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BJP has moved the Supreme Court as an urgent matter for hearing against the alleged 'order' by the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government prohibiting the live telecast of Ram Lalla's 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony in Ayodhya on Monday at temples and other public places.

NEW DELHI : The women and child welfare ministry may get a 3%-hike in the interim budget to ₹26,212 crore, according to two officials aware of the matter, amid a focus on women ahead of general elections. This outlay is expected to be earmarked for expanding marquee schemes such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Saksham Anganwadi and self help groups (SHG). Women voters are seen as a key constituency for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as it aims a third term in office.

Ram temple in Ayodhya is an uninhibited expression of India's eternal soul and start of a new cycle in the country's resurgence, President Droupadi Murmu said on Sunday as she complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the 'Pran Pratistha'. In a two-page letter to Prime Minister Modi, the president said that «as you prepare yourself to go for 'Pran Pratishtha' of Prabhu Shri Ram's 'murti' (idol) at the new temple built at his birthplace in Ayodhya, I can only contemplate the unique civilisational journey that will be accomplished with each step taken by you in the hallowed precincts».

National Investigation Agency (NIA) apprehended a juvenile on Saturday for allegedly harbouring militants involved in the killing of five civilians in Dhangri village of Rajouri district of Jammu in January last year, said officials. They said the juvenile was apprehended and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board in Rajouri for remand.

Samajwadi Party will be organising a 'PDA Fortnight' (Pakhwara ) from January 26 in all the assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh to rally support from the backward and minority sections, a party member said on Sunday. SP national spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said the details of the programme will be decided in a meeting of party office bearers.

Bombay High Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by four law students challenging the Maharashtra government's decision declaring a public holiday on January 22, on account of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony at Ram Lalla Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, news agency ANI reported. The petitioners claimed that the holiday declared by the Maharashtra government was arbitrary and not in the power of the state govt to announce such a holiday.

Vladimir Lenin has been gone for a century, but the evil he did lives on. The first leader of the Soviet Union died on Jan. 21, 1924, in Gorki, Russia (now called Nizhny Novgorod), after repeated strokes.

The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the consolidation of local police and firefighter pension systems, a rare victory in a yearslong battle to find an answer to the state’s besieged retirement accounts

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines are appealing a judge's ruling that is blocking their planned merger

European Union Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders has praised efforts by Poland's new pro-EU government to restore the rule of law and says they may lead to the release of billions of euros of EU funds for the country that were frozen under the p...

Nirmal Jain, Founder of IIFL Group, has praised the transformative impact of the Modi government's decade-long rule, drawing parallels between the current era and the concept of Ram Rajya—a time characterized by peace, prosperity, and swift justice according to Maharshi Valmiki and Mahatma Gandhi. «Modi government’s regime in the last ten years has brought us as close to Ram Rajya as one can imagine in the modern era. Maharshi Valmiki described Ram Rajya as the era of peace and prosperity, bereft of thieves, robbers, diseases and so on.

ALSO READ: Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Supreme Court stays execution of Allahabad HC order on Shahi Idgah land survey "So far as the stance of the Union of India with reference to the matters of cryptocurrency arising in different states is concerned, the Additional Solicitor General of India seeks and is granted four weeks' time to file an appropriate affidavit," the bench ordered on Friday. Justice Kant, during the hearing, said the court only wants that there are appropriate safeguards to protect the common man from fraud and misuse of cryptocurrencies. "We are not experts on what kind of currencies you should have or regulate.

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Bar and Bench reported. Moti Mahal owners sued the proprietors of Daryaganj restaurant after it used the tagline "Inventors of Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani". “Daryaganj restaurant is misleading people into believing that it is associated with Moti Mahal, which first opened its doors in the Delhi neighborhood of Daryaganj," Moti Mahal claimed.

Quaker Oats Company and PepsiCo Canada after its Quaker products were recalled in Canada due to potential salmonella contamination.Slater Vecchio LLP launched the lawsuit “on behalf of all persons in Canada” who purchased any of the 38 Quaker products that were recalled, or those who believe they got sick after eating the products.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the initial recall on Jan. 11, 2024, for 38 Quaker products, including granola, cereal, and then later recalled over 30 yogurt and parfait products that contained Quaker granola.“Canadians trust manufacturers to produce packaged foods that can safely be consumed without the risk of illness from contamination,” Sam Jaworski, a partner at Slater Vecchio LLP, said in a statement.“Through a class action, Canadians can access justice to hold suppliers accountable through strength in numbers, even if it would not be economical to pursue a lawsuit at the individual level.”Slater Vecchio LLP is seeking to identify those who believe they got sick from the recalled products, and say they can be contacted here.Salmonella is a bacterial infection commonly transmitted through contaminated food and water and poses a significant health threat, especially to children and older adults, as it can lead to severe gastrointestinal symptoms, dehydration, and, in extreme cases, death.“Salmonella is one of the most prolific pathogens we know,” Keith Warriner, a food safety professor from the University of Guelph, previously told Global News.

Bilkis Bano gangrape case. The court held that the reasons cited in their application do not prevent them from complying with the January 8 order to surrender in two weeks. The convicts will now have to surrender by Sunday.

Do Kwon’s lawyer has argued that Terraform Labs’ co-founder should be extradited to South Korea and not the United States. The statement comes as a response to extradition requests from both countries, with Kwon currently in detention in Montenegro.

nuns and priests, working as teachers in government-aided Christian missionary schools, are entitled to income tax exemption. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on Thursday took note of the submissions of senior advocate Arvind Datar that the plea of several dioceses and congregations from Tamil Nadu and Kerala on the issue needed an urgent hearing. The bench agreed to consider listing the plea, which raised the issue whether the income of nuns and priests, working as teachers, can be subjected to income tax. In December, 2014, the Income Tax department asked the educational authorities to effect TDS (tax deducted at source) from persons working as teachers. The appeals have been filed in the top court after the high courts did not agree to the challenge raised by nearly 100 dioceses and congregations from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The plea said the income of nuns and priests become the income of the congregation which runs the school and that these teachers personally do not acquire the money paid as salaries. The high courts at Madras and Kerala rejected the pleas for income tax exemption. The pleas said the IT exemption was being enjoyed by government-aided missionary schools from 1944 till the union government decided to impose tax deduction at source in 2014.

The Ohio Supreme Court has reinstated a judge's order allowing the state to freeze $8 million in personal assets belonging to a former top Ohio utility regulator

Poland's lawmakers have approved the key 2024 state budget but it still needs approval from President Andrzej Duda, who is allied with the right-wing opposition

₹150 crore in SBI's escrow account by January 31. If the company fails to make the payment in said time then the consortium is not in compliance with the terms of resolution plan for reviving Jet Airways. The top court also refused to allow the separate plea of the Jet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Welfare Association seeking payment of provident fund and gratuity dues, observing if additional money is awarded, the resolution plan will become “unworkable".