SC puts Centre's fact-checking unit on hold

In a jolt to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the notification setting up a fact-checking unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to identify fake news about the Union......

Bombay HC refuses to stay formation of govt fact-checking unit

The Bombay high court on Monday refused to grant an interim stay on setting up a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules to identify fake and false......

EC Arun Goel resigns days ahead of Lok Sabha poll announcement

Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigned on Saturday, days before the expected announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. IMAGE: Arun Goel had joined the Election......

2-judge bench divided over IT rules on fake news, 3rd judge to hear matter

In a split judgment on petitions challenging the amended Information Technology (IT) rules on fake news, one judge of the Bombay high court on Wednesday held that they amounted to censorship, while......

Sebi chief's appointment under SC's scrutiny

The appointment of U K Sinha as Sebi chairman has come under the scanner with the Supreme Court today issuing notice to the Centre asking it to respond to a PIL alleging various irregularities in......

Sterlite unit closure: SC stays HC order

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Madras high court directing Sterlite Industries to close down its copper smelting plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. A bench comprising Justice R V......

Watched These Vikram Gokhale Movies?

An actor of remarkable presence and gravitas, Vikram Gokhale's dramatic eloquence and cocksure authority sparkled every time he had to call on someone's bluff or leave them too tongue-tied to beat......

Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale dies at 77

Gokhale, an artist equally at home in theatre, television and movies, acted in several Marathi and Bollywood films, including the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Agneepath (1990), Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007),......

25 FIERY frames of Mirch Masala

Sukanya Verma tells us just what makes Mirch Masala a must watch. Flaming hues of red dominate Ketan Mehta's fiery tale of feminism. But when I first watched Mirch Masala on a black and white......

2020's CRIME and GRIME Web Series

So many Web series grabbed our attention this year. Some were brilliant while in others, the performances made them a great watch. In the second part of our special, Joginder Tuteja looks at......

BCCI won't terminate CSK, Rajasthan; 10 teams in IPL from 2018

- The Justice Lodha committee interim report will be implemented fully: BCCI. - 'The two franchisee teams, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals remain suspended for two years.'- BCCI will float......

Lalit Modi lawyers to adopt wait and watch policy over SC order

As the Supreme Court rejected Lalit Modi's plea, seeking reconstitution of BCCI-appointed panel probing allegations of financial irregularities against him, Mehmood Abdi, the lawyer of the former......

SC turns down Modi's plea against disciplinary panel

In a setback to former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, the Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed his plea seeking reconstitution of the BCCI-appointed disciplinary panel probing allegations of financial......