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The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its February 15 verdict, which had scrapped the Modi government’s electoral bonds scheme of anonymous political funding. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said there is no error apparent on the face of the record. The top court also rejected the prayer for listing the review petitions in an open court. “Having perused the review petitions, there is no error apparent on the face of the record. No case for review under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013. The review petitions are, therefore, dismissed,”… Read More »Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Review Of Its Poll Bonds Scheme Order

2011 Cricket World Cup-winner Suresh Raina rolled back the years, slamming a brilliant fifty as New York Lions CC beat Los Angeles Waves CC by 19 runs in the second match of the Sixty Strikes tournament, organised by the National Cricket League, USA. In the 10-over game, Raina smashed 53 off just 28 balls to take his team to a whopping total of 126. Despite a valiant effort, the total proved to be too uphill a task for Los Angeles Waves. Put into bat by Los Angeles, New York started off on the back foot as opener Asad Shafiq departed for just 3. However, Raina, along with former Sri Lanka opener Upul Tharanga (40 off… Read More »NCL: Raina Rolls Back The Years, Slams Stunning Fifty In 10-Over Game

The demand for an ethnocentric homeland is untenable and obsolete in Manipur, where at least 35 communities co-exist, a group of activists and academics from the violence-hit state bordering Myanmar has said at a side event of the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. Manipur is seeing the growth of divisive forces that play the cards of myopic ethnicity leading to the undermining of historical and legal foundations of the state’s pluralistic demography and territoriality, said Dr Arambam Noni, associate professor at Imphal-based DM University. “Due to the increasing weaponization of ethnicity by a section of elites and academics, as seen in the case of an exclusive narrative for… Read More »‘Ethnocentric Homeland Demand Untenable, Obsolete’: Manipur Academics At UN Event

It is the very change that the people of Haryana were looking for, said an upbeat Vinesh Phogat after the exit polls, all seven of them, predicted a comfortable home run for the Congress in the state, which is known for its sporting heroes.     An aggregate of eight exit polls indicate that the Congress will win 55 of Haryana’s 90 seats, while the BJP stands to win 26 seats.  The exit polls do not always get it right. They have been way off the mark in the past. The most recent example being the 2024 Lok Sabha polls where they went horribly off target. “It is a very happy day for the people… Read More »“The Change Haryana Was Looking For”: Vinesh Phogat On Exit Polls’ Big Prediction

A 24-year-old Agniveer died due to an explosion in a fire extinguisher during a mock drill in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, police said Saturday. During a mock drill in a training camp of Golpura Army Area on Friday, a fire extinguisher exploded and Agniveer Saurabh Pal got injured, DSP Anil Jasoria said. Pal, a resident of Bhakhara village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, succumbed during treatment at a hospital, he said. His father Rakesh Pal was informed about the incident and the body was handed over to the family today, the officer said. Pal had joined the Indian Army under the Agniveer scheme in 2023.