March 11, 2024 08:43 pm | Updated 09:24 pm IST - NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on March 11 suggested judicial oversight over the cross-fire of criminal cases filed between Central agencies like the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and the police in Opposition-ruled States in order to protect innocents from …...Read More
SC suggests ‘judicial oversight’ over cases, counter-cases between Centre and State against each other’s officials
Andhra Pradesh CID files chargesheet against Chandrababu Naidu in assigned land case in Amaravati
March 11, 2024 08:39 pm | Updated 08:40 pm IST - GUNTUR The Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (AP-CID) has filed a chargesheet against TDP national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in connection with the alleged assigned land scam in the capital city of Amaravati, in which …...Read More
Prime Minister inaugurates Thalassery-Mahe bypass, political showdown between LDF and BJP follows
March 11, 2024 08:37 pm | Updated 08:37 pm IST - KANNUR The inauguration of the six-lane Thalassery-Mahe national highway bypass by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday transformed into a political showdown between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF), as both vied for credit …...Read More
100 CAPF companies deployed in Andhra Pradesh for General Elections 2024
March 11, 2024 08:35 pm | Updated 08:36 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA The Centre has deployed 100 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) companies to various districts in the State to ensure the smooth conduct of the ensuing general elections. Recently, Chief Secretary K.S. Jawahar Reddy asked Union Home Secretary Ajay …...Read More
Gordon Brown likens Starmer's plans for slimmed down cabinet to rule under Chairman Mao
Former prime minister Gordon Brown has drawn parallels between Sir Keir Starmer's plans for a four-person cabinet with revolutionary communist China. Mr Brown said he was "shocked" by reports that Labour intends to form a new four-person executive cabinet if it wins the next election. Speaking at an event alongside …...Read More
Court acquits man accused of raping his minor daughter
March 11, 2024 08:31 pm | Updated 08:31 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA The Alappuzha Special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Court on Monday acquitted a 45-year-old man accused of abusing his minor daughter. Judge Ash K. Bal observed that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges against …...Read More
Find a lasting solution to the fishermen problem, Madras High Court tells Centre
March 11, 2024 08:29 pm | Updated 08:47 pm IST - CHENNAI The Madras High Court on Monday impressed upon the need for the Centre to find a lasting solution to the recurring problem of Indian fishermen being arrested and their boats being seized by the Sri Lankan Navy on …...Read More
Pragya Singh Thakur gets bailable warrant from NIA court in 2008 Malegaon blast case
March 11, 2024 08:27 pm | Updated 08:27 pm IST - MUMBAI: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on March 11 issued a bailable warrant against BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The warrant was issued against Ms. Thakur for not …...Read More
PM dedicates 18 national highway projects, lays foundation stone for another 17 in Andhra Pradesh at a cost of ₹29,395 crore
March 11, 2024 08:26 pm | Updated 09:14 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually dedicated 18 National Highway (NH) projects and laid the foundation stone for another 17 NH projects, totalling a length of 1,134 km and at an estimated cost of ₹29,395 crore, in …...Read More
India ‘one of the worst autocratisers’: V-Dem report on democracy
March 11, 2024 08:25 pm | Updated 09:18 pm IST - NEW DELHI India, which was downgraded to the status of an “electoral autocracy” in 2018, has declined even further on multiple metrics to emerge as “one of the worst autocratizers”, according to the ‘Democracy Report 2024’ released by the …...Read More
