India

New Delhi, Aug 24: In a landmark judgement that will impact the lives of all 134 crore Indians and may give a massive jolt to government's Aadhaar push, a nine-judge Supreme Court bench today said Right to Privacy is a Fundamental right. Delivering a unanimous verdict, Supreme Court overruled eight-judge bench judgment in MP Sharma case and six-judge bench judgment in Kharak Singh case -- both of

New Delhi/Mumbai, Aug 24: India approved a proposal on Wednesday to set up a ministerial panel to speed up consolidation of state-run banks as part of its efforts to revive credit and economic growth. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will name the members of the panel, which will oversee proposals for mergers from the boards of the banks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said after a meeting of the

New Delhi, Aug 23: The Union Cabinet has increased the creamy layer ceiling for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category to ₹8 lakh per annum from the existing ₹6 lakh for Central government jobs, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in New Delh on Wednesday. Briefing reporters on the decisions taken by the Union Cabinet, he said those in the OBC category earning up to ₹8 lakh per annum would

New Delhi, Aug 23: Railways minister Suresh Prabhu indicated on Wednesday that he's offered to resign after taking "moral responsibility" for two recent train accidents, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked "me to wait". Prabhu said he's "extremely pained" by the two train derailments in Uttar Pradesh, one on Tuesday and the other last week. In Tuesday's Kafiyat Express derailment, 70-plus

New Delhi, Aug 23: Representatives of the All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and the All India Shia Personal Law Board have hailed the Supreme Court judgement on instant triple talaq as a victory for Islam and Muslim Personal Law in the country. In a statement issued here the AIMPLB said that the verdict was a also victory for the Board as the judgment "accorded protection to the

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Centre is unlikely to rush into getting Parliament to pass a legislation following the Supreme Court's verdict declaring Islamic instant divorce law as arbitrary and unconstitutional. Rather, the government will send an advisory to all States to ensure the compliance of the Supreme Court order on 'triple talaq', officials said. As the law ministry officials put it, the SC's

New Delhi, Aug 22: Popular Front of India general secretary Mohammed Ali Jinnah has stated that the Judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Triple Talaq issue forbids the government from intervening in Muslim Personal Law, though it has struck down the practice of Triple Talaq for six months. It is noteworthy that the majority verdict of three judges has accorded protection to personal laws under

Muzaffarpur, Aug 22: Former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin was today charge sheeted by the CBI in a special court here for the offences of murder and criminal conspiracy in the killing of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan in May last year. Sunil Singh Rawat, the investigating officer of the case, and public prosecutor Deep Narayan submitted the charge sheet against Shahabuddin, a four-time MP from Siwan, and

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Delhi High Court today sought the response of Facebook, Google and Yahoo on a plea to direct them to take down the links of Blue Whale challenge, an internet-based suicide game that has been allegedly linked to several deaths of children worldwide. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Police

Mumbai, Aug 22: A day after Supreme Court granted him bail, Lt Colonel Shrikant Purohit was greeted with flowers outside Taloja jail on Tuesday morning. Purohit was on his way to the Mumbai sessions court on Tuesday morning, to attend the regular hearing. “I am very happy. Thank you,” he said to TV reporters outside the jail. Nine years after spending time in jail, Purohit was granted bail on