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Individuals challenging religious practices would break all religions & courts: SC

AP image NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed grave apprehension over allowing individuals to challenge religious practices and said it would break every religion and constitutional court as thousands would clog court Read More

FGM inflicts injury, is an offence under Pocso: Bohra woman in SC

SC NEW DELHI: A Dawoodi Bohra Muslim woman on Thursday questioned the denominational custom of female genital mutilation (FGM) and said the ritual inflicts bodily injury and irreversible physical and mental trauma on minor girls, wh Read More

Government starts free health check-ups for 40+ workers

. NEW DELHI: Union govt on Thursday launched a nationwide free annual health checkup initiative for all workers aged 40 and above under the new labour codes, which were notified on Nov 21 last year. Read More

India steadfast in resolve to defeat terrorism, says PM, puts Operation Sindoor as DP

PM Modi NEW DELHI: India remains steadfast as ever in its resolve to defeat terrorism and destroy its enabling ecosystem, PM Modi said Thursday, as he changed display pictures (DP) on his social media handles to an image of Operati Read More

DY Chandrachud to mediate in Kapurs’ dispute

DY Chandrachud (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has been roped in to settle the high-profile property dispute between late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s mother Rani Kapur and his wife Priya Kapur o Read More

The Throne Of Thiruvananthapuram: Inside The Three-Way Battle In Congress For Kerala’s CM Post

The primary contenders are VD Satheesan, the outgoing Leader of the Opposition, and KC Venugopal, the AICC General Secretary. Read More

Operation Sindoor was as much a narrative war as a military operation, American military expert John Spencer tells Firstpost

US military expert John Spencer says Operation Sindoor has become a case study in modern warfare, where narrative battles, integrated systems, and information dominance proved as decisive as battlefield strikes Go to Source Read More

Wish judges appointed as speedily as ECs, says Supreme Court

ECI NEW DELHI: The appointment of Gyanesh Kumar (now CEC) and S S Sandhu as election commissioners in 2023 — who were shortlisted, cleared and appointed within a day — was the focus of a hearing on Thursday in Supreme Court, which Read More

French Professor Faces Probe For Creating Fake ‘Nobel-Style’ Award Probe, Awarding It To Himself

French professor Florent Montaclair is probed for allegedly inventing the Gold Medal of Philology, a fake Nobel level award, to boost his career in a suspected gigantic fraud Go to Source Read More

India seeks Dhaka’s help to send back illegal Bangladeshis: MEA

Randhir Jaiswal NEW DELHI: The govt on Thursday sought cooperation from Dhaka on the “core issue” of repatriation of illegal Bangladeshis in India. Read More

Court-monitored CBI investigation needed: TMC

. KOLKATA: Trinamool demanded a court-monitored CBI probe into the killing of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide, Chandranath Rath, as it firmly denied any involvement in the murder. Read More