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Upholding a 2010 Delhi high court verdict, the five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, cautioned that RTI cannot be used as a tool of surveillance and held that judicial independence and right to privacy have to be kept in mind while dealing with transparency. (Representational Image)

Supreme Court favours guidelines to check misuse of RTI

CJI Bobde wondered as to who are these people claiming to be RTI activists is it a profession, he asked.

17 Dec 2019 7:25 AM IST

Security personnel escort Aishwarya Rai, the estranged daughter-in-law of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, after her medical checkup, in Patna on Sunday night. (Photo: PTI)

Rabri Devi pulled my hair, assaulted me, claims daughter-in-law

Tej Pratap Yadav's supporters put up posters to defame my family: Aishwarya Rai complains to former CM.

17 Dec 2019 7:22 AM IST

Dilbag Singh feels that although the task is daunting he is sure that the Jammu and Kashmir police will pass all tests in flying colours. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

J&K to use Public Safety Act against cow smugglers

Under the Public Safety Act, a person can be detained for two years without seeking a trial.

17 Dec 2019 7:17 AM IST

Police personnel (top) gather outside Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama college in Lucknow as students protest against the amended Citizenship Act and indulged in stone-pelting on Monday, a day after their AMU and Jamia counterparts clashing with men in khaki. (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court to hear pleas alleging police brutality today

Cops were beating students in Jamia University library, senior lawyer Colin Gonsalves tells top court.

17 Dec 2019 7:07 AM IST

Jamia Millia Islamia students called off their university lockdown against the new citizenship law on Saturday, a day after violent protests rocked the campus area, even as the varsity cancelled exams and announced vacation till January 5 in view of the tension. (Photo: File)

Jamia protest: Netizens condemn police action

Write Chetan Bhagat too expressed anguish as he in a accused the govt of using divertionary tactics to hide failures on...

17 Dec 2019 7:00 AM IST

Top court to hear petitions challenging CAA on Dec 18

The petition by Debabrata Saikia says that the amended citizenship law violated the Assam accord.

17 Dec 2019 6:58 AM IST

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, We are very close now, so we presume that all the names which we have shared with the Pakistani side, stand confirmed. (Photo: ANI)

20 Indians kidnapped by pirates off Western Africa

The incident comes 10 days after 18 Indians on board a Hong Kong-flagged vessel were kidnapped by pirates near the...

17 Dec 2019 6:56 AM IST

$Modi said, \Today people of Karnataka have proved that Congress and JD-S wont be able to betray them. (Photo: ANI)$ India

BJP blames Congress for misleading' people

The BJP asserted that violent protests against CAA were a conspiracy of the Opposition and certain other parties .

17 Dec 2019 6:45 AM IST

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with party leaders A.K. Antony, Ahmed Patel and others holds a sit-in at India Gate in New Delhi on Monday in a show of solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia students. (Photo; Asian Age)

Opposition unites, takes on BJP govt

Former President Pranab Mukherjee too joined the rising chorus against the amended Citizenship Act on Monday.

17 Dec 2019 6:40 AM IST

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee leads a rally in Kolkata on Monday along with thousands of supporters and vowed not to allow the proposed country-wide NRC and the amended Citizenship Act in West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

Campuses, towns rise in protest

IIT, IIM students join chorus against crackdown; Protest march at BHU.

17 Dec 2019 6:32 AM IST

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam hints at a dialogue; Net may be restored today

Sarma said the government would review the situation again on Tuesday to decide on restoring the Internet services in...

17 Dec 2019 6:26 AM IST

Accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar (Photo: ANI)

Unnao rape: BJP's former MLA Sengar found guilty

The offences entail a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.

17 Dec 2019 6:22 AM IST