Protests as Israel pushes ahead with legal reforms bill

Thousands of protesters blockaded Israel's main airport and major highways on Tuesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right coalition pressed ahead with a justice bill that has opened the deepest splits seen in the country in decades.

'Educational institutes help promote equality'

India's higher education institutions are among the most effective platforms for promoting constitutional ideals of justice, equality, fraternity, individual dignity and respect for women, President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday.

TMC set for a clean sweep in Bengal rural body poll

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) was set for a sweep in the violence-marred panchayat polls with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a distant second as counting for the crucial rural body elections began on Tuesday amid continuing controversy over clashes that claimed lives of 42 people during campaign and on polling day.

India on course for a low carbon future, says Kant

We (India) are at a midway point... There is a war going on for a year and a half but we in India see these challenges during our G20 presidency as opportunities. - AMITABH KANT, G20 Sherpa

Longest-serving ED chief whose tenure added teeth to the agency

Sanjay Kumar Mishra, probably one of the most controversial bureaucrats India has at the moment, will hang up his boots on July 31 after being ordered to by the Supreme Court but he has had an eventful 56-month-long tenure as the director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

ED an institution that rises beyond one individual: Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday targeted people who were hailing the Supreme Court verdict squashing the third extension to Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Mishra, saying that they were being \"delusional\".

Can't order blanket stay on worship act pleas: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that it cannot order a blanket stay restraining other courts from hearing cases related to disputed religious sites even as there is no judicial order putting on hold the operation of the Places of Worship Act, 1991.

7th cheetah dies at Kuno park, authorities suspect infighting

Tejas, a five-year-old cheetah brought to Madhya Pradesh in February, became the seventh cheetah to die at Kuno National Park (KNP) on Tuesday.

Excessive turbidity hits water supply in Shimla

Water supply in Shimla, capital of rain-battered Himachal Pradesh, has been disrupted for the past five days due to excessive turbidity at the city's perennial sources, officials said on Tuesday.

Flood fury in north, 12 states battle rain deficit

A combination of western disturbances and monsoon westerlies have brought heavy rainfall over northern India in the past week, turning the region rain-surplus for this time of the year, but 12 central, southern and northeastern states such as Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, Bihar and Jharkhand are still going through a deficient monsoon.

Delhi govt's Palla floodplain project enters fifth phase

The Delhi government's irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department on Tuesday kicked off the fifth round of the Palla floodplains reservoir project, officials aware of the venture said.

1,000 flats booked in 24 hrs of DDA's scheme opening

Over 1,000 flats offered by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under its housing scheme across six localities in the national capital were booked in the first 24 hours since the scheme was opened on Monday, said officials.

DMRC proposes Red Line extension to Hry's Kundli

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has proposed that the Red Line, presently operational between Shaheed Sthal and Rithala, be extended up to Kundli in Haryana, officials aware of the plan said on Tuesday. DMRC is likely to submit a detailed project report for the extension plan to the Centre and the governments of Delhi and Haryana by the end of this month for approval.

SC stays order naming LG Yamuna panel head

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s direction to appoint Delhi's lieutenant governor (LG) as the head of a high-level committee on pollution in the Yamuna, admitting the Delhi government's appeal against the green court's order.

2 friends killed within 300m in N-E Delhi's Welcome, motive unclear

Two men, including one involved in several cases of theft, were shot dead barely 300 metres from each other in northeast Delhi's Welcome early on Tuesday, police said.

LG blames Delhi govt for flooding; minister hits back

Lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena on Tuesday blamed the lack of preparations for the waterlogging in Delhi over the weekend after heavy rains.

July rain crosses 300mm threshold in only 11 days

Just 11 days into July, Delhi has already recorded more than 300mm of rainfall this month, already making it the third wettest July in the last 15 years, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

Not for courts to ban lawmakers for life, observes top court

Courts cannot debar convicted lawmakers from contesting polls for life when the legislature limits the prohibition to six years, the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday, expressing its indisposition to entertain a plea demanding life bans in such cases.

Article 370 pleas will be heard day-to-day

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would begin day-to-day hearings from August 2 on a clutch of petitions pertaining to the nullification of Article 370 of the Constitution, and recorded a statement by the Union government that it will not rely upon the contents of an affidavit filed a day ago to bring on record the scenario in Jammu & Kashmir since the move.

SC quashes extension of ED director's tenure

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the Union government’s decision to grant two extensions of tenure to Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra in 2021 and 2022 and termed these orders “illegal” because they came after a court order that said no further extensions be given to him.

'Putin Held Talks With Wagner Leader After Aborted Mutiny'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with the mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders to discuss the armed mutiny Wagner attempted to mount against the army's top brass, the Kremlin spokesman said on Monday.

Earlier Mission Was Success-Based'; This One Also Factors In Failures: ISRO Chief On Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 has been designed keeping in mind everything that can go wrong, the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has said, describing what he called as a switch to a "failure-based design" from the "success-based" approach of the last moon mission spacecraft, which failed in landing intact.

North India Rain Toll Rises As Water Level Turns Dangerous

At least 42 people have died because of heavy rains in various parts of India over three days, with raging rivers washing away national highways, bridges, buildings and vehicles, and landslides snapping the only links to many towns and villages.

Adani Green Board Approves Plan To Raise 12,300 Crore

MUMBAI: The board of Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Tuesday approved raising up to 12,300 crore through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) or any other permissible mode

Ruminating over dead grass, India's glorious tennis history

India's rich tennis legacy was built on grass, especially Davis Cup exploits, but ties on the surface have all but ended now

Seeking the perfect approach

Embarking on a new World Test cycle, onus is on India to hone an attractive brand of cricket

Erdogan links Sweden's Nato bid to Turkey's EU accession

Turkey's bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after membership talks were launched in 2005

Jaishankar files papers for second term in RS

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday nominated external affairs minister S Jaishankar as its Rajya Sabha candidate for another term from Gujarat for the upcoming elections to the Upper House.

Sena, Ajit's faction may join NDA meet on July 18

A new-and-expanded National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will meet next week in Delhi, with at least two of the party's allies confirming to HT that they had been invited by Union minister Piyush Goyal to attend the meeting in the Capital on July 18, just two days ahead of the start of the monsoon session of Parliament.

Zanzibar campus to be first IIT with a woman director

The first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus outside the country in Tanzania will also be the first to be led by a woman director, officials said on Monday, while adding that the overseas campus will start with two courses starting this October.