A month after he was booked for his alleged remarks against several former and sitting judges of the high court and the Supreme Court, former High Court judge C S Karna

Chennai: former HC judge Karnan arrested

A month after he was booked for his alleged remarks against several former and sitting judges of the high court and the Supreme Court, former High Court judge C S Karnan on Wednesday was arrested in Chennai.&nbsp;
In October, the Chennai police cyber cell had registered a case against him following a complaint by a lawyer of the Madras High Court. A senior officer said the complaint was followed by a letter written by senior lawyers of Madras High Court to Chief Justice of India Sharad A Bobde against Karnan over a video in which he is purportedly heard making objectionable comments against women, threatening judicial officers and spouses of judges with sexual violence.

A month after he was booked for his alleged remarks against several former and sitting judges of the high court and the Supreme Court, former High Court judge C S Karnan on Wednesday was arrested in Chennai. In October, the Chennai police cyber cell had registered a case against him following a complaint by a lawyer of the Madras High Court. A senior officer said the complaint was followed by a letter written by senior lawyers of Madras High Court to Chief Justice of India Sharad A Bobde against Karnan over a video in which he is purportedly heard making objectionable comments against women, threatening judicial officers and spouses of judges with sexual violence.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Joe Biden on assuming office as the President of the United States, adding that he looks forward to working with him to stren

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Joe Biden on assuming office as the President of the United States, adding that he looks forward to working with him to strengthen India-US strategic partnership.
In a series of tweets, PM Modi said the India-US partnership is based on shared values and both nations have a&nbsp;substantial and multifaceted bilateral agenda, growing economic engagement and vibrant people to people linkages. The PM said he was committed to working with Biden to take the India-US partnership to even greater heights.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi congratulated Joe Biden after he was elected as the 46th president of the US on Wednesday. He wrote on twitter&nbsp;congratulating the US&n

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi congratulated Joe Biden after he was elected as the 46th president of the US on Wednesday. He wrote on twitter&nbsp;congratulating the US&nbsp;on a new chapter of their democracy.
Rahul also congratulated Indian-origin Kamal Harris after she took oath as the 49th vice president of the US, creating history as the first female, first Black and first Indian-American to do so.

A&nbsp;sessions court in Mumbai&nbsp;on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of Broadcast Audience Research Council&rsquo;s former Chief Executive Officer Partho Dasgupta i

A&nbsp;Mumbai&nbsp;sessions court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of Broadcast Audience Research Council&rsquo;s former Chief Executive Officer Partho Dasgupta in the alleged alleged&nbsp;TRP scam. The Mumbai&nbsp;Police's lawyer objected to the bail, contending that Dasgupta had misused his position for personal advantage. The lawyer told the court that WhastApp conversations between Dasgupta and Arnab Goswami revealed their 'proximity', with the Republic TV boss&nbsp;offering to mediate with the political leadership on Dasgupta&rsquo;s behalf, including the Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office. Dasgupta's&nbsp;lawyer had sought bail on health grounds.

The government on Wednesday offered to amend the three contentious farm laws at their 10th round of talks with protesting unions but farmer leaders stuck to their deman

The government on Wednesday offered to amend the three contentious farm laws at their 10th round of talks with protesting unions but farmer leaders stuck to their demand for a complete repeal of the Acts and also raised the issue of NIA notices being served to farmers, news agency PTI reported.
During the break, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said there was no breakthrough during the first session and union leaders raised the issue of some farmers being harassed with NIA&nbsp; notices. The ministers apparently told the unions they will look into the matter.

Congress legislative council member (MLC) Deepak Singh has raised an objection and demanded the removal of a portrait of Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar. The portrait 

A political row erupted on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh a day after chief minister Yogi Adityanath&nbsp;inaugurated a picture&nbsp;at the state&rsquo;s legislative council.&nbsp;Congress legislative council member Deepak Singh has raised an objection and demanded the removal of a portrait of Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar&nbsp;which features in the gallery.&nbsp;Singh&nbsp;has&nbsp;written&nbsp;a letter to the chairman&nbsp;of the upper house, seeking removal of the portrait. Singh said the placement of Savarkar&rsquo;s picture, who the Congress claims&nbsp; favoured&nbsp;the British rule, was an insult to the freedom fighters of the country.&nbsp;The house chairman&nbsp;has directed&nbsp;principal secretary of the Council to look into the matter and take necessary action.&nbsp;
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After Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami took to twitter of suing Congress Party for spreading lies and announced he would be taking legal action, Congress Leade

After Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami announced&nbsp;that he will sue the Congress over his purported WhatsApp chats former&nbsp;defence&nbsp;minister AK Antony hit back saying leaking of officials secret of military operations is treason and those involved should be punished. Referring to the Arnab WhatsApp chat, Antony&nbsp;called for&nbsp;an immediate inquiry into the information leaked&nbsp;over&nbsp;the 2019&nbsp;Balakot&nbsp;air strikes.&nbsp;Earlier, Rahul Gandhi slammed the government at a news conference saying giving official secret information to a journalist is a &lsquo;criminal act&rsquo;.&nbsp;

Joe Biden in his maiden address to the nation soon after being sworn in as the 46th US President would deliver a forward-looking speech built around the theme of unity,

Joe Biden in his maiden address to the nation soon after being sworn in as the 46th US President would deliver a forward-looking speech built around the theme of unity, advisors close to the President-elect said. Back in India villagers in Karimnagar district, about 200 km from Hyderabad will celebrate a moment of pride over Cholleti Vinay Reddy being appointed as the director of speechwriting of the new US President. Vinay Reddy's father Narayana Reddy had migrated to the US in 1970. Vinay is the first ever Indian American to be appointed as a presidential speech writer. Raised in Dayton, Ohio, Vinay Reddy was the chief speech writer to Joe Biden during his second term as the vice president of the US from 2013 to 2017.

In a second purported incident of its kind in the country, a&nbsp;42-year-old healthcare worker in Telangana died on Wednesday, a day after he was inoculated with the a

In a second purported incident of its kind in the country, a&nbsp;42-year-old healthcare worker in Telangana died on Wednesday, a day after he was inoculated with the anti-coronavirus&nbsp;vaccine.&nbsp;Reports said the male worker was vaccinated on January 19 at Kuntala PHC in Nirmal&nbsp;district and&nbsp;developed chest pain before dying.&nbsp;However, the state government said it was not linked to the vaccine shot, even as the postmortem of the deceased is yet to be conducted. Earlier a ward boy at a government hospital in UP&rsquo;s Moradabad had died after taking Covid shot, but&nbsp;refuting the claims of his kin,&nbsp;the union health ministry had called his death a fake news.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will not pass orders on the planned tractor rally by farmers on Republic Day in the Capital since it is the police that must deci

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will not pass orders on the planned tractor rally by farmers on Republic Day in the Capital since it is the police that must decide on these matters. Thousands of farmers are scheduled to hold a tractor a parade in Delhi as part of the protests against the three new contentions agricultural laws. Following the top court's stand on the issue, the Union government said it will leave it for Delhi police to decide on the event. The court was hearing a plea from the Central government asking it to order the farmers not to carry out the tractor rally amid the Republic Day celebrations.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed those criticizing the panel of experts formed to resolve the farmers-centre deadlock over the three contentious agricultural laws

The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed those criticizing the panel of experts formed to resolve the farmers-centre deadlock over the three contentious agricultural laws. The apex court said there is no question of bias as the committee has no power to decide on the legislations. &lsquo;No need to brand people and malign them, and on top of it cast aspersion on the court," Chief Justice SA Bobde said.&nbsp; Protesters as well as several opposition parties - including the Akali Dal had raised objections saying the four members of the panel were pro farm laws and had expressed views in favour of the controversial legislations. The Supreme Court has asked the government to respond to a petition seeking reconstitution of its committee.

US&rsquo; incoming Biden Administration&rsquo;s overarching objective will be to continue elevating the US' defence partnership with India, the Defense Secretary nomine

US&rsquo; incoming Biden Administration&rsquo;s overarching objective will be to continue elevating the US' defence partnership with India, the Defense Secretary nominee, retired General Lloyd Austin told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday. He said he would also seek to deepen and broaden the defence cooperation between India and the US through the Quad security dialogue and other regional multilateral engagements. Biden&rsquo;s pick for Pentagon chief mentioned that though Pakistan has taken steps against anti-Indian groups such as Lashkar-e-Taeba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, the progress is &lsquo;incomplete&rsquo;

A group of farm union leaders arrived at Vigyan Bhawan on Wednesday to hold a meeting with the Delhi police on the scheduled tractor rally. During the meeting, farmers 

A group of farm union leaders arrived at Vigyan Bhawan on Wednesday to hold a meeting with the Delhi police on the scheduled tractor rally. During the meeting, farmers who are agitating against the farm laws will hold a discussion regarding the route and arrangements for their tractor rally on January 26. Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni said they have informed police that will hold tractor march at Ring Road and added the cops will not face any disturbance due to it.

