LIVE news: Supreme Court refuses to stay Patna HC order scrapping 65% caste-based quota in Bihar

New Delhi: A view of the Supreme Court (SC) of India, in New Delhi, Friday, July 12, 2024. (Photo: PTI)

12:49 PM

SC dismisses ED plea challenging HC order granting bail to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

The Supreme Court has dismissed an ED plea challenging a High Court order granting bail to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in a money laundering case.

12:46 PM

We live in a time where our world and our region is being reshaped: Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Speaking at the QUAD Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting in Japan’s Tokyo, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong says, “We live in a time where our world and our region is being reshaped. Conflicts are risking lives and costing lives. Longstanding rules are being bent and twisted or broken. Countries face cohesive trade measures, unsustainable lending, political interferences, and disinformation. For Australia, QUAD partnership is central to how we respond to these circumstances.”

 

12:18 PM

Delhi IAS aspirants deaths: Junior engineer terminated, says MCD commissioner

MCD commissioner Ashwani Kumar on Monday said that the services of a junior engineer have been terminated and an assistant engineer has suspended for the lapses.

 

12:01 PM

Lok Sabha speaker lauds Manu Bhaker’s feat

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla congratulates Manu Bhaker for winning the bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol event at the Paris Olympics.

11:57 AM

SC refuses to stay Patna HC order that set aside law raising quotas for reserved classes from 50% to 65%

The Supreme Court refused to stay the High Court order setting aside Bihar law raising quota from 50 to 65 per cent, but agrees to hear in Sept state pleas against High Court verdict.

11:21 AM

News update: Maduro is declared winner in Venezuela’s presidential election

President Nicolás Maduro faced his toughest challenge yet from the unlikeliest of opponents: Edmundo González, a retired diplomat who was unknown to voters before being tapped in April as a last-minute stand-in for opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado.

11:02 AM

News update: CBI files chargesheet against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in liquor policy case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a charge sheet against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court in connection with the excise policy case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a charge sheet against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court in connection with the excise policy case.10:54 AM

Quad is ‘here to stay, here to do and here to go’: EAM Jaishankar

The Quad has additional responsibilities of upholding a rules-based order and collaboration under the grouping can ensure that the Indo-Pacific remains free and secure, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday amid China’s increasing assertiveness in the region. In his opening remarks at a foreign ministerial conclave of Quad, Jaishankar said a clear message should be sent that the Quad is “here to stay, here to do and here to go.” “As political democracies, pluralistic societies and market economies, there is the key question of upholding a rules-based order,” Jaishankar said.

10:49 AM

Two ‘kanwariyas’ dead, 14 injured as truck hits tractor-trolley in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena

Two ‘kanwariyas’ died and 14 were injured after a truck hit a tractor-trolley in Morena in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, a police official said. The incident took place at 5am on National Highway number 44, some 10 kilometres from the district headquarters, which led to enraged villagers beating up the truck driver and also blocking the arterial road for some time, the official said.

10:28 AM

PM Modi urges nationwide use of MANAS Helpline in fight against drugs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the 112th episode of his monthly radio broadcast, ‘Mann Ki Baat,’ calls on people and organisations to use National Anti-Narcotics Helpline ‘Manas’ in India’s fight against drugs. During his monthly broadcast, PM Modi said, “In Mann ki Baat, I have often discussed the challenges of drugs. Every family worries that their child might be exposed to drugs. Now, to help such people, the government has launched the National Anti-Narcotics Helpline Manas.”

10:24 AM

Over 1,800 pilgrims leave Jammu base camp for Amarnath

More than 1,800 pilgrims left a base camp in Jammu for the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security arrangements on Monday, officials said. More than 4.55 lakh pilgrims have already paid obeisance at the naturally-formed ice lingam at the cave shrine, compared to the over 4.5 lakh last year.

9:58 AM

Adjournment Motion moved in Lok Sabha on death of IAS aspirants in flooding incident

Congress MP Dr Amar Singh has moved an Adjournment Motion in Lok Sabha ‘demanding accountability for death of IAS aspirants in Delhi’s coaching centre.’

9:43 AM

India, Saudi Arabia hold first High-Level Task Force meeting on investments

The two countries reviewed measures aimed at promoting two-way investments in a mutually beneficial manner at the first meeting of the India-Saudi Arabia High-Level Task Force on Investments, co-chaired by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister PK Mishra and the Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in the virtual mode.

9:41 AM

MCD seals 13 coaching centres in Old Rajinder Nagar after students’ death

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has started action against illegal coaching centres and will set up a high-level committee to probe the flooding of the basement of a coaching institute which led to three civil services aspirants’ deaths, an official said on Sunday. A team of the civic body reached the Old Rajinder Nagar area to seal several illegally-run basements of coaching centres, a statement by the Delhi government said.

9:39 AM

Goods train derail in Bhubaneswar, no loss of life reported

A goods train derailed in Bhubaneswar in the early hours of Monday, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) said. The incident happened at 1.35 am in the railway yard at Mancheswar station, it said in a statement. There was no loss of life or damage to properties due to the derailment, it added.

First Published: Jul 29 2024 | 9:33 AM IST

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