One of CARA’s key focus areas is stepping up adoption of children with special needs NEW DELHI: Central Adoption Resource Authority announced Thursday that it was undertaking a review of the adoption regulations notified in 2022 in order to strengthen the regulatory framework and address “emerging legal, procedural and implementation-related issues”.The 2022 regulations had marked…
Bribe demand unproven, Rs 20 note no proof: SC acquits 2 NEW DELHI: Thirty years after they were accused of taking a bribe of Rs 20 to issue an income certificate, Supreme Court has acquitted two govt employees in a 1996 corruption case in which they were convicted and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment by…
2 of the judges on bench fault procedure for 2005 referral NEW DELHI: Two of the nine-judge SC bench – Justices Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan – Thursday faulted the procedure adopted by a five-judge bench in 2005 to refer adjudication of the correctness of SC’s 1978 ruling giving wider meaning to ‘industry’ to a…
SC asks CBSE to consider one-year reprieve on 3-language policy; bench debates whether English is ‘indigenous’ NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday asked Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider a reprieve to Class VI students by deferring implementation of the three-language policy to next year, by which time it should shore up infrastructure and…
Former SC judge R Subhash Reddy to head 5-member panel to probe Jantar Mantar clashes NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday appointed a five-member high-powered enquiry committee (HPEC) led by former SC judge R Subhash Reddy to probe alleged police excesses on students marching to Parliament on July 20 during the CJP-led protest against NEET leak,…
US ambassador Sergio Gor in Leh SRINAGAR: A day after meeting Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar, US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, arrived in Ladakh Thursday on his maiden visit to the Union Territory, where he went sightseeing and rafting. There were also reports that he was likely to meet the…
(Photo: @himalayanhindu/ X) A viral video showing a group of men dancing to loud music inside a cave in Dehradun has drawn sharp criticism online, with users calling out what they described as a lack of civic sense at a shared tourist spot.The clip, shared on X by an account named @himalayanhindu, was reportedly filmed…
Screengrab from the video posted by Nitin Nabin NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday demanded that Congress and Samajwadi Party provide proof or issue a public apology for claiming that saffron party president Nitin Nabin consumed non-vegetarian food during the ongoing Hindu holy month of Sawan.In a social media post on X, BJP said…
NEW DELHI: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday spoke to his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma over the violence reported in Shillong after attacks on people from Assam during a students’ rally.In a social media post, Sangma said that they had agreed to work together to normalise the situation. He said designated cabinet ministers…
NEW DELHI: Student leaders protesting against the alleged irregularities in Jharkhand’s recruitment exams criticised the Hemant Soren-led government on Thursday after the high court blocked the government’s decision to cancel the jobs of employees who had been appointed through the 11th and 13th JPSC exams.Student leader Kunal Pratap Singh claimed that the advocate general representing…
