Fair market access important for trade with SCO: EAM

New Delhi: At the China-led SCO meet, foreign minister S Jaishankar underlined the need for better connectivity in the SCO region but said connectivity projects should respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of mem ber-states.

Proxy votesfor NRIs is govt’s call, says SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday winded up its proceedings going on for the last nine years on a PIL seeking its direction to make provision for NRIs and migrant workers to cast their votes through proxy voting or postal ballot and left it for the Centre to take a call on the issue.

DYC sets procedure for hearings of constitution bench

New Delhi: CJI-designate D Y Chandrachud-led five-judge constitution bench on Tuesday gave the preview of a new hearing procedure to be practised by the Supreme Court — soft copies of written submissions, common compilation of case laws and preferably fixed duration for arguments by lawyers.

XBB strains not causing severe

New Delhi: Omicron's sub-variant XBB and its lineage XBB.1, which has been detected in several parts of the country recently, is not causing severe symptoms.

Flyers stranded with tickets for ghost flight’

Hyderabad: A large number of people who had booked a Go First flight from Hyderabad to Delhi on Monday were were told at the airport that no such flight existed, reports Sudipta Sengupta.

MBA grads to manage crowds at Mum hosp

Mumbai: Besieged daily by the largest crowds in the city’s healthsphere, authorities at the KEM Hospital in Parel are planning to draft MBA graduates to effectively manage them and the high anxiety levels among patients and their relatives.

Refund full fees against cancelled admissions: UGC

New Delhi: The UGC on Tuesday warned universities and higher education institutions of punitive action, including withholding grants, withdrawal of affiliation and being rendered ineligible for consideration for general and special programmes, for failure to adhere to its policies on fee refund and non-retention of original certificates as notified on August 2, reports Manash Gohain

Parents give supari to get only son, an alcoholic, killed

Hyderabad:Fed up with the harassment from their alcoholic unemployed son, a government school principal and his wife allegedly hired killers for Rs 8 lakh to have him murdered in Telangana’s Khammam, police said. He was their only son.

Can't bank on Muslim clerics without legal edu to decide cases: Kerala HC

Kochi:Clergy with no training or knowledge of legal sciences cannot be relied upon by courts to decide on a legal question pertaining to Muslim personal law, the Kerala high court said recently.

Arch-rivals BJP, Left unite to back Adani port in Kerala

CPM district secretary Anavoor Nagappan and BJP district president V V Rajesh during a march to the Kerala secretariat on Tuesday

Andhra 3-capitals case sees curious run, CJI recuses self

Justice Lalit Had Forgotten He Had Expressed Opinion On The Case

Nikita: No clear proof saves accused

New Delhi: The Delhi high court gave different orders while dealing with cases relating to murder of two Delhi University students that grabbed headlines in 2009 and 2011.

AAP alleges ₹86cr scam in garbage tender, MCD refutes

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday accused the Municipal Corporation of Delhi of a Rs 86-crore scam in the collection of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF).

HC seeks police stand on plea by Gopal Ansal

New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the stand of police on a plea by real estate tycoon Gopal Ansal seeking to set aside his conviction and sentence for tampering with evidence in the case related to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire that claimed 59 lives.

Can’t differentiate between areas under LBZ, Centre tells high court

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday told Delhi High Court it has a common policy on remapping of Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ) for all colonies and these can’t be segregated.

Court denies bail to man posing as Europol officer to cheat foreigners

New Delhi: A Delhi court has denied bail to a man accused of being part of a cybercrime syndicate posing as Europol officers and cheating foreign nationals.

Conman Chandrasekhar conned by AAP, remove Jain from Tihar: BJP

New Delhi:BJP on Tuesday seized upon conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s allegation that he paid Rs 10 crore to Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, who held the charge of prisons, as protection money in exchange for privileges in Tihar jail and Rs 50 crore to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for a Rajya Sabha berth.

‘Fictitious charge against Jain to divert attention from Morbi’

Kejriwal & Sisodia Say BJP Scared Of Losing Gujarat Elections

Record witness testimony in Hindi, court tells magistrate

New Delhi: Setting aside a trial court order that had dismissed a plea by the accused for cross-examination in Hindi, a Delhi court has directed the metropolitan magistrate to record their testimony in the language.

DBCs go on hunger strike for position of 'multitask staff’

“We held a protest last month demanding fulfilment of our demand of being given a proper post as the multi-task staff (MTS) but despite many requests and written assurances from MCD officials, there has been no progress so we have no option left other than the strike. We will continue it till our demands are met,” said Devanand Sharma, president, Anti-Malaria Ekta Karamchari Union.

Trial to transfer content minus net

New Delhi: The field trials of a high-tech service that will enable lightning-fast transfer of data to mobie devices without the need to have an active internet connection began on Tuesday in the National Capital Region in association with DMRC.

BJP starts Har Ghar Yatra in wards

New Delhi: With its eyes firmly on the upcoming civic polls in the capital, Delhi BJP on Tuesday launched its ‘Har Ghar Sampark Abhiyan’ — an outreach programme to connect with the voters in every municipal ward.

28 senior cops shifted, EOW independent wing

New Delhi: In a major shakeup, 28 senior officials of the Delhi Police were reshuffled on Tuesday. Police commissioner Sanjay Arora also separated the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) from the crime branch, paving way for its independent functioning, officials said.

Green View buyers to Puri: Ask builder to pay rent till settlement

Gurgaon:Homebuyers of Green View in Sector 37D have written to Union minister of housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, seeking directions to the builder NBCC to keep paying their rents until a settlement is reached between the two parties.

More options: Five 'cluster’ colleges to be nodal points

New Delhi: In a bid to provide students more flexibility in choosing courses, especially for value addition and skill and ability enhancement, Delhi University (DU) has identified five cluster colleges based on their geographical locations so that these can share resources and infrastructural facilities.

‘FYUP To Be Student-Centric, Must Be Able To Study What You Want’

On The Eve Of Reopening Of Delhi University, Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh talks to Shradha Chettri & Shinjini Ghosh About CUET, New Admission Process And Restructuring Of Syllabus For FYUP. The Following Are Some Excerpts...

Less variety? Most DU entrants from CBSE

Fewer Students From State Boards, Even Kerala; 51k Of 59k Admissions From Central Board

HC advises fast trial, but no stay relief for Sharjeel

New Delhi: Delhi High Court has allowed a government official to be examined as a witness in connection with grant of UAPA sanction in a northeast Delhi riots case involving JNU student Sharjeel Imam.

Not abusive’, LG’s reaction dignified’

New Delhi: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said lieutenant governor VK Saxena has used “abusive” language against him at times, prompting a sharp response from the latter’s office, which aid the LG had always conveyed his views “in a most dignified, proper and parliamentary language”.

AQI may get a little better in 2-3 days

New Delhi: The dip in air quality to ‘severe’ category on Tuesday despite a fall in the contribution of stubble burning was attributed mainly to meteorological conditions.