In a relief to arrested Tamil Nadu minister V. Senthil Balaji, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea by a social activist seeking his removal from the state cabinetv saying the Governor needs the consent of the chief minister to dismiss a minister from his post and cannot act independently in such matters. The SC agreed with the judgment of the Madras High Court and refused to direct DMK leader Balaji’s removal. The Bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said that “no interference is called for under Article 136” in connection with the money laundering case,…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi went snorkelling to explore the undersea life during his recent visit to Laskhadweep islands. Modi posted pictures of his undersea exploration on X and shared his “exhilarating experience” of the sojourn in the islands located in the Arabian Sea. “For those who wish to embrace the adventurer in them, Lakshadweep has to be on your list. During my stay, I also tried snorkelling – what an exhilarating experience it was,” he wrote. Modi also shared pictures of his early morning walks on the pristine beaches of Laskhadweep and some moments of leisure, sitting on a chair by…
In 2024, 69 Rajya Sabha seats will fall vacant, including 56 in April before the scheduled Lok Sabha elections. Among these, bulk of the MPs whose terms are coming to an end, are from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). With 94 seats out of the 239, BJP is currently the single-largest party in the Upper House, followed by Congress with 30 seats and Trinamool Congress with 13 seats. While the BJP is likely to retain 30 of the 56 seats which will be falling vacant this April, Congress will retain its seats. Some prominent leaders, including 9 sitting Union Ministers, Ministers…
YSRT Party leader and daughter of Congress stalwart Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Y.S. Sharmila, joined the Congress party on Thursday. She also merged her party with Congress. Sharmila joined the party in the presence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders of the party. Sharmila said it was her father’s dream to see Rahul Gandhi as prime minister and added she is ready to accept any role assigned by the party. Sharmila told presspersons that her party stayed away from Telangana elections as they didn’t want to break anti-BRS votes. The exercise to bring Sharmila back…
South African authorities should drop criminal trespass and intimidation charges against freelance journalist Thomo Nkgadima and ensure that members of the press do not face reprisal for reporting issues of public interest, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said. On December 24, 2023, police in Fetakgomo Tubatse Municipality in South Africa’s northern Limpopo Province summoned and arrested Nkgadima, who contributes to the privately owned newspaper Sunday World, in response to a complaint of trespass and intimidation by the municipality’s mayor, Eddie Maila, the journalist and Sunday World digital editor Tumo Mokone told CPJ. In a statement to CPJ, Thabiso Mokoena, a spokesperson for…
Two explosions minutes apart on Wednesday in Iran targeted a commemoration for a prominent general slain in a US drone strike in 2020, killing at least 103 people and wounding at least 141 others as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. No group immediately claimed responsibility for what Iranian state media called a terroristic” attack shortly after the blasts in Kerman, about 820 kilometres southeast of the capital, Tehran. While Israel has carried out attacks in Iran over its nuclear programme, it has conducted targeted assassinations, not mass-casualty bombings. Sunni extremist…
With 140 journalists killed, 2023 was the deadliest year in ten years, the Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, announced in Geneva on Wednesday. Two-thirds of the victims were in the Middle East, with almost one killed every day in the last three months of the year in Gaza. The PEC strongly condemns all these attacks and sends its condolences to the victims’ families and loved ones. It calls for those responsible for these crimes to be brought to justice as quickly as possible. Of the 140 media workers killed in 28 countries,…
Delhi LG VK Saxena granted permission for investigation by CBI in the alleged corruption case of Rs 223 crores in Delhi government’s Department of Forests and Wildlife, against two officials. The Delhi LG also gave the nod to ACB and GNCTD to go ahead with a probe against two senior women health officials of a Delhi government-run hospital in an alleged bribery case. Meanwhile in another corruption-related matter, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal on Wednesday skipped for the third time the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate. The BJP accused Kejriwal of not having faith in the country’s administrative and judicial system…
In response to the arrest of a Hindu activist, Srikanth Poojari, linked to a 31-year-old case related to the Ram temple agitation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged protests in Karnataka. The Congress government defended the arrest, labeling Poojari as a criminal suspect with multiple charges. Leaders of the BJP, including R Ashoka, the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, were taken into preventive custody during the protests, marked by slogans of ‘Jai Sri Ram’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai.’ Poojari, identified by the BJP as a ‘karsevak,’ was arrested last week concerning a case of violence in Hubballi, north…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked SEBI to complete its investigations into two pending cases in connection with the allegations against the Adani Group within three months. The allegations pertain to stock price manipulation against Gautam Adani-led group in a report published by US short seller Hindenburg Research in January 2023. The top court said its power to enter the regulatory framework of SEBI is limited, adding that the markets regulator has completed probe into 22 other cases into allegations against the group. The bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud declined to order a probe by an SIT or…