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva, in Ujjain. The Congress leader said he has written a letter to the deity. "I request you on behalf of all the people who are suffering that my Madhya Pradesh is drowning in the swamp of corruption. No one remains unaffected by scams committed by the '50 per cent cut rule of Bhrashtachar Ki Janani Party'," reads the letter posted on X account. बाबा महाकाल से मध्यप्रदेश की प्रजा को 50% कमीशन की सरकार के भ्रष्ट राज से मुक्ति दिलाने, अपराधियों को दंड देने और समस्त प्रजा का कल्याण करने का निवेदन किया। pic.twitter.com/e2bizIyn5t — Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) August 14, 2023 The letter implored Lord Mahakal to "rid people from this corrupt rule, punish criminals. and ensure the welfare of all". Th

A 63-year-old woman was killed with an axe allegedly by her estranged husband in Shambhu Nagar area of Nagpur, a police official said on Monday. Mukulkumari Sinha was killed with a blow to her head by her husband Purushottam Sinha (66) on Sunday morning, the Koradi police station official said. "She is a retired Kendriya Vidyalaya teacher. The couple was having a long-standing dispute and stayed on different floors of their house, while their two children reside in Delhi and Mumbai. She had even filed a case against him last year," the official said. "Their caretakers spotted the body of the woman but ran away in fear. Police were alerted by someone from the vicinity. Purushottam surrendered sometime later. He has been charged with murder," the official said.  (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/yB8oeEk via IFTTT

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Sunday met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in connection with the meeting on August 31 and September 1 of the opposition bloc INDIA in Mumbai. He also said the issue of confusion in the ranks of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in connection with the meeting between Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Pune on Saturday was discussed. "People of Maharashtra see us as one and there should be no confusion among the workers. The Maha Vikas Aghadi is united and everyone's stand should be made clear at the earliest," Patole told reporters. The Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP are part of the MVA. Earlier in the day, queried about his "secret" meeting in Pune on Saturday with Ajit Pawar, the NCP founder said, "I want to tell you a fact that he is my nephew. What is wrong with meeting my nephew? If a senior person in a family desires to meet another fam

Following the deaths of 18 patients in Thane's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Maharashtra Minister Deepak Kesarkar on Sunday said that after the ICU capacity of the hospital has been increased, more patients in critical condition were admitted in the hospital. "The ICU capacity of this (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital) hospital has been increased and when the capacity is increased critical patients who are at the last stage of their life also get admitted. Doctors try their best to save them...A committee has already been formed to probe...If they are natural deaths and they had come at the last stage then it becomes very difficult for the doctors also...A patient can go to any hospital but in what condition he goes becomes important for the doctor to save him...," Minister Deepak Kesarkar said. As many as 18 deaths were reported in the last 48 hours in the hospital. Thane Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said that a committee will be constituted for an

Postgraduate medical aspirants with top ranks are increasingly opting for general medicine and radio-diagnosis for their broad specialty. This year, 53 of the top 100 candidates in the first all-India allotment list for MD/MS admissions have chosen general medicine, followed by 35 for radio-diagnosis. The numbers were 47 and 32, respectively, in 2020. The remaining few chose dermatology, gynaecology and surgery. from Times of India https://ift.tt/iJQROtZ https://ift.tt/yPgeGRp

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 seeks to introduce a provision for attachment and forfeiture of proclaimed offenders' properties located not just within the country but also outside India. Also, new sections are proposed to be added to make waging of war against the government of a foreign State at peace with India as well as committing of depredation on the territory of such foreign State, an offence punishable with up to seven years in prison. from Times of India https://ift.tt/LPNDUpW https://ift.tt/yPgeGRp

A bear cub was Saturday rescued after its head was trapped inside a tin box near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The baby bear came down from the upper reaches of the holy cave on Friday night with its head trapped in a tin box, the officials said. All life is precious, including wildlife. NDRF, Forest Dept and J&K Police personnel rescued a bear cub near the Amarnath ji Holy Cave, who had got its head stuck in a tin. Mother bear, aggressively protective, had to be kept away till the cub was freed. #SavingLivesAndBeyond ?? pic.twitter.com/kNPqhnvxPc — NDRF ?? (@NDRFHQ) August 12, 2023 On Saturday early morning, a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police, State Disaster Response Force, National Disaster Response Force, and the wildlife department made several attempts to rescue the cub even as its mother was lurking around, they said. However, after a few attempts, the mother bear was shooed away and the cub was overpowered, the officials sai