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CBI moves SC challenging Bombay HC order granting bail to Anil Deshmukh
New Delhi: The CBI has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order granting bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case. The high court had on…
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If journalism falters, democracy will collapse: Justice Srikrishna
Mumbai: Former Supreme Court judge B N Srikrishna has called for preserving the independence of journalists to ensure smooth functioning of democracy in the country. “If journalism as a profession falters, democracy will…
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‘Sudden’ lockout in Assam tea garden; 500 workers in agitation
Hailakandi: About 500 labourers of a tea garden in Assam’s Hailakandi district have launched an agitation after the authorities allegedly declared a “sudden” suspension of operation. The workers of Gaglacherra tea garden, located…
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I introduced Private Member’s Bill on UCC with party’s consent: BJP MP
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirori Lal Meena, who introduced the ‘Uniform Civil Code Bill-2020’ as a private member’s bill in the Rajya Sabha, despite condemnation from the opposition parties, claimed…
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CBI and Delhi Police help FBI in busting a multimillion-dollar tech support scam
Washington: The Delhi Police and Central Bureau of Investigations have helped the FBI in busting a major trans-national scam that duped thousands of Americans, mostly senior citizens, of millions of dollars in about…
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Karnataka couple who threatened officers with machete in public arrested
Mysuru: Karnataka police have arrested a couple, both Congress leaders, for threatening government officers with a machete in the presence of police, while getting their stalls at the bus terminal in Mysuru…
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Bail plea was moved by mistake: Aaftab Amin Poonawala tells court
New Delhi: Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, told the Saket court on Saturday that he had signed the ‘vakalatnama’ but did not know about filing a…
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Mumbai: MVA allies take out ‘Halla Bol’ protest march against Maha govt
Mumbai: The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) ‘Halla Bol’ protest march against the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government over various issues began here on Saturday. The foot march, which began from a company near…
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Kharge should expel Rahul Gandhi from Congress: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP launched a fierce attack on Rahul Gandhi on Saturday for his remark that Chinese soldiers are beating up Indian Army personnel in Arunachal Pradesh and said the Congress should…
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Not Nehru’s India of 1962, it’s Modi’s new India: BJP on Rahul’s remarks about Chinese threat
New Delhi: Hitting back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that India is ignoring the threat of war from China, the BJP on Friday said he is trying to spread…
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OBC Mahasabha activists show black flags to MP CM, demand 27 per cent quota
Shivpuri: Activists of the Other Backward Class (OBC) Mahasabha staged a protest and showed black flags to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Friday to press their demand of…
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Odisha woman donates Rs 1 lakh earned through begging to Jagannath temple
Bhubaneswar: A 70-year-old woman has donated Rs 1 lakh that she earned through begging throughout her entire life, for renovation of old Jagannath temple in Phulbani in Kandhamal district of Odisha. Tula…
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Nearly 500 cases pertaining to Constitution Bench pending in Supreme Court: Govt
New Delhi: Nearly 500 cases pertaining to the Constitution Bench, more than 400 related to elections and over 2,800 PILs are pending in the Supreme Court, the Lok Sabha was informed on…
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Ten years on, 30 pc of Nirbhaya Fund remain unutilised
New Delhi: About 30 per cent of the Rs 6,000 crore ‘Nirbhaya Fund’ which was set up after the gang-rape of a paramedical student in 2012 remains unutilised, a decade after the…
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SC stays NGT order directing Rajasthan to pay Rs 3,000 cr as environmental compensation
New Delhi: In a major relief to the Rajasthan government, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the National Green Tribunal’s order directing it to pay Rs 3,000 crore as environmental compensation for…
