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SC’s in-house probe report in Justice Varma case has no constitutional relevance: Sibal. New Delhi, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the Supreme Court’s in-house inquiry report in Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma’s case has “no constitutional relevance” as an investigation can only take place under the Judges Inquiry Act. Addressing a press conference, Sibal also accused the government of protecting Justice Shekhar Yadav and questioned the Rajya Sabha Secretariat over its attempt to reach out to him for the reported verification of his signature on the notice to move an impeachment motion against the judge for…

The controversy erupted after the investor in a post on X challenged MNS chief Raj Thackeray and asserted that he would not learn Marathi. The office of investor Sushil Kedia in Mumbai’s Worli area was vandalised on Saturday by unidentified persons, who also raised slogans supporting Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. An unidentified police official told that some people reached Kedia’s office in the morning and threw stones. “The attackers were raising slogans in support of Marathi and praising Raj Thackeray,” he said. A Worli police station official told that 5 MNS supporters have been detained in connection with…

The Swapneswar temple in Odisha is believed to have been established during the Shailodbhava dynasty in the 6th century. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has declared Swapneswar Mahadev temple, built in 6th-century, as a protected monument site. The Shiva temple is located at Punjiama village in Banpur block of Khurda district. “In exercise of the powers conferred by…the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, the Central Government hereby declares that the ancient monument specified…to be of national importance,” read a Gazette notification issued by the ASI on July 2 this year. Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan,…

The incident occurred in an abandoned mine of Central Coalfields in Jharkhand. An administrative team has been carrying out relief and rescue ops since morning. Four persons were killed and some others feared trapped after a portion of an abandoned coal mine collapsed during “illegal” mining in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred in the early hours at Karma area of Kuju Outpost in the district. “Four bodies have been recovered from the accident site…” SDPO, Ramgarh, Parmeshwar Prasad said. Villagers, however, took away three bodies before the police team arrived at the spot, another official…

Referring to the Raj Thackeray-Uddhav Thackeray reunion, a UBT Sena leader said the bond between the two cousins was “stronger than that of Fevicol”. After 20 years of political rivalry, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and his cousin Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray reunited at a joint rally on Saturday in Mumbai, a moment lauded by both parties. Kishori Pednekar, an Uddhav Sena leader, described the bond as “stronger than that of Fevicol”, and said, “Both of them have kept forward the things that the people of Maharashtra wanted to say.” Shiv Sena UBT leader Priyanka Chaturvedi…

If displaced families are unable to return to their homes by the deadline, they will be allotted newly built pre-fabricated housing units: Chief secretary Prashant Kumar Singh. The Manipur government will shut all relief camps housing internally displaced persons (IDPs) by December, and to help the displaced families rehabilitate, a three-phase programme will begin in July, chief secretary Prashant Kumar Singh said. Addressing the 2nd foundation day of the Manipur State Commission for Scheduled Tribes in Imphal on Friday, Singh said that if the displaced families are unable to return to their original homes by the deadline, they will be…

German cybersecurity firm ERNW also said that 29 audio products across 10 brands are impacted. These include Sony, Bose, JBL among others. India’s cybersecurity agency, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), has issued a high-severity warning for users of Bluetooth audio devices. The agency said that multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Airoha Bluetooth firmware, which could allow attackers to gain unauthorised access to Bluetooth audio devices such as the Sony WH-1000XM5, JBL Live Buds 3, Bose QuietComfort Earbuds, and Marshall Motif II. “The vulnerabilities exist in Airoha Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) due to missing authentication in the GATT service and…

The 89-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism said the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue after his death, and laid out process for choosing his successor. The external affairs ministry responded to the Dalai Lama’s assertion that only a trust set up by him can recognise his successor by saying on Friday that the Indian government doesn’t take any position on matters concerning religious practices. The remarks by external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal came two days after the 89-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism announced the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue after his death, and laid…

The incident occurred in the Khallikote ghat area on Thursday when the ambulance with the patient on board broke down and got stranded for three hours. A 19-year-old man died in Odisha’s Ganjam district after a government-run ambulance on which he was taken to a hospital broke down midway and allegedly got stuck for about three hours, police said on Friday. The incident occurred in the Khallikote ghat area on Thursday when the ambulance with the patient on board broke down and got stranded for three hours before another vehicle was arranged to take the patient to MKCG Medical College…

Major twist came on Friday as police arrested a suspect, two days after the woman alleged rape by a man posing as a delivery executive. The suspect detained by police in connection with the alleged rape of a 22-year-old techie in Pune was not a stranger to her, as initially claimed, police said on Friday. The police said the man was, in fact, her friend. The woman herself took the selfie with the man and typed the message, “I’ll be back,” police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said. “They know each other for a couple of years and belong to the same…