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- India
Gehlot announces relief of Rs 5 lakh each for families of Junaid, Nasir
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced a relief package of Rs 5 lakh each for families of Junaid and Nasir, whose charred bodies were found in Haryana’s Bhiwani district…
- India
SC orders panel comprising PM, LoP, CJI for selection of election commissioners
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a panel comprising the prime minister, leader of opposition (LoP), Chief Justice of India (CJI) for selecting election commissioners. A five-judge constitution bench headed…
- India
HC rejects ‘love jihad’ claim, says interfaith relations can’t have religious angle by default
Mumbai: A relationship cannot be dubbed as a form of ‘love jihad’ just because the boy and the girl belong to different religions, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has…
- Telangana
Medak cops violated laws: Fact-finding team who visited Khadeer’s kin
Hyderabad: A fact-finding team of social activists visited the family, friends and neighbours of Mohammed Khadeer Khan, who died on February 21 following alleged police brutality. It concluded that the Medak police…
- India
SC verdict on pleas for independent mechanism to appoint ECs on Thursday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will deliver judgment on Thursday on a batch of petitions seeking a collegium-like system for the appointment of Election Commissioners (ECs) and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).…
- India
India ranks 2nd on list of data breaches exposed worldwide in 2022
New Delhi: Around 2.29 billion records were exposed worldwide in data breach incidents in 2022, with India accounting for 20 per cent of the total, taking it to the second position, a…
- India
SC to decide on review pleas against acquittal of 3 Chhawla gangrape-murder convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to consider on Thursday as many as five petitions seeking review of its verdict acquitting three death row convicts in the gangrape and murder case…
- India
Record high temperatures in Feb may lead to more rate hikes from RBI, says India Ratings
Mumbai: The record heat in February can lead to more rate hikes from RBI, a domestic rating agency said on Tuesday. The high temperatures will impact wheat production, the rating agency said,…
- India
Remove videos demonising Muslims: NBDSA to News18 India against 5 shows by Aman Chopra
The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) ordered news broadcaster News18 India to take down videos that mislead news and give it a communal narrative. It fined the channel Rs 25,000 and…
- World
Nikki Haley reiterates US won’t be world’s ‘ATM’ if she voted to power
Washington: Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday reiterated that if voted to power, the US will not pay the “bad guys” like Pakistan hundreds of millions of dollars. “A weak…
- India
Arrested AAP ministers Sisodia, Satyendar Jain quit Delhi cabinet
Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain on Tuesday resigned from their posts in the state cabinet. According to a report by ANI, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal accepted their resignation. Manish Sisodia…
- India
India tops global list of internet shutdowns for 5th year in row
India topped the global list of internet shutdowns for the fifth year in a row in 2022, with at least 84 disruptions, according to a report released on Tuesday by the international…
- India
SC agrees to examine Sisodia’s plea today against arrest in Delhi liquor policy case
New Delh: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the liquor policy case. Senior advocate Abhishek…
- India
Interrogation of Sisodia shall be conducted under CCTV coverage: Court tells CBI
New Delhi: The Rouse Avenue Court on Monday while sending Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) remand directed that the interrogation of the Aam Aadmi…
- India
ED, CBI have become instruments of political vendetta: Congress
New Delhi: In an oblique reference to the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI in connection with the excise policy scam, the Congress on Monday termed the…
