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The Supreme Court has told the Centre that a “conscientious objector” should not face punishment for refusing to sing Vande Mataram, asking the government to keep in mind a 1987 judgment that protected children who declined to sing the national anthem on grounds of conscience. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant […]

Cleanliness activist Surendra Singh Choudhary, popularly known as Bittu Tabahi, has brought his cleanliness mission to Delhi, choosing the Yamuna riverbank as his first stop in the city. Choudhary joined local volunteers for a cleanup drive along the Yamuna on September 20, as part of World Cleanup Day activities. After more than four hours of

Parts of Andhra Pradesh are witnessing an unusual situation this Ganesh Chaturthi, with devotees leaving Vinayaka idols on dry riverbeds as water levels remain critically low across several regions of the state. In Anantapur district, dry riverbeds and depleted water levels have left devotees with few options for the traditional Ganesh Visarjan, or idol immersion.

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu has run into controversy after students were allegedly warned of a Rs 500 fine for failing to attend a Deepak Prakashan, or earthen lamp lighting ceremony, held on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday. According to a purported communique issued by the IIM Student Council, students who were absent

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are among 33.1 lakh electors in the Delhi draft electoral roll who have received notices, either due to “logical discrepancies” in their voter details or because their details could not be mapped to the previous Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The Delhi Chief Electoral

A new Memorial Temple, built as a tribute to the decades-long Ram Temple movement, is set to open soon within the Ayodhya Ram Temple premises. The memorial stands at the site of a makeshift temple where Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath carried the idol of Ram Lalla on March 25, 2020, before construction of

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued revised guidelines for film certification in India, replacing the framework that had been in place since 1991. The update retains the broad structure of the earlier rules but revises language around creative freedom, social change, age ratings and content restrictions. The Central Board of Film Certification has

India is on course for its driest monsoon in 17 years, as a strengthening El Nino weather pattern curbs seasonal rainfall, raising concerns over crop yields and food prices. Cumulative rainfall during the June to September monsoon season is currently 15 per cent below the long-term average, according to the India Meteorological Department. If the

Trader associations and opposition parties have pushed back against the government’s decision to introduce a 0.4 per cent fee on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000, even as the Centre made clear there was “no question of reversing the decision.” The charge came into effect on Tuesday as part of a new framework for large digital

The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has suspended the licence of Cafe Mondegar, one of Mumbai’s most well-known restaurants, after an inspection found serious food safety and hygiene violations. FDA officials inspected the Colaba establishment on September 12 and found multiple failures, including hot food not being maintained above the prescribed 60 degrees Celsius and