INDIA NEWS

New Delhi: The Center on Saturday appointed Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani (retd) as India’s next Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), while Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan was named as the next Navy Chief. According to an official announcement, Lt Gen Raja Subramani, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd.), will also serve as Secretary to the Government…

NEW DELHI: This is how justice is denied when courts go by the letter of the law and not by its spirit. A poor murder convict, abandoned by his family and not given proper legal advice, challenged the trial court’s order of conviction and life imprisonment after nine years of delay in the Orissa High…

New Delhi: When a sudden hike in airfares of Rs 10,000 per pilgrim was announced in late April, it sparked a wide-ranging debate about what India’s pilgrims were actually paying for, and one line item that came under immediate scrutiny was the Rs 7,000 deduction for each GPS-Margri 2. was forced to carry. The smartwatch,…

Writers’ Building, Kolkata: Also known as Mahakaran, it was originally built as a house office for junior clerks of the British East India Company. KOLKATA: For the first time, the Writers’ Building in Kolkata and other government offices in Bengal will turn orange after Saturday evening to mark the inauguration day of the BJP government.The…