India

New Delhi, May 13: The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutional validity of penal provisions on defamation law, observing that the right to freedom of speech is "not an absolute right". The bench passed the judgement on a batch of petitions filed by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and others. "We have held that penal

New Delhi, May 12: India has approached Interpol for issuance of an arrest warrant against liquor baron Vijay Mallya in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the ED. The development comes in the backdrop of Britain recently declining India's request to deport the businessman from there. Officials said CBI has forwarded a request in this regard to the global police after its

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, May 12: Amidst the fierce electoral battle in Kerala, a war of words today broke out between Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for taking credit for evacuation of 29 Indians from war-torn Libya. The political fight errupted a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government has evacuated the families from Libya and that

Belgavi, May 12: A hoax call on Wednesday created panic among passengers on the Mysore-Ajmer Express train and kept them under an invisible threat for nearly three hours in the afternoon at the Desur Railway Station about 11 km from Belagavi on the Londa-Miraj section of the South Western Railways. The passengers and the Railway officials heaved a sigh of relief after it was found that there was

New Delhi, May 11: With Harish Rawat set to be reinstated as Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Opposition parties today demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to Parliament with the Congress hoping he "learns his lesson". As the Congress, AAP and other opposition parties hailed the return of Rawat, asserting that democracy has won, the CPI(M) said the "anti-constitutional conspiracy"

New Delhi, May 11: BJP did its worst but democracy won in Uttarakhand, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said today, hoping that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will "learn" his lesson that people of India will not tolerate "murder" of democracy. Rahul's strong reaction came as Congress is set to return to power in the state one-and-half months after President's rule was imposed. Earlier, the

May 11: Attorney General has told Supreme Court on Wednesday that sacked Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat has proved majority in the assembly. Rawat gets 33 votes out of 61 in floor test, says SC. Harish Rawat will assume office as CM after the President's rule is revoked, said SC. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Harish Rawat, welcomed the decision. Yesterday the SC monitored floor test was

Bengaluru, May 11: Candidates from the state have struck it rich in the Union Public Service Commission civil services exams for 2015. Over 30 candidates from the state have made the cut into the list in the results announced on Tuesday. Darshan S?V, a candidate who has secured 48th rank, is the topper from Karnataka. R Srinivas Gowda, a native of Channarayapatna in Hassan district, has secured

New Delhi, May 10: A PIL has been moved in Delhi High Court against AAP government’s decision to award a job on compassionate grounds to the brother of Rohith Vemula, a Hyderabad University Dalit scholar who had committed suicide in January. The petition has challenged the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s February 24 decision, notified on March 3, to award a group ‘C’ government job to Rohith’s

Dehradun, May 10: Sacked Chief Minister Harish Rawat today appeared to have clinched the numbers in the floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly with 33 of the 61 MLAs said to have voted for him. With nine disqualified Congress MLAs kept away, Congress MLA Rita Arya claimed that 33 MLAs voted for Rawat while BJP MLAs conceded that their side got only 28 in a House with an effective strength of 61.