RSS defamation case: Court orders Rahul to appear on April 23
Mumbai: A Bhiwandi Court on Wednesday ordered Congress president Rahul Gandhi to be present in court on April 23, for framing of charges against him in a defamation case for saying "RSS people killed Gandhi". The court set a new date...
SC begins hearing on Aadhaar
New Delhi: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing the matter related to the constitutional validity of linking Aadhaar card to a number of government schemes. The five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India...
That’s what Rs 100 crore looks like, but in old money
Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday seized demonetised currency notes estimated to be worth Rs 100 crore in Kanpur. However, the counting is on to ascertain the exact amount of money. The raid was conducted in Kanpur's Seesamau pocket. "We received...
Padmaavat producers move SC against states’ ban
New Delhi: The producers of Padmaavat move the Supreme Court against the film being banned in certain states. After Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, Haryana became the fourth Indian state to ban Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat on Tuesday citing "law...
Loya’s death was premeditated murder: Judge’s friend
New Delhi: Justice BH Loya’s friend from law college, Uday Gaware, while speaking at a public meeting organised by the All India People’s Forum, an association of different civil society and political groups, stunned everyone when he said that the...
Scribes boycott Jignesh Mevani meet after he asks Republic TV to leave
Chennai: In a show of solidarity, journalists today boycotted a press meet to be addressed by Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani in Chennai after he refused to talk in the presence of Republic TV news channel. After a close...
Raise awareness on sanitary napkins: HC to Maha govt
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today asked the Maharashtra government what steps it has taken to bring down prices of sanitary napkins and spread awareness about their use. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and N W Sambre said...
Pay more for lower berths, during festivals: Railway panel
New Delhi: Railway passengers could be shelling out more for choosing lower berths and travels during festive seasons, if the recommendations of a fare review committee are approved by the railway board. The panel constituted to review the flexi-fare system in...
Hyderabad-bound IndiGo flight takes off 25 minutes before schedule, leaves 14 passengers stranded at Goa airport
File Pic Panaji: Fourteen passengers who had booked themselves on a Goa-Hyderabad flight were left stranded at the Goa International Airport on Tuesday after their IndiGo flight took off 25 minutes before its scheduled time, according to the media report. Indigo...
Centre Ends Haj Subsidy, Says Will Use Funds for Education of Minorities
New Delhi: The central government has withdrawn the subsidy given to Haj pilgrims. Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the decision is in line with the government’s agenda to empower miniorities without appeasement. Naqvi said that for the first time in...
In Kamala Mills fire case, Yug Tuli, co-owner of Mojo Bistro sent to police custody till January 20 by Bhoiwada Court
Mumbai: Yug Tulli, one of the owners of Mojo Bistro has been sent to judicial custody till January 20 by Bhoiwada court on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Tulli, another absconding in the Kamala Mills compound fire case, owner of Mojo's...
Kamala Mills Fire: Bombay HC sets Feb 12 as next date of hearing
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday fixed February 12 as the next date of hearing the plea filed by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Julio Ribeiro, seeking a judicial inquiry into Kamala Mills Fire incident that claimed 14 lives. While hearing...
CJI Dipak Misra meets 4 dissenting SC judges, offers olive branch
New Delhi: Four days after four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court aired their differences with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra publicly, the latter met the dissenting judges on Tuesday. According to sources, the meeting lasted for 15 minutes and...
2 more deaths at Jallikattu event amid big prizes offered by politicians
Chennai: Three people have been gored to death while watching and participating in Jallikattu or bull-taming in Tamil Nadu, but the political importance of the controversial tradition was driven home as both Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his deputy O...
ED summons Lalu’s son-in-law Rahul in railway hotels PMLA case
Patna: The Enforcement Directorate has now summoned another son-in-law of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Rahul Yadav, in connection with its money laundering probe in railway hotels allotment corruption case, official sources today said. The fresh trouble for the Lalu Prasad...
After Maharashtra Govt Submits Documents, SC Adjourns Loya Case
New Delhi: Everyone should know everything about the Loya Case. Nothing should remain confidential: SC says while listing the matter for hearing after a week. Meanwhile the Maharashtra Government on Tuesday handed over documents in a sealed cover to the Supreme Court...
Pravin Togadia Breaks Down, Claims Plan Being Made to Kill Him in Encounter
Ahmedabad: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Pravin Togadia, who was found in an unconscious state from Kotarpur in Ahmedabad, on Tuesday broke down while making sensational claims. Addressing a press conference, Pravin Togadia said he was being harassed by the...
Attacks By Khap Panchayats Over Inter-Caste Marriage “Absolutely Illegal”: Supreme Court
New Delhi: No khap, panchayat or society can question an adult man and woman who get married, the Supreme Court said today. Such interference, especially in case of inter-caste marriage, is "absolutely illegal", the court said. COMMENTSThe top court...
Supreme Court judges’ dispute remains, says Attorney General
New Delhi: Attorney General K K Venugopal says the judicial crisis seems to be not resolved, likely to be finally settled in 2-3 days. The statement comes after the AG yesterday said that the issue had been "settled" and resolved "internally". Attorney...
Kamala Mills Fire: Mojo’s Bistro Co-owner Yug Tuli Surrenders
File Pic Mumbai: The co-owner of Mojo’s Bistro, where 14 people died on December 29 during the fire at Mumbai’s Kamala Mills compound, has been placed under arrest after he surrendered early on Tuesday morning. Yug Tuli had been absconding ever...
VHP Claims Pravin Togadia is Missing, Cops Say Not in Their Custody
File Pic Ahmedabad: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday claimed its international working president Pravin Togadia was "missing" since morning and held a protest demanding that he be "traced". The VHP claimed Togadia (62) was detained by the Rajasthan Police...
