SC refuses to stay appointments of ECs under new law

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the appointments of new election commissioners (ECs) under a 2023 law that excluded the chief justice of India from the selection panel. IMAGE:......

No SC stay on new law excluding CJI from CEC, EC appointments

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the operation of the new law that provides for appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners by a panel which does not......

Bharat Ratna recipients' tally touches 53, maximum awardees in 2024

The decision to award Bharat Ratna to former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh and green revolution pioneer MS Swaminathan has taken the number of recipients of the country's......

Nehru to Advani: Full list of Bharat Ratna awardees

The decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur has taken the number of recipients of the country's highest......

FM to meet sectoral regulators to take stock of the economy

The meeting will review the current global and domestic economic situation and financial stability issues, including those concerning banking and NBFCs. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will......

Stung by shift from finance ministry, Garg seeks VRS

A day after he was shifted from the high profile ministry of finance to the power ministry, senior bureaucrat Subhash Chandra Garg on Thursday applied for voluntary retirement from service, sources......

Halwa ceremony launches Budget process

A large number of officials and support staff, who are directly associated with the Budget making and printing process, are now required to stay in the ministry and remain cut off from their......

Modi starts pre-Budget meets to brainstorm on economy

Tuesday’s meeting at the PM’s residence, attended by all the five secretaries in the finance ministry besides top officials of other economic ministries and NITI Aayog, cleared a......

'I got more praise than the hero'

Movie veteran Chandrashekhar, best known for films like Cha Cha Cha, Surang and Street Singer and playing the role of Arya Sumant on the television serial Ramayan, passed into the ages on June 16,......

See what Shah Rukh made Jeff Bezos say!

The world's richest man and the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos bonded with Bollywood at a grand party thrown in his honour. Shah Rukh Khan, Kamal Haasan, Zoya Akhtar, Vidya Balan, Farhan Akhtar,......

PIX: Kangana, SRK party with Aamir, Akki

A weekend without a party is not Bollywood's scene! Zee TV completed 25 years and put up a grand celebration. It was a star-studded event, as Bollywood's A-listers turned up to party. But it was a......

PIX: Salman, Iulia at Baba Siddique's Iftar party

The Iftar party you have been waiting for is here! Politician Baba Siddique's annual Iftar party has always seen Bollywood's biggest celebrities, and sometimes even made history. This year, it was......

Mumbai in sight of first innings lead

Saurashtra ended day three of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match against Mumbai on 364 for 7. Beginning the day on 94 for two, the visitors were still 216 runs adrift of the defending......