Why should an elected government, any party's government, need a law to protect itself from its people? asks Shekhar Gupta.
"Tonight, a new era begins for the South Bronx," Torres said in a statement. "It is the honour of a lifetime to represent a borough filled with essential workers who have risked their lives so that New York City could live.
Harris, 55, is the first Indian-American to be selected for the second-highest elected office of the United States after that of the president. She is also the first-ever Black and first-ever African American to be nominated as a vice-presidential candidate by a major political party.
A day after Dhaka was liberated on December 16, 1971, then US President Richard Nixon was told by his strategic advisor Henry Kissinger that he had 'saved West Pakistan,' according to confidential papers since declassified by the US department of state.
More than 80 women have accused the movie mogul, once the most powerful man in the American film industry of sexual misconduct, including rape, with some allegations dating back to decades.
Ravi Batra, a New York-based attorney with a private practice experience, is the only Indian American to be appointed to the powerful 14-member Joint Commission on Public Ethics. To be headed by Attorney Janet DiFiore, the commission will oversee both the executive and legislative branches, as well as lobbyists.
The attorney general instructed the authorities to charge them for their failure to prevent the Easter terror attacks.
'Pakistan has completely failed to provide the remedy as directed by the ICJ and India reserves its position in the matter, including its rights to avail of further remedies'
Militant labour policies compounded a poor security environment for capital in West Bengal and encouraged the business community to relocate. constraining the private sector's right to hire freely could well be the coup de grace. As with Calcutta/Kolkata, it will probably take a decade for Gurgaon/Gurugram to feel the difference, says Kanika Datta.
The bench posted the matter for hearing on July 17.
The request was made in view of the upcoming elections for ICJ judges, scheduled to be held in November,
The Huffington Post said she has impressive track record as California Attorney General and has top Democratic leadership including the outgoing US President Barack Obama and the vice president Joe Biden on her side.
According to a media report, Trump's comments could create a predicament for him and his legal team.
Intrigue filled whodunits, slice-of-life dramas, fast-paced animation, Sukanya Verma tells us what you can catch on OTT this week.
The ED made this claim while seeking the 62-year-old Nationalist Congres Party leader's custody for interrogation in the money laundering probe linked to the activities of Ibrahim and his aides.
'We are losing the battle of secularism, but we have not lost.'
'Coupled with e-filing procedures it would really enhance the ability of the judiciary to provide speedier justice.'
For how many generations would reservations in jobs and education continue, the Supreme Court sought to know during the Maratha quota case hearing on Friday and raised concerns over 'resultant inequality' in case the overall 50 per cent limit was to be removed.
The total default is said to be in excess of Rs 3,000 crore - making this the largest default by a broker.
Trump nominated Thapar for the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
The verdict was announced after the government submitted a 'new summary' to extend the service of 59-year-old Gen Bajwa.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in its circular, had asked all employers to make payment of wages to their workers without any deduction for the period their establishments were under closure during the lockdown to contain COVID-19.
Amul Thapar, 47, had become in 2007 the first South Asian Article III judge when he was appointed as a US District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
The Modi leadership could lose Election 2024 if a communal flare-up becomes cause for all-round catastrophe, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that if the Army cannot move its missile launchers, heavy machinery up to the northern Indo-China border, then how will it defend it and fight a war, if it breaks out.
Reversing its earlier step, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to withdraw the ordinance as well as bill that sought to give protection to convicted lawmakers in the wake of public outburst against it by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.
Trump went live with his tweeting as Obama and Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris delivered their speeches at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.
The case has been brought by Srichand Parmanand Hinduja, 84, described as the "patriarch" of the family, against brothers G P Hinduja, 80, P P Hinduja, 75, and A P Hinduja, 69, and revolves around the "validity and effect" of a letter dated July 2, 2014. The letter includes statements to the effect that the brothers appoint each other as their executors, and that assets held in any single brother's name belong to all four. A related second letter, dated July 1, 2014, is also linked to the dispute.
The publication named the Democratic leaders for its annual prestigious honour, choosing them over other finalists -- Frontline Health Care Workers and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr Anthony Fauci, the Movement for Racial Justice and US President Donald Trump.
Communicate your every step towards the betterment of their future. If the initial hand-holding will be done right, they will understand and respect your decision of helping them, says Naval Goel.
The 'essence' of every government action must be in the interest of the institution, the SC said.
Alabama Senator Sessions, who was among the first Senator to support Trump in the early part of his campaign and had served was the head of his national security team has been offered the position of US Attorney General, Fox News said.
'All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state'
Outgoing US President Donald Trump has declined to concede the closely-fought November 3 presidential race to Democrat Biden and is mounting legal fights in several key battleground states, but there has been no evidence of voter irregularities or widespread fraud in the election -- billed as one of the most divisive and bitter in recent American history.
What's required is proper implementation of the rules and better coordination between market intermediaries such as stock exchanges and clearing members who play a key role in monitoring brokerages.
'There is room for cautious optimism following the Harris anointment that America will return this year to more normal politics after the aberration of the Trump presidency,' points out Shreekant Sambrani.
Among all the geographies where Amazon is fighting regulators, India is the only place where its lines are also tangled in a major corporate battle, this one with India's largest company by market capitalisation over the acquisition of Mumbai-based Future Group's retail chain, the country's second largest. No other corporate entity in any country offers a challenge to Amazon's hegemony in a way Reliance Industries does - and the final hearing of an arbitration case filed at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre between the two may decide at least some of these issues. This legal battle between one of the world's most powerful corporations and one of India's most powerful conglomerates could be complicated by a host of other developments.
Amidst a row over the arrest of a senior Indian diplomat on visa fraud charges, a top American lawmaker has asked Secretary of State John Kerry why no action was taken against dozens of Russian diplomats allegedly defrauding United States government's benefits programmes.
The country's two top law officers Attorney General Goolam Essaji Vahanvati and Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran have tendered their resignations following the change in the government at the Centre.
Amisha Patel has publicly declared her parents have been exploiting her.
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