HC takes DU, authorities to task for not taking action against those defacing public property during ongoing DUSU polls

HC takes DU, authorities to task for not taking action against those defacing public property during ongoing DUSU polls

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday took the Delhi University and other authorities  to task for not taking action against those defacing public property during the ongoing students' union elections.  The high court orally asked the Delhi University to issue disqualification notices to the candidates involved in defacement of public...

Modi Government engages farmers ahead of Haryana polls

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

In a move to pacify farmers’ anger over various issues ahead of Haryana assembly polls, the Modi government opened a dialogue with farmers to discuss and resolve outstanding issues including anxieties around minimum support price. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday held his first dialogue with a delegation of...

AI utilised for multilingual proceedings and digitisation in Lok Sabha: Om Birla

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies were put to use to make available House proceedings in different regional languages to members of Parliament. Addressing a press conference here after the two-day meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association India Region, Birla said the Lok...

Old woman forced to crawl nearly 2 km to collect pension in Odisha

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Bhubaneshwar

A 70-year-old woman in Odisha's Keonjhar district was forced to crawl nearly two kilometres from her home to the panchayat office to collect her old-age pension. The ailing woman identified as Pathuri Dehury, a resident of Raisuan gram panchayat, cannot walk. A video of Dehury crawling on a village road...

Railway administration on alert for potential train sabotage bids: Vaishnaw

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Jaipur

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said the railway administration is on alert for potential train sabotage bids and is holding talks with authorities and police in several states to prevent any untoward incident. The central government treats security threats with utmost seriousness and strict action will be taken against anyone...

SC slams NCPCR over plea seeking SIT probe against Missionaries of Charity

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told NCPCR not to drag the apex court in its agenda over a plea seeking an SIT probe into cases of children allegedly sold by shelter homes in Jharkhand of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa. Slamming the National Commission for Protection of...

BJP rebel Naveen Goyal to contest as independent candidate from Gurgaon

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | Parvesh Sharma | Gurgaon

BJP rebel Naveen Goyal is contesting as an Independent candidate from the Gurgaon assembly constituency. His entry into the scene has complicated the field for BJP candidate Mukesh Sharma. Political experts said Goyal is contesting the election in a very planned manner. Also, the induction of former BJP local leaders will help...

Maharashtra orders CID probe into Badlapur sexual assault accused’s death

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | TN RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

A day after the key accused in the sensational Badlapur child sexual assault case Akshay Shinde was shot dead in an “encounter” by an escorting police team, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) rooted for a court-monitored investigation or an inquiry by a retired high court judge into the questionable...

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