A group of people, allegedly the supporters of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MP Hanuman Beniwal, misbehaved with employees of Shahjahanpur Toll Plaza and vandalise a toll 

A group of people, allegedly the supporters of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MP Hanuman Beniwal, misbehaved with employees of Shahjahanpur Toll Plaza and vandalise a toll booth when asked to pay toll. The MP's cavalcade crossed the toll plaza without paying the toll. The CCTV footage from the Shahjahanpur toll plaza in Rajasthan a bunch of men breaking the boom barrier and threatening the booth workers. The toll plaza staff let the MP car through, but a couple of cars tailing him were asked to pay the toll which led to the chaos.

Rajya Sabha will sit from 9 am to 2 pm, and Lok Sabha from 4 pm to 9 pm. The Union Budget will be presented at 11 am on February 1 in Lok Sabha.

With the budget session of Parliament set to start on January 29, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said both Houses will have five-hour sessions each with Question Hour and Zero Hour. Rajya Sabha will sit from 9 am to 2 pm, and Lok Sabha from 4 pm to 9 pm. The Union Budget will be presented at 11 am on February 1 in Lok Sabha. During the monsoon session held during the Covid pandemic, which was cut short, each house sat for four hours and had no question hour. Private Members&rsquo; business, which usually takes place on Friday afternoons, was not taken up during the monsoon session and has made a comeback in the budget session.
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A team of Uttar Pradesh Police reached Mumbai on Wednesday to question the makers of web series 'Tandav', Livehindustan has reported. Multiple complaints have been file

A team of Uttar Pradesh Police reached Mumbai on Wednesday to question the makers of web series 'Tandav', Livehindustan has reported. Multiple complaints have been filed against director Ali Abbas Zafar, Amazon Prime's India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Kishan Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki and actors for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. The cast and crew of 'Tandav' have apologised twice in two days and have also offered to make changes to the show after outrage by a section of people and multiple FIRs.

Representatives of protesting farmers and the central govt will today meet for the 10th time to overcome the deadlock over three contentious farm laws. In the previous 

Representatives of protesting farmers and the central govt will today meet for the 10th time to overcome the deadlock over three contentious farm laws. In the previous meeting on January 15, the farmers remained adamant on the demand to repeal the legislations. Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar had urged them to be flexible and asserted that the government has already accepted several demands. On Tuesday, a committee appointed by the Supreme Court to scrutinise three agricultural laws held its first and finalised its roadmap for wide consultations.

India will start supplies of millions of Covid vaccine doses to neighbouring from Wednesday. Bhutan, the Maldives and Bangladesh are set to get first batch of 'made in 

India will start supplies of millions of Covid vaccine doses to neighbouring from Wednesday. Bhutan, the Maldives and Bangladesh are set to get first batch of 'made in India' vaccine on Wednesday as grant assistance. The Hindustan Times has reported that 1.5 lakh doses of vaccine will reach Bhutan and another 1 lakh will be sent to the Maldives. Bangladesh is set to get 2 million doses of the Bharat Biotech vaccine as a gift from India. The external affairs ministry said supplies under grant assistance to Bhutan, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles will begin from Wednesday in line with India&rsquo;s commitment to use its vaccine production and delivery capacity to help the world fight Covid-19.

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has rushed a multi-disciplinary team to assist the Lakshadweep administration in Covid-19 management after the Union Territ

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has rushed a multi-disciplinary team to assist the Lakshadweep administration in Covid-19 management after the Union Territory reported its first case of infection.
The case was reported on January 18. The index case is a traveller who had come to Lakshadweep from Kerala's Kochi on January 4 by a ship.
The patient had reported to hospital with symptoms suggestive of Covid-19 and tested positive.

Keeping in mind the requirement of the domestic need, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday issued a statement stating India would be supplying the &lsquo;Made in

Keeping in mind the requirement of the domestic need, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday said India would be supplying the &lsquo;Made in India&rsquo; vaccine to partner countries in the coming few weeks and months. Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles will be supplied the two Covid-19 vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, under grant assistance. Regulatory clearances are awaited from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius.
India, which started&nbsp;vaccination drive from January 16 for health workers, said its committed to help all humanity to fight the pandemic.

The &lsquo;Tandav&rsquo; row may now finally come to a hault as the makers of the Amazon Prime series agreed to make changes to the content of the show which sparked an

The &lsquo;Tandav&rsquo; row may come to an end as the makers of the Amazon Prime series have agreed to make changes to the show which sparked anger amongst citizens and political leaders who accused the creators of&nbsp;hurting religious sentiments. A police complaint filed in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh alleged that some scenes &lsquo;insulted Hindu gods and goddesses&rsquo;. This move by the makers comes after the cast and crew offered an &ldquo;unconditional apology&rdquo;.

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