Coronavirus: SC, Delhi HC restrict hearings to urgent cases only

Taking note of global pandemic novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Supreme Court on Friday decided that from March 16 it will take up for hearing only urgent matters and no persons except lawyers......

Delhi unlock: Markets, malls, shrines to open daily

Restaurants with 50 per cent capacity, weekly markets and religious places will reopen in Delhi from June 14, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday, saying the COVID-19 situation has......

Govt releases guidelines for lockdown 2.0

Agriculture, construction, information technology and industrial units in the special economic zones and rural areas are among some sectors where the coronavirus-induced lockdown restrictions will......

Chinese N-reactors to Pak to breach protocol

China is all set to announce its intent to provide to Pakistan two nuclear-power reactors, according to a prominent American nuclear expert who said this would breach international protocol about......

Firms may be barred from bourse stakes

The Securities and Exchange Board of India proposes to allow only Indian banks and insurance companies to be strategic investors in stock exchanges and is expected to bar corporate houses from......

Why no-fly list is still not ready

Government officials favoured compulsory biometric identification but said it did not happen because of the Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar Remember Ravindra Gaikwad, the Shiv Sena member of......

Trouble brewing in Air India over pilots' pay cut

Trouble is again brewing in Air India ahead of the upcoming busy holiday season, with a section of pilots resenting a proposed 15 per cent cut in their allowances, saying such a reduction......

Mobile hazard: Call for changes in radiation norms

Taking a stringent view of the health hazards posed by radiation from mobile phones, towers and base stations, a high-level inter-ministerial committee has called for revision of radiation norms......

Harbhajan's allegations pull the plug on PCA President's term

IMAGE: Photograph: ANI Photo On Thursday, the President of the Punjab Cricket Association, Gulzar Inder Singh Chahal resigned just days after former India spinner Harbhajan Singh claimed:......

Lockdown 4: Sports complexes, stadiums can open but no spectators

IMAGE: The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, also known as Motera stadium (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters Sports complexes and stadia were on......

ICC bars media from covering WC final

The International Cricket Council has once again barred electronic media from covering the all-important cricket World Cup final for breaching the media guidelines. According to sources, the......

Patel lashes out at IOA for messy situation in Indian sports

Union Minister and All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel said that the involvement of chargesheeted persons in the affairs of IOA has brought "a messy situation" in Indian......

Mudgal Committee submits Draft Sports Bill to government

Setting up of an Appellate Sports Tribunal and a Sports Election Commission and provisions to bar charge-sheeted persons from contesting elections are some of the salient features included in the......