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Election petition can’t be rejected at threshold where there is substantial compliance of law: SC
New Delhi: Election petition should not be rejected at the very threshold where there is a “substantial compliance” of law, the Supreme Court on Friday said as it dismissed a plea of Manipur MLA challenging the decision of the high court which refused to dismiss a plea against her election.A…
Read More »Govt scraps minimum export price thresholds on Onion, Basmati Rice
New Delhi: The government on Friday scrapped the minimum price thresholds for onion and basmati rice to boost outbound shipments and enhance farmers’ income.The decision to remove the Minimum Export Price (MEP) on both onion and basmati rice comes ahead of assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana.Haryana along with Punjab…
Read More »Supreme Court Grants Bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Excise Policy Case
New Delhi ,September 13: The Supreme Court has granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the corruption case related to the alleged excise policy scam. The case was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has…
Read More »Sitaram Yechury is no more
Srinagar September 12: J&K State Committee CPI(M) pays rich tributes to Comrade Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary CPI(M), who passed away today after a brief illness in AIIMS, New Delhi. Comrade Yechury joined the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in 1974. He was elected as national President of SFI. A…
Read More »Suspected mpox case under probe, no cause for alarm: Govt
NEW DELHI, Sep 8: A man who recently travelled from a country experiencing mpox transmission has been identified as a suspected case of the disease, the Union health ministry said on Sunday. The patient has been isolated at a designated hospital and is currently stable, it said, adding that there is…
Read More »Meghwal calls for breaking ‘taarikh pe taarikh’ perception about justice delivery system
New Delhi: Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Sunday called for collective efforts to break the common perception that justice delivery system in India suffers from “taarikh pe taarikh culture” and asserted such efforts will strengthen the trust factor among citizens.He also proposed a critical analysis of ‘aging of…
Read More »V-P Dhankhar questions certain NGOs’ silence on Kolkata medic’s rape, murder
Dehradun: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday questioned the silence of certain NGOs on the violence against a “health warrior” at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, terming the incident as “barbarity expressed in extremity”.Addressing students and faculty members at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in…
Read More »Prez Murmu flags delay in rape case verdicts, calls for end of ‘culture of adjournments’
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said delay in court decisions in heinous crimes, like rape, forces the common man to think that the judicial process lacks sensitivity, even as she called for a change in ‘culture of adjournments’ in the judiciary.She said longstanding pendency and backlog of…
Read More »High court has power to quash FIR even when the charge sheet is filed : Supreme Court..
SRINAGAR ÷ The India’s apex court on Wednesday (Aug 28) emphasised that the high court, under Section 482 CrPC, is empowered to quash an FIR even when the charge sheet is filed. This, the apex court said should be done when the court believes that continuing the proceedings would…
Read More »Paralympics: Golden girl Avani leads shooting’s medal rush; landmark track bronze from Preethi Pal
Chateauroux/Paris: The extraordinary Avani Lekhara became the first Indian to win two successive Paralympic gold medals with a record-breaking performance that cemented her place as one of the finest para-shooters in the world on a history-making day for the country, which also snared its maiden track medal through Preethi Pal.The…
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Iran–Israel Conflict Escalates: Khamenei Vows No Mercy, US Warns Iran
Tehran/Washington/Jerusalem, June 16: Tensions in the Middle East spiraled further as Iran’s Supreme Leader …
