March 13, 2024 12:35 pm | Updated 01:42 pm IST - CHENNAI The Madras High Court on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, refused to grant an interim stay, for the present, restraining the Chennai Principal Sessions Court from proceeding with the trial in a money laundering case being investigated by the …...Read More
Senthilbalaji case | Madras High Court refuses to stay money laundering trial proceedings
More giant redwoods in UK than in native US, study says
There are more giant redwood trees in the UK than in their native US, and they are well adapted to life in Britain, a study has found. Around half a million giant sequoia and closely related coastal redwoods are growing in the UK, compared to just 80,000 still growing in …...Read More
Selection of Election Commissioners: Congress leader seeks details of short-listed candidates
March 13, 2024 12:29 pm | Updated 12:29 pm IST - New Delhi Ahead of the meeting of the Prime Minister-chaired high-powered panel for selection of Election Commissioners, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written to the Law Ministry seeking details of short-listed candidates along with their "dossiers". In a …...Read More
Lok Sabha elections 2024 | TMC fields Zenith Sangma from Meghalaya's Tura constituency
March 13, 2024 12:13 pm | Updated 01:47 pm IST - Shillong The Opposition Trinamool Congress has selected former minister Zenith M Sangma as its candidate for the Tura parliamentary seat in south Meghalaya, which is currently held by the ruling National People's Party's Agatha K. Sangma. This move is …...Read More
IED blast | Shillong’s Punjabi lane settlers seek Home Minister Amit Shah’s help
March 13, 2024 11:56 am | Updated 11:56 am IST - Shillong Residents of the disputed Punjabi Lane in Shillong have sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah into the IED explosion in their locality on March 9, resulting in one injury. In a letter to Mr. Shah, …...Read More
Selection of Kerala HC judges: collegium dismisses note citing lawyer’s CPI(M) affiliation
March 13, 2024 11:50 am | Updated 11:50 am IST - KOCHI The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of six advocates — M.A. Abdul Hakhim, V.M. Syam Kumar, Harisankar V. Menon, S. Manu, S. Easwaran Subramani, and P.M. Manoj — to be appointed as the judges of the …...Read More
Need restraint on review of films within 48 hours of release, suggests amicus curiae appointed by Kerala HC
March 13, 2024 11:48 am | Updated 11:54 am IST - KOCHI Vloggers and film reviewers on social media should be restrained from reviewing a film within 48 hours of its release, the amicus curiae appointed by the Kerala High Court in a case against social media reviews has suggested. …...Read More
UK economy returns to growth
Growth returned in the UK economy in January, according to official figures. The measure of everything produced in the UK - a metric called gross domestic product (GDP) - rose 0.2%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. It's the first official economic growth announcement since a recession was declared …...Read More
Centre notifies Sept 17 as ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’
March 13, 2024 11:05 am | Updated 11:06 am IST - HYDERABAD The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday issued a gazette notification to celebrate September 17 as ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’. “In order to remember martyrs who liberated Hyderabad and to infuse the flame of patriotism in the minds of …...Read More
Haryana floor test | CM Nayab Singh Saini moves confidence motion in Assembly
March 13, 2024 10:50 am | Updated 11:58 am IST Haryana State BJP president and MP Nayab Singh Saini, who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Haryana, moved the confidence motion during a special State Assembly session on March 13 and is set to face a floor …...Read More
