The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a recall petition filed by the Muslim side in the ongoing Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute case in Mathura, delivering a significant setback to the petitioners. The recall plea challenged the High Court’s earlier order from January 11, 2024, which had consolidated 15 petitions related to the dispute. On October 16, the court had reserved its decision on the matter, and the judgment was delivered by a single bench of Justice Mayank Kumar Jain. The Muslim side had sought to recall the January 11 order, which had combined multiple petitions into one to streamline…
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Holding that the expression ‘industrial alcohol’ is covered under ‘intoxicating liquor’ mentioned in Entry 8 of the State List (of the Seventh Schedule) of the Constitution, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that states can regulate and tax it. By a 8: 1 verdict, a nine-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud overruled the top court’s 1990 judgment in Synthetics & Chemicals Ltd vs State of Uttar Pradesh which had ruled states cannot tax industrial alcohol as “intoxicating liquor” referred only to potable alcohol. While Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Abhay S Oka, Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice JB…
By Nava Thakuria With an aim to foster nationalism through film-works and pay homage to India’s thousands years old civilization, culture and heritage, 8th Chalachitram National Film Festival – 2024 will kick start on Saturday in the far eastern part of Bharat. The two-day festival at Jyoti Chitraban premises in Kahilipara locality of the prehistoric city will showcase 50 documentary and short feature films in both competitive and non-competitive categories. The unique annual festival, initially planned on 14 & 15 September, was postponed to 26 & 27 October 2024 due to some unavoidable circumstances. Organized by Chalachitram, a subsidiary of…
Between April and August 2024, investments by Overseas Indians in non-resident Indian (NRI) deposit schemes doubled to US$ 7.82 billion, up from US$ 3.74 billion during the same period in 2023, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As of August 2024, total outstanding NRI deposits reached US$ 158.94 billion. The NRI deposit schemes include foreign currency non-resident (FCNR) deposits, non-resident external (NRE) deposits, and non-resident ordinary (NRO) deposits. During this period, most inflows were into FCNR (B) deposits, which saw US$ 3.47 billion, compared to US$ 1.55 billion a year earlier, bringing the outstanding balance to…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, told him that he backed an early, peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict and added, “India is always ready to help bring peace”. “I have been in constant touch with you on the subject of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. As I have said earlier, we believe that the problems should be resolved in a peaceful manner. We fully support the early establishment of peace and stability. All our efforts give priority to humanity. India…
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee was suspended for one day from the parliamentary committee on Waqf due to unruly conduct, sources said on Tuesday. A meeting of the Joint Committee on Waqf Bill turned dramatic on Tuesday when Banerjee smashed a glass water bottle and threw it away during a heated exchange of words with BJP’s Abhijit Gangopadhyay. In the process, Banerjee hurt his thumb and index finger and had to be given first aid. He was later seen being escorted back to the meeting room by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and AAP leader Sanjay Singh. The TMC member was also offered…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a nearly two-hour meeting with agitating junior doctors on Monday evening at the state secretariat, Nabanna. The talks aimed to resolve the ongoing impasse following the tragic rape and murder of a female medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August. After 16 days of a fast-unto-death, the junior doctors called off their protest following the meeting, although they plan to continue their movement in different ways. The meeting, which was live-streamed for the first time, took place on the 17th day of a fast-unto-death by a section of protesting doctors. Banerjee…
Shortly after the Foreign Secretary announced that Indian and Chinese negotiators had reached an agreement on patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar affirmed this development, stating that the Indian Armed Forces will be able to resume patrolling in areas that were accessible prior to the 2020 clash. Jaishankar said, “We will be able to go back to 2020 patrolling”. Earlier, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that India and China had resolved the pending issues of patrolling and disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The armies…
At least five Naxals were killed in a police encounter in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Monday, said an official. The encounter took place in the Kopri forest of Bhamragad tehsil, located in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district near the Chhattisgarh border in bordering. As many as 22 teams of C60 commando of Gadchiroli police and two teams of CRPF QAT carried out the operation, the official added. Police have recovered five bodies of Naxalites and they have been brought to the Gadchiroli police headquarters. Their identification is going on. Anti-Naxal police teams are engaged in the operation, and initial reports indicate…
India’s high commissioner to Canada has denied any involvement in the murder of a Canadian terrorist who was killed in British Columbia last year even though the Canadian government has named him as a person of interest in the assassination. Sanjay Kumar Verma, who was recalled by New Delhi with five other Indian diplomats, said in an interview on CTV’s Question Period on Sunday that the allegations are politically motivated. The Indian government claimed it had recalled its diplomats but the Justin Trudeau-led administration said they were “expelled”. “Nothing at all,” Verma said when asked if he had any role…