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ED files 1st charge sheet against TMC min, trader

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed its first charge sheet in the alleged public distribution system (PDS) scam in West Bengal, naming forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick, rice mill owner and hotelier Bakibur Rahaman, and 10 shell companies in the 168-page document filed at Kolkata's Bankshall court, officials of the federal agency said.

'Mockery of democracy': Oppn slams bill on EC appointments

The Opposition on Tuesday attacked the government in the Rajya Sabha for bringing a bill that it said would compromise the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI), pave the way for the appointment of yes-men as the country's topmost election officials and bulldoze the independence of the commission.

Have not opposed caste census, says DKS

Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said he is not opposed to the state's caste survey but wants it to be done in a scientific and systematic manner, in a clarification that came amid deep divisions within the ruling Congress on the subject and a day after party president Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the former's stand on the caste census issue in Parliament.

Centre won't revert to old pension scheme, Parl told

The Union government has no plan to shift to the old pension scheme (OPS), which five states have opted for so far, the Centre told the Lok Sabha, underlining that accumulated back contributions of subscribers cannot be used by states to revert to the earlier programme under law.

Understanding the significant changes in 3 criminal law bills

The Union government on Tuesday proposed to expand the definition of \"terrorist act\" under the penal law by bringing within its fold threats to \"economic security\" and \"monetary stability of the country, while not including a parliamentary panel's recommendation to include a gender-neutral provision criminalising adultery and a clause to separately criminalise non-consensual gay sex.

AI needs to be as transparent possible: PM as

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for a global framework for responsible development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that would enable evidence-based delivery of public services and warned of AI being abused through deepfakes, data theft, and by terrorists.

Top court reserves verdict on key section of Citizenship Act

A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it does not deny that the issue of illegal immigration is \"serious\" while reserving orders on a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act.

WAS ATTACKED BY SFI ACTIVISTS AT THE BEHEST OF CM, CLAIMS KERALA GUV

Training his guns directly at the Kerala Chief Minister and the Left wing Students Federation of India, Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Tuesday claimed that his car was \"attacked\" by SFI activists at the behest of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Man duped over fake kidnapping

A 62-year-old man was allegedly duped of ₹50,000 by a group of scamsters who posed as policemen and his nephew and asked him to transfer the amount, Delhi Police officers aware of the matter said on Tuesday.

At least three died in 15 accidents daily in 2022: Police's report

The number of road crashes in the Capital has increased from 4,720 in 2021 to 5,652 in 2022, according to an annual Delhi Police report released on Tuesday.

Enrolment in MCD schools dips: Budget

The education department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) enrolled 214,230 new students in its primary schools this year, taking the overall number of students to 788,000, according to announcements made during the presentation of MCD budget proposals on Saturday.

Ggm civic body set to miss April '24 deadline to flatten Bandhwari landfill

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is likely to miss the April 2024 deadline to process legacy waste at the city's Bandhwari landfill. The deadline is likely be to extended till December next year, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday.

Hauz Khas eateries fined for violating green, noise rules

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and civic authorities have found a series of violations related to noise pollution and environmental norms at south Delhi's popular party hub - Hauz Khas Village - during a series of joint inspections, DPCC said in a report submitted to the National Green Tribunal.

Ggm drafts rights charter for domestic help in city

Three days after a teenager was rescued from a house in Sector 57 in Gurugram, where she was illegally employed as a help and allegedly tortured by her employers, the city's district administration has decided to draft a \"charter of rights for domestic helps\".

HC allows Kerala nurse's mother to travel to Yemen

The Delhi high court on Tuesday directed the Union government to allow Prema Kumari to travel to Yemen to negotiate, by paying so-called blood money, the release of her daughter, nurse Nimisha Priya who is on death row for murdering a Yemeni man.

Transport dept set to blacklist vehicles over unpaid challans

Starting next week, vehicles in Delhi that rack up more than five unpaid challans pending for over 90 days will be \"blacklisted\" and their owners barred from selling them, purchasing insurance or renewing their pollution under-control (PUC) certificates, officials of the transport department said on Tuesday, outlining a move they hope will reduce the backlog of unpaid fines and improve traffic discipline.

Retail inflation rises to 3-month high in Nov

Industrial production growth of India also accelerated to 11.7%, a 16-month high, in Oct

Revised bills to replace IPC, CrPC tabled in LS

Expanded definitions of a terrorist act, to include that which causes monetary instability, and of cruelty to women, to include mental cruelty, and a punishment for publishing, without permission, details of court proceedings concerning rape cases are among the changes in the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, a redraft of a key criminal law introduced by Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha along with new versions of two other criminal laws based on changes recommended by a parliamentary standing committee.

First-time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma to be next Raj CM

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday named first-time lawmaker and longtime backroom strategist Bhajan Lal Sharma as the next chief minister of Rajasthan, completing a generational shift in three key heartland states that delivered impressive victories to the party in recently concluded assembly polls.

Rajya Sabha clears bill on panel to select CEC

A controversial bill regulating the appointment and conditions of service of India's top election officials was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, reaffirming the executive's grip on the Election Commission of India (ECI) months before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and sparking protests from the Opposition.

IPL, T20 leagues to show the selection pathway for WC '24

With players from most Cup contenders to feature in the T20 leagues, bilateral games may not play a key role in the finalising of squads

'Phase-out' not part of new COP28 text

The new draft of the COP28 agreement proposed various options but did not refer to a "phase out" of all fossil fuels, which was included in a previous draft

Jaiswal takes guard for SA challenge

\"You belong here. You have done the hard yards, enjoy your time here.\" This was Rohit Sharma's comforting message to Yashasvi Jaiswal when the latter walked out for his maiden Test innings on the tour of the Caribbean in July

Indian bowlers the bright spot in T20I series defeat to England

Young spinners Patil and Ishaque looked the real deal on slow tracks at Wankhede

Kalyani calls on Sebi to punish Hikal executive

The conflict between Bharat Forge Ltd's promoter Baba N. Kalyani and sister Sugandha Hiremath has escalated with a Kalyani group company requesting the market regulator to order the removal of the compliance officer of Hikal Ltd, a speciality chemicals company jointly owned by the Kalyanis and the Hiremaths. It has also called for action against Hikal's audit committee.

Sensex marks a new milestone at 70K

Steady foreign institutional inflows over the past month lift benchmarks

Russia to hold prez vote in 4 annexed regions of Ukraine

Voting for the Russian presidential election, which is likely to see Vladimir Putin re-elected, will be held in four Ukrainian regions the Kremlin claimed to have annexed last year, Moscow said on Monday.

Israeli forces, Hamas militants engage in heavy street battles

Heavy urban battles raged on Monday in the bloodiest-ever Gaza war which has killed 101 Israeli soldiers and over 18,200 Palestinians, according to the latest death tolls, amid a spiraling humanitarian crisis.

Pok is ours and no one can snatch it, says Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday underscored India's claim over Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (Pok) and said 24 seats were reserved in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly for representatives from the region as he blamed India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the delay in the integration of the erstwhile state with the rest of the country.

J&K polls' timeline to be decided by EC, unlikely to be held with LS, say leaders

The Union government is committed to adhering to the Supreme Court's direction to hold assembly polls in Jammu & Kashmir but the timeline for the process will be determined by the Election Commission, a senior functionary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Monday.