Source- indiatoday.in Delhi court on Tuesday handed the death sentence to one of the two persons who were convicted of murder in the decades-old 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The other convict was served a life term in prison. This is one of the several 1984 riots cases that a Special Investigation Team (SIT), that was constituted

Source- ndtv.com India is the world’s second most polluted country, slightly trailing only Nepal, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) said on Monday. Particulate pollution is so severe that it shortens the average Indian’s life expectancy by more than four years relative to what it would be if World Health Organization (WHO)

Source- ndtv.com The Supreme Court today abruptly adjourned a hearing on exiled CBI director Alok Verma’s petition, reportedly after the leak of a vigilance report on corruption allegations against the CBI chief and also his reply. The documents were all submitted in a sealed cover. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi questioned how the details were leaked. “None

Source- indianexpress.com Even as the state government is set to table the report of the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission on Maratha reservation before the state legislature on Monday, the Maratha community seems to be confused about whether to seek reservation in the existing OBC quota or demand a separate 16 per cent reservation. This, despite

Source- indianexpress.com The level of pollutants in Kolkata has surpassed the level of particulate matter in New Delhi, which is globally infamous for its air pollution. In the past 72 hours, the air quality index (AQI) in the City of Joy has dipped to “very poor” category, crossing levels registered in the national capital, making it

Source- ndtv.com India’s latest communication satellite, GSAT-29, was pushed further upwards towards its intended spot on Friday morning, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The satellite’s orbit was successfully raised further by firing the liquid apogee motor engine at 10.27 a.m. for an hour and forty minutes. Thereafter, the GSAT-29’s apogee/perigee was 35,837 km and

Source- ndtv.com The trial run of the country’s engine-less train will be conducted today on the Bareilly-Moradabad section. “Train 18”, developed by the Integral Coach Factory and seen as a successor to the Shatabdi Express, was unveiled last month by Railway Board chairman Ashwani Lohani. The fully air-conditioned train, driven by a self-propulsion module, can run

Source- newindianexpress.com Pakistan has “cost-effective solutions” to India’s latest ballistic missile defence system and would also find a counter to its nuclear-capable submarine, a media report said Wednesday quoting a senior official of the country’s top strategic body. Addressing a conference on ‘Nuclear Deterrence and Strategic Stability in South Asia’ hosted by the Strategic Vision Institute

Source- indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition challenging the ordinance making instant triple talaq a punishable offence. “We are not inclined to interfere,” a bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices K M Joseph and Hemant Gupta said, turning down the plea by ‘Samastha Kerala Jamiat Ulema’, an “a religious organisation

Source- indianexpress.com The Supreme Court is slated to hear Friday the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case in which CBI earlier this year filed an appeal after a 13-year delay against the Delhi High Court decision quashing charges against all the accused. The matter would come up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan