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Digital News Publishers Association is set to move the Supreme Court challenging provisions of the DPDP Act and Rules, alleging they violate free speech and threaten journalistic activity. (file photo) NEW DELHI: Challenging the constitutional validity of various provisions of Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and subsequent rules framed by govt, Digital News Publishers…

National Conference defended Farooq Abdullah against sedition charges over his Pakistan remarks, saying his speech was taken out of context SRINAGAR: The National Conference, facing all-round fire, including from ally Congress, over its president Dr Farooq Abdullah’s statement praising Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts on Kashmir, on Monday came out in his defence, saying his speech was…

Abhay Oka questioned what would happen if an election commissioner, such as Gyanesh Kumar, were removed from office, highlighting the need for clear legal provisions governing such appointments and ensuring institutional independence. NEW DELHI: Former Supreme Court judge Abhay Oka has called for a legal framework to ensure that the appointment of election commissioners remains…

NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister Amit Shah must sack Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar if they are genuinely concerned about Delhi’s traders and want to stop the INDIA bloc’s November 1 rally at Ramlila Maidan.In a post on X, Congress MP Pawan Khera said the government’s refusal…

Ritabrata Banerjee hits out at Mamata-led TMC name NEW DELHI: Democratic Trinamool Congress chief Ritabrata Banerjee on Monday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC faction of attempting to loot a truck carrying its affidavits to the Election Commission in New Delhi.In a social media post on X, Ritabrata said his faction had dispatched documents by road…

NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra government on Monday constituted a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to conduct an in-depth inquiry into an audio clip released by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange.As per the official order, the SIT will comprise Shailesh Balkawade, additional commissioner, south region, Mumbai, who will head it; Vijaykant Sagar, deputy commissioner of police…

IMD, during the meeting, informed the NCMC that the cyclone ‘Arnab’ is likely to cross Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam as a “very severe cyclonic storm” with a maximum sustained wind speed of 115-125 kmph gusting to 140 kmph by the forenoon of Wednesday. NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday reviewed…

CyRIS integrates cyber policy, training, research, innovation, threat intelligence and defence under three pillars: THINK, INNOVATE and DEFEND. MUMBAI: SBI has inaugurated CyRIS, a Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence, to strengthen cyber defence and threat intelligence across the financial sector. The centre was inaugurated by Department of Financial Services secretary Sanjay Lohiya in the presence of…

Congress will hold ‘vote bachao, desh bachao’ rally on Nov 1 in Delhi, while Amit Shah will attend the ‘loktantra bachao, arajakta hatao’ padayatra on Nov 2 in Telangana NEW DELHI: The Congress will hold a ‘Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao’ mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on November 1, party president Mallikarjun Kharge…