NEW DELHI: Observing that a person is legally entitled to dispose of his property as he wishes, Supreme Court has ruled that a will cannot be invalidated just on the ground that legal heirs have been denied a share, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Vijay Bishnoi said the exclusion of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday raised a question on why children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes be allowed to avail the benefit of reservation under OBC category.“If both parents are IAS officers, why should they have reservations? With education and economic empowerment, there is social mobility. So then again to…
Hollywood star Tom Hardy will reportedly not return for a potential third season of the hit gangster drama ‘MobLand’, following reports that the actor has allegedly been ‘fired’ afer wrapping up season 2. Tom Hardy fired from ‘Mobland’ Season 3 As per a report on Puck, production on the show’s second season wrapped in March,…
Bengaluru: A war of words broke out between Congress and BJP Friday, a day after the state govt decided to withdraw criminal cases linked to the 2022 communal riots in Aland of Kalaburagi district. A total of 52 cases, including seven linked to the Aland riots, have been withdrawn.While BJP alleged minority appeasement, Congress defended…
For 25 years, the ISS was the only address humans kept beyond Earth. It is closing. What replaces it is not one station; it is an orbital economy, built by private companies and designed to manufacture things that cannot be made on the ground.In November 2000, two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut moved into…
NEW DELHI: Slain terror commander Hamza Burhan was buried in Rawalpindi on Friday morning in the presence of several top terror chiefs including Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin and Al Badr head Zameen Bakht besides ISI officials, visuals uploaded by locals on social media sites showed.The Pakistani police also announced the arrest of one of the…
NEW DELHI: After two benches of the Supreme Court differed over whether delay in trial can justify bail for those accused under UAPA, the apex court has now referred the issue to a large bench for authoritative pronouncement.A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale said this while taking exception to remarks made…
Actor Kangana Ranaut recently sparked curiosity online after videos of her leaving Mumbai’s Gaiety Galaxy theatre surfaced on social media. Dressed in simple kurta look with mangalsutra and green bangles, the actor instantly fuelled speculation among fans, with many wondering whether she had secretly gotten married. However it is now known that the actress was…
ChudTheBuilder may soon be released from jail after a surprising development in his ongoing legal case. A judge has revealed that a third party has come forward to pay his $1 million bond, which could allow him to leave custody while his trial continues. The news has quickly spread online, especially because of who is…
NEW DELHI: A day after peak power demand broke all previous records and reached the projected level of 271 gigawatts (GW), the power ministry on Friday urged citizens to use electricity “wisely and judiciously”.The ministry said the intense heatwave sweeping the country had pushed electricity demand to record levels over the last four days. “Although…
