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Cheesa peeza nights

Streetside Ahmedagoodies get crazier and curiouser

Concurrent Failure

Litigation over Centre vs state control of education glosses over all-round failure to improve quality

Trump, Kinda Trumped

US midterms show that ideological extremism doesn’t always pay, and jobs are as important as inflation

Ukraine: Peacemaker India?

Jaishankar’s Moscow visit was crucial. New Delhi seems more ready to facilitate dialogue

'Crack down on entire eco-system that supports, funds terrorist acts in country'

Union home minister Amit Shah chairs a high-level meeting of IB officers in New Delhi

His heroes: Domestic help, yoga teacher, college prof, US judge

Childhood domestic help Bhimbai Ghamat, an illiterate woman from Devihasol village in Rajapur taluka of Ratnagiri, “is the biggest inspiration for me and probably played a pivotal role in shaping my pro-women’s rights approach,” says India’s 50th Chief Justice, D Y Chandrachud.

CJI bats for collegium system, tells executive to avoid 'grandstanding'

‘It Ensures Judicial Independence, But Support More Transparency’

'A Judge Must Not Become Judgemental'

He studied economics at St Stephen’s College and became the subject topper at Delhi University. His next stop was not the Civil Services, but law, a subject that had fascinated him as a child. After all, his father, Justice Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, was the 16th Chief Justice of India and the country’s longest-serving CJI. In a free-wheeling chat with TOI’s Dhananjay Mahapatra, Justice D Y Chandrachud, who took over as the country’s 50th CJI on Wednesday, spoke about the different influences on his life from what his father taught him to how their domestic help when he was growing up made him a staunch protector of rights, especially women’s rights. He also outlined the changes he plans to bring about in the next two years. Excerpts:

Fund to support global action on climate launched

Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

COP27 outlines plan on resilience of climate vulnerable communities

India With Its Vast Coastlines Stands To Benefit

KPCC chief says he shielded RSS shakha

Kozhikode: Kerala PCC chief K Sudhakaran said in Kannur Wednesday that when he was a Congress (O) activist, he had sent his men to RSS shakhas to protect them from CPM’s attacks, which he claimed were aimed at preventing the functioning of Sangh’s units.

PM to greet G20 leaders with gifts from Himachal Pradesh

New Delhi: The art and culture of poll-bound Himachal Pradesh will have a significant representation at the upcoming G20 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will greet the world leaders with various gifts from the state with an aim to give a boost to the spread of Himachal’s art and culture globally.

Nirav losing appeal may not be favourable for Bhandari

The Westminister Court in London stood by the assurances of Modi government as it rejected the attempt by the lawyer of Bhandari to paint India as a lawlesss land

SAD retains SGPC top post, says defeated 'anti-Sikh' forces

Jalandhar: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal retained his hold over Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) after party nominee Harjinder Singh Dhami was re-elected president of the influential Sikh organisation, defeating party rebel Bibi Jagir Kaur in polls held in Amritsar on Wednesday.

BJP veteran ex-ministers Vijay Rupani, three stay off Guj poll race

Gandhinagar: Former CM Vijay Rupani and three ex-ministers from his cabinet announced Wednesday that they won’t contest the December assembly polls in Gujarat, saying “others” should be given a chance.

Cong is guarantee of scams, instability, corruption: Modi

PM Urges People In Himachal To Change Pattern This Time

UN to review India's rights record today

New Delhi: Ahead of the examination of India's human rights record by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Thursday, the government said India plays an active role in global promotion and protection of human rights and that it remains constructively engaged with the UNHRC and other UN member-states on the issue.

SC asks EC to defer Rampur bypoll notification by a day

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to defer issuance of notification for bypoll to Rampur assembly constituency till Friday to enable SP leader Azam Khan, whose conviction and sentence for three years in a criminal case led to his disqualification and the seat being declared vacant, a fair chance to seek stay of conviction and continue as MLA.

HC rejects plea to let off Advani, others in Babri case

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC on Wednesday dismissed an appeal against a CBI court’s acquittal of BJP patriarch LK Advani and 31 others, including ex-Union ministers Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

Lotus in G20 logo sparks BJP-Cong spat

New Delhi: A war of words erupted between BJP and Congress over the depiction of lotus flower on the logo for India’s G20 presidency, released by PM Narendra Modi, with the saffron party accusing the opposition party of not only insulting the country’s national flower but also Hinduism and it is associated with deities like Lakshmi and Saraswati who are seated on the flower.

5-J bench on DeMon frowns as AG seeks adjournment

Affidavit Not Ready Yet, Says AG

AP pips Punjab to claim top slot in giving agricultural loans to farmers

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh has topped the country in providing agricultural loans to farmers, as per a study.

Two big cats caught on cam in Adilabad, villages on the edge

The big cats are believed to have crossed over from Tipeshwar sanctuary in Maharashtra. Villages in Maharashtra have also been alerted

Under fire, MP finds fault with Tagore, Revanth

Hyderabad: Having skipped the Munugode bypoll as well as Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Telangana, MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy is now back in his constituency.

New consulate office of US to open in 2023

Hyderabad: The new United States consulate general office is all set to open for business at Financial District early next year and is just awaiting some permissions from the US, Jennifer Larson, consul general, US Consulate General in Hyderabad, said on Wednesday.

Hurdles melt, beedi worker's daughter to pursue MBBS dream

Hyderabad: With no money for coaching and self-tutoring via online videos, a girl from Nizamabad has beaten poverty to be on the cusp of realising her dream to be a doctor.

Telangana govt moves to implement 10% ST quota

Close To 20k Vacancies To Open For STs

GHMC panel nod for ₹6,224cr draft budget for 2023-24

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s (GHMC) standing committee gave its nod for the draft budget of Rs 6,224 crore submitted by officials for the year 2023-24 at a meeting held here on Wednesday.

Decade-old vigilance report on granite graft by firms gathers dust

Hyderabad: Nine years after the vigilance and enforcement wing filed a report on massive irregularities and tax evasion by granite companies, the state government continues to sit on the report even as the opposition parties allege that no action was initiated since many high-profile politicians were involved in the scam.

SIT headed by Hyd CP set to probe Poachgate

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Hyderabad police commissioner CV Anand, to probe the alleged conspiracy to poach four TRS MLAs by three persons.