Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Thursday in Parliament made it clear that satellite spectrum would be allocated administratively rather than through auction, aligning with global practices.
"We cannot auction an asset which is not fully in our control. This applies not only to India but all countries on earth," Jyotiraditya Scindia said, explaining the technical differences between mobile and satellite communications.
During the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the minister elucidated that mobile technology operates on low-frequency...
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Lalu Prasad Yadav Admitted To AIIMS-Delhi For Treatment
RJD president and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad was on Wednesday admitted to AIIMS in Delhi for treatment, sources said.
The 76-year-old leader has been admitted to the Cardio Critical Care Unit of the Cardio-Neuro Centre under Dr Rakesh Yadav, Professor of Cardiology at AIIMS, they said.
A team of doctors is monitoring his condition, the sources said.
He was brought to AIIMS for treatment at around 9.35 pm after being admitted to a hospital in Patna for a brief period.
Talking to reporters in Patna, his son and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav...
Jaguar Fighter Jet Crashes In Gujarat, 1 Pilot Ejects, Search On For Another
A Jaguar fighter jet of the Indian Air Force has crashed in Gujarat's Jamnagar. One pilot has ejected and a search is on for the other.
"While one pilot safely ejected before the crash, another one is still missing. The aircraft caught fire after the crash landing. Police and firefighters have rushed to the spot and started searching for the missing pilot," news agency PTI quoted Superintendent of Police Premsukh Delu as saying.
Videos from the spot, in Suvarda village, 12 km from Jamnagar city, showed what appeared to be a field...
Petition Filed In High Court To Stop Justice Yashwant Varma From Taking Oath
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench on Wednesday seeking a directive to its Chief Justice to refrain from administering the oath to Justice Yashwant Varma, court sources said.
The PIL cited the ongoing in-house inquiry ordered by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) into the recovery of "four to five semi-burnt sacks" of Indian currency notes from the residence of Justice Varma following after a fire incident last month.
Justice Varma was recently transferred from the Delhi High Court to the...
Halt Ops In 6 Weeks: High Court To Rapido, Other Bike Taxi Apps In Karnataka
The High Court of Karnataka has issued a strict directive to the state government to take necessary steps to suspend bike taxis within six weeks.
Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd, ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd (Ola) and others have applied for directions to the state government to consider the applications filed in 2022 for converting two-wheelers into transport vehicles.
All these applications have been filed by High Court Justice BM Shyam Prasad, who has dismissed them and issued a strict notice to Ola, Uber, and Rapido to halt the operations of their bike...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Tamil Nadu Court Grants Transit Anticipatory Bail To Kunal Kamra
Comedian Kunal Kamra, who recently faced legal trouble over a joke directed at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has been granted transit anticipatory bail by the District Munsif-cum-Judicial Magistrate Court in Vanur, Tamil Nadu.
Kunal Kamra had approached the Madras High Court on Tuesday, seeking transit anticipatory bail, which provides temporary protection from arrest in a jurisdiction different from where the FIR has been filed.
In his case, the FIR was lodged by Khar Police in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Madras High Court, in...
AAP Vs BJP In Delhi Assembly Over Alleged Power Cuts In Delhi
The conflict between the BJP and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party is intensifying over the frequent power cuts in Delhi and the two parties faced off over the matter in the assembly today.
The summer has come early this year and by March-end, fans and air-conditioners have started running.
Now AAP has alleged that reports of power cuts from across the capital have been growing, which the BJP has dismissed as fake information.
Today, AAP had given notice to discuss the power cuts in the assembly. But when Speaker Vijender Gupta...
Monday, March 31, 2025
"Learn From South": Raj Thackeray Weighs In On Language Row, Cites MK Stalin
The language battle from Tamil Nadu has found resonance in Maharashtra, with Raj Thackeray, the chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, saying the state ought to learn from the southern states about opposing the three-language structure of the National Education Policy and the alleged imposition of Hindi.
"Have you seen the southern states? Have you seen Tamil Nadu? See how they have opposed Hindi language,' said Mr Thackeray., whose party had long stood for Maratha pride and advocated the use of the language across the state.
"What is going on in...
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Haryana To Give Backward Class Quota In Panchayats, Urban Local Bodies
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that the state government has decided to give reservations to the backward classes in Panchayats and urban local bodies in Haryana.
CM Nayab Singh Saini attended the civic felicitation and Holi Milan function organized by the Saini community in Jaipur rural on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters, Nayab Singh Saini said, "I am happy that we recently made a reservation for the backward classes in Haryana. For a long time, there was a demand here that the limit should be increased, and in Haryana. As soon...
'Saw NRI Man Hitting Saif Ali Khan': Actor Amrita Ladak On Hotel Brawl Case
Bollywood actor Amrita Arora Ladak on Saturday deposed as a witness before a court here in the case concerning Saif Ali Khan, who was accused of attacking an NRI businessman and his father-in-law at a five-star hotel in 2012.
The actor was part of the group that had gone for dinner with Khan at the hotel when the alleged incident took place on February 22, 2012.
She told the court that the hotel had allotted a separate enclosure to them, and they were dining there and having a good time.
In the meantime, the complainant came there and began shouting...
