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With ‘limited’ tour of premises, SC opens its doors to the public

Around 14 participants given a guided tour of the court, two days after CJI Ranjan Gogoi made the announcement in Judge's Lounge.

Delhi schools adopt precautionary measures as pollution worsens

The measures include installing filters in classrooms and cancelling outdoor activities.  

‘Choosing a slow death’: Life in Delhi on the most polluted day of the season

Tuesday, 30 October, was Delhi's most polluted day of the season, and the metro looked straight out of a horror movie. What you met were not faces, but masks.

Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka may be released to tilt scales in favour of Rajapaksa

The move will be aimed at attempting to persuade the Tamil legislators to switch their allegiance to Prime Minister Rajapaksa.

Sohrabuddin killed former Gujarat home minister Pandya: Witness tells trial court

The killing had allegedly been ordered by former Gujarat IPS officer D G Vanzara, claimed the witness. Pandya was murdered in Ahmedabad in 2003.

Rana Ayyub or Shefali Vaidya, nobody is safe from fake screenshots

Both sides of the political divide on social media have used fake images and screenshots to advance their agenda, and the Indian public has lapped it up.

New JNU honorary prof Rajiv Malhotra’s CV: Charges of plagiarism & whole lot of Hindutva

Rajiv Malhotra, appointed honorary professor at JNU’s Centre for Media Studies, has also been accused of propagating fake news. 

Police officer seen raining blows on ‘interfaith couple’ in UP, probe launched

The video also shows the UP police officer, a DSP who has since retired, asking the couple about the nature of their relationship.

Orphaned, tigress Avni’s 10-month-old cubs stare at death or captivity

Tigress Avni, a suspected man-eater, was killed in a late-night operation in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal

PM Modi to greet India’s first inland vessel with container cargo on arrival in Varanasi

In a historic first, India has launched the transport of container cargo aboard inland vessels, a greener way to ferry goods.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Air Marshal A.P. Singh takes over as IAF chief, task cut out

Air Chief Marshal Singh took over from incumbent V.R. Chaudhari Monday afternoon. His top priority will be strengthening the fighting capability of the IAF, it is learnt.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?