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Indu Malhotra sworn in as Supreme Court Judge
Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra was sworn in on Friday as Supreme Court judge, amid raging controversy over the Narendra Modi Government returning recommendation on Justice K.M. Joseph.
She was administered the oath of office by Chief…
SC will transfer Kathua trial out of J&K on ‘slightest’ sign of unfairness
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will shift the Kathua gang-rape and murder trial out of Jammu and Kashmir at the "slightest possibility of lack of a fair trial".
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and…
Madras High Court orders CBI probe into Gutka Scam
The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the multi-crore gutka scam in which a minister and top state police officers and government officials are alleged to be involved.
Leaders of various opposition parties have…
13 school children killed in Uttar Pradesh accident
Thirteen school children were killed and six others seriously injured on Thursday when a train hit their van at an unmanned railway crossing in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar, police said.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Kushinagar district,…
Minister reviews Mobile connectivity in Maoist-affected districts
Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the mobile connectivity issues in Left Wing Extremism (Maoist) affected districts of the country, an official statement said.
Ahir directed…
Cabinet approves restructured National Bamboo Mission
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved centrally-sponsored National Bamboo Mission (NBM) under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) for the remaining period of the 14th Finance Commission…
Life term to Asaram in minor’s rape case, 2 others get 20 years each
A Special Court in Jodhpur on Wednesday convicted self-styled godman Asaram for raping a minor girl at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013 and sentenced him to a prison term for life till his natural death.
The judgment was pronounced by…
Asaram Bapu convicted in minor rape case
Five years after charges of rape were levelled against Asaram Bapu, the Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court on Wednesday convicted the self-styled godman and four others in a 2013 rape case.
Asaram was convicted…
2 Security men martyred, 4 militants killed in J&K forest shootout
Two security personnels martyred, four JeM militants were killed on Tuesday in an gunfight in a forested area in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said.
Four militants, all of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, were killed, said state…
2,407 candidates file nominations for Karnataka Assembly Polls
A record number of 2,407 candidates have filed nominations for the May 12 Karnataka assembly elections, with a whopping 1,280 of them doing on Tuesday, the last date to enter the fray.
According to the Election Commission's website, of…