Friday, March 28, 2025
India Can't Change "Fanatical, Bigoted Mindset" Of Pakistan: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, speaking in Lok Sabha on Friday, highlighted incidents involving attack on minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The minister said New Delhi is tracking "very closely" the treatment of minorities in Pakistan and making its position "well known", but the country cannot change the "fanatical and bigoted mindset" of a neighbour.
Replying to a supplementary query during the Question Hour, S Jaishankar pointed to 10 incidents involving attacks on Hindus in Pakistan in February.
Seven of these incidents are related...
Thursday, March 27, 2025
3 Cops Killed In Action, 2 Terrorists Shot Dead In J&K Encounter: Sources
Three police personnel have been killed in action during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, sources said on Thursday. Two of the terrorists have also been shot dead while three to four terrorists are still holed up.
Five security personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police, have also been injured and are undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Teams from the Army, the National Security Guard, the Border Security Force, Police, the Special Operations Group, and the Central Reserve Police Force had been carrying...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Asia's Largest Tulip Garden In Srinagar Opens For Public
Nestled between the Dal Lake and the Zabarwan Hills, Asia's largest tulip garden opened for the public on Wednesday, marking the beginning of a new tourism season in the Kashmir valley.
The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden was thrown open to the public by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
The garden was set up by Ghulam Nabi Azad, the then chief minister of the erstwhile state in 2007 to advance J-K's tourist season which was earlier limited to the summers and the winters.
Formerly known as Siraj Bagh, the garden was opened to...
India, China Make "Progress" To Resume Kailash Manasarovar Yatra: Centre
India and China have made progress on the modalities to resume Kailash Manasarovar Yatra in 2025, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said following the official consultation between the Foreign Ministries of India and China, held in Beijing on Wednesday.
Gourangalal Das, Joint Secretary (East Asia) at the MEA held a consultative meeting with Liu Jinsong, Director General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during which the two sides reviewed the action taken by them to implement the strategic direction...
"Causing Great Prejudice To Litigants": Top Court Judge On Lawyer Strikes
Justice AS Oka of the Supreme Court today spoke about the people's trust in courts, saying it may not be as much as it is believed to be, and how lawyers using unconstitutional means like a strike can further whittle it down by raising the pendency of cases.
"If today lawyers practising in high courts are taking recourse to something highly unconstitutional, are we not causing great prejudice to litigants?" he said in his address at an event organised by SCAORA or the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association.
Lawyers and judges,...
Monday, March 24, 2025
'Sentinels Of North East' Assam Rifles Celebrates 190th Raising Day. See Pics
India's oldest paramilitary force the Assam Rifles celebrated its 190th Raising Day at its headquarters in Meghalaya's capital Shillong today.
The 4 Assam Rifles received the 'DGAR Banner' for 2023-24, while 3 Assam Rifles came first runners-up, and 36 Assam Rifles took the second runners-up place.
DGAR is short for Director General Assam Rifles.
The honours (DGAR Banner) were a significant highlight of the Raising Day ceremony that recognised...
"Apologise For What Happened On Show, Will Ensure No Recurrence": Samay Raina
Comedian Samay Raina on Monday expressed regret over a series of remarks that were made on his now-deleted web show "India's Got Latent", and promised to be more careful in ensuring that such incidents are not repeated, sources said.
In a statement to the Maharashtra Cyber Cell, Mr Raina, who got into trouble over Podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia's remarks in February that led to a massive furore, "admitted his mistake" and "apologised for whatever happened during the show".
The comedian also said that "everything happened in a flow during the...
'Equip Children With...': Manish Sisodia On Role Of Teachers In Age Of AI
Schools must go beyond academics and equip children with the ability to live meaningfully with others in the age of Artificial Intelligence, former Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia said while addressing a gathering of teachers from Delhi, Punjab, and Uttarakhand.
Mr Sisodia said the central challenge of the future will not be mastering technology but fostering harmony within oneself, with others, and with nature.
Speaking to teachers associated with an NGO focused on professional development, he emphasized that education must prioritize...
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Did Shivaji Have A Dog? Call To Remove Dog Memorial From Raigad Fort
Former Rajya Sabha member and a descendant of the Kolhapur royal family, Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, has asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to remove the memorial of a dog from Raigad Fort.
The memorial, built in 1920s, was for "Waghya" meaning "Tiger".
Legend has it that he was a mix breed dog of the Maratha emperor. When Shivaji died, the dog apparently jumped onto his funeral pyre and immolated himself.
The Archaeological Survey of India, however, maintained that there is no documentary evidence of such a dog, Sambhajiraje...
Eminent Gandhian Krishna Bharati Passes Away At 92
Krishna Bharati, a Gandhian and daughter of noted freedom fighter late Pasala Krishna Murthy, passed away here on Sunday. She was 92.
Krishna Bharati breathed her last at her residence in Snehapuri Colony here following a brief illness.
Hailing from the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, she was the second daughter of freedom fighters Pasala Krishna Murthy and Anja Lakshmi.
Krishna Bharati was a strong believer in Gandhian values and upheld the same throughout her life. She also strived for the upliftment of Dalits. She had made donations...