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SC slams army for forcing officer to litigate, grants permanent posting

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday took a firm stance against the Indian Army for compelling officers to seek judicial intervention for relief they are entitled to, emphasizing that such practices undermine fairness and equity in service matters.

ASSAM ASSURES SC ₹70-CR PAYMENT TO TEA CORP STAFF OVER 2 FISCAL YRS

Faced with the Supreme Court's stern warning about selling off Assam Tea Corporation Limited's (ATCL) assets to clear worker dues, the Assam government on Monday assured the court that it would pay ₹70 crore to the workers over the next two financial years.

VCK DY GEN SECY SUSPENDED FOR SIX MONTHS OVER REMARKS ON DMK

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) on Monday said it has suspended party deputy general secretary Aadhav Arjuna for six months for his comments against its ally, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu.

BJP intensifies attack over Cong links to Soros, Oppn hits back

NEW DELHI: The government and the Opposition traded barbs involving five-letter words on Monday, both names of billionaire businessmen either side sought to link to the top leader of the other side of the Lok Sabha.

Centre plans monthly data on job creation, unemployment: Officials

CURRENTLY, THE CENTRE PUBLISHES PLFS-BASED URBAN EMPLOYMENT DATA ON A QUARTERLY BASIS

'DUE PROCEDURE FOLLOWED WHILE AMENDING LAWS ON ENVIRONMENT'

NEW DELHI: Due procedure was followed in making key amendments to the Environment Protection Act, Wildlife Protection Act, and Biological Diversity Act, the environment ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.

1.17mn children identified as 'Out of School', govt tells LS

THE MINISTRY'S DATA INCLUDE CHILDREN THAT HAVE NEVER ENROLLED IN SCHOOLS AND THOSE THAT HAVE DROPPED OUT

994 Waqf properties illegally encroached upon, govt tells Parl

TAMIL NADU HAD THE MAXIMUM ALIENATED WAQF PROPERTIES WITH 734, FOLLOWED BY ANDHRA WITH 152

Govt looks to table bill on one nation, one poll

NEW DELHI: A bill to pave the way for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies ranks high on the Union government's agenda and could be tabled in Parliament in the ongoing winter session or the coming budget session, people familiar with the details said on Monday.

Assam CM announces major cabinet changes

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday reshuffled portfolios of ministers in his three-and-a-half-year-old government and assigned departments to four new ministers inducted into the state's cabinet two days ago.

As crisis unfolds, India pushes for stability in Syria

THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTRY NOTED THAT IT WAS MONITORING THE EVOLVING SITUATION IN THE WEST ASIAN COUNTRY AND ADVOCATED FOR PEACE

AT PRE-BUDGET MEET WITH FM, FARMERS DEMAND SCRAPPING OF GST ON AGRI INPUTS

NEW DELHI: A delegation of farmers, which met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman last week, has sought scrapping of the Goods and Services Tax on farm inputs, two people who attended the meeting said on Monday.

PM: Vision of 'reform, perform, transform' led to robust growth

JAIPUR: The country has seen robust development in every sector over the past 10 years with a vision of \"reform, perform, transform\", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he addressed investors and industrialists in Jaipur.

This season of sweetness

On the city's shakarkandi civilisation

254 species recorded in bird survey

NEW DELHI: A week after around 100 birders set out across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Sunday to take part in the Delhi Winter Bird Count 2024, experts who participated in the exercise have said that they recorded 254 species in and around the national capital.

Hackathon 2024 to begin in G Noida on Dec 11

40 TEAMS COMPRISING 300 STUDENTS FROM NINE STATES WILL TACKLE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS POSED BY KEY GOVT MINISTRIES

Attempted kidnap of child case of mistaken identity, says Gzb police

GHAZIABAD: The police on Sunday said a case lodged for attempted kidnapping of a six-year-old school girl in Indirapuram was in fact a case of mistaken identity.

GZb: Man meets woman at RDC cafe, forced to cough up ₹34,000 for 'food'

A 26-year-old man was allegedly lured to a cafe in Raj Nagar District Centre by a woman whom he met on a matrimonial site and was coerced into paying a food bill of ₹34,397 at the cafe they visited on December 1, police said,

3 mowed down on NH-48 while unloading bags

NEW DELHI: Three people, who had disembarked from a bus at their stop at Mahipalpur in southwest Delhi, were mowed down by a speeding truck in the early hours of Monday on national highway 48 while they were in the process of removing their luggage from the storage compartment of the bus, police said.

Farmers seek admin nod to meet jailed leaders at Luksar

GREATER NOIDA: Farmers under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday urged the Gautam Budh Nagar administration to allow its 21-member delegation to meet jailed leaders.

MUMBAI MAN HELD FOR AIDING ILLEGAL US ENTRY VIA IGI IN 2019 CASE

A 59-year-old Mumbai resident was arrested last week for facilitating illegal immigration via \"donkey routes\" in a 2019 case involving a Gujarat woman deported from the US, police said on Monday.

PANIC PERSISTS AFTER REPEATED BOMB THREATS IN SCHOOLS

NEW DELHI: Panic, anger, anxiety, frustration—these were the prevailing emotions on Monday, as more than 40 schools across Delhi received yet another bomb threat by email.

SC: Independent agency can work on green cover

If calling meetings is the only exercise you have carried out, then we will appoint an independent agency.

Bomb hoax at 44 schools causes chaos

POLICE SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO ESTABLISH THE IDENTITY OF THOSE WHO CREATED THE EMAIL IDS FROM WHICH THREATS WERE SENT

Top court issues guidelines on processing of mercy petitions in order to limit delays

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday laid down a comprehensive set of guidelines to ensure the swift and efficient processing of mercy petitions by death-row convicts, marking a significant development in the legal framework surrounding capital punishment and underlining the adverse effects of delays on both the convicts and societal confidence in justice.

Haiti: Gang kills 180 over death of its leader's child

At least 184 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted elderly people he suspected of causing his child's illness and subsequent death through witchcraft, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) said on Sunday.

REVENUE SECY MALHOTRA TO BE NEXT RBI GUV

NEW DELHI: The government on Monday appointed revenue secretary Sanjay Malhotra, 56, as the 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.