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Supreme Court cancels AIPMT 2015, orders CBSE to re-conduct exam

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In a big development that affects over six lakh medical aspirants, the Supreme Court on Monday set aside the 2015 All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) over irregularities in the conduct of the exam. The apex court directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which conducts the exam, to re-conduct the test within four […]

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HC to Maharashtra: spell out steps to clean Godavari

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The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to declare within a week what steps it would take to make the Godavari river in Nashik, where Kumbh Mela starts next month, pollution-free and its water fit for drinking. The mega religious congregation on the banks of Godavari at Trimbakeshwar, a pilgrim town near Nashik, about […]

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HC denies bail to arms haul case accused, wants speedy trial

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The Bombay High Court has rejected the bail plea of an accused in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, observing it would not be proper to release him when the trial is at its tail-end and asked the relevant lower court to expedite the proceedings. Rejecting the bail application of Mohammed Sharif Shabbir Ahmed earlier […]

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Man, parents sentenced to life for killing wife for dowry

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A local court has sentenced a man and his parents to life imprisonment for killing his wife for dowry in 2013. The court has also imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 each on Vikram Gond, father-in-law Subhnarain and mother-in-law Prema Devi, who had immolated the victim Arti in May 2013 over dowry. The victim’s family […]

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HC comes down on TN Govt for violation of norms

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Madras High Court has criticised the Tamil Nadu Government for violation of norms in construction of tenements for rehabilitation of displaced slum dwellers in Coimbatore by the state housing board. “We must express displeasure at the manner in which the project had been undertaken-Putting the cart before the horse. The government cannot be the violator […]

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HC asks TN Govt to consider preventive steps against MLM

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Madras High Court has described multi-level marketing schemes as Pyramid schemes stated to be non-sustainable business model and asked the government to consider preventive measures so that people are not lured by such schemes. “The state government may look into the issue from the perspective of not only prosecuting the offending parties, but taking preventive […]

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BMC, MHADA told to hold meeting with owner and tenants

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The Bombay High Court yestarday asked officials of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) to hold a joint meeting with the owner and tenants of century-old heritage building ‘Esplanade Mansion’ in south Mumbai that has been declared dilapidated. A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawalla […]

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Man jailed for illegally keeping Shahtoosh shawls

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A man accused of possessing five Shahtoosh shawls made of Tibetan Antelope, an endangered animal, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment by a Delhi court. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Devendra Kumar Sharma held Arif Qureshi, who was having a shop at Delhi Haat in South Delhi, guilty of keeping the shawls whose trade and […]

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Bombay High Court to hear Nestle plea against Maggi ban June 30

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The Bombay High Court on Friday declined any relief to Swiss multinational Nestle, which has sought a judicial review of the Indian food safety regulator’s order banning its top-selling nine variants of Maggi instant noodles on health issues. It will hear the plea June 30. The court on Friday issued notice to the Food Safety […]

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Negligent driving: Court sets aside 2-yr jail term of CA

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A chartered accountant (CA), who was awarded a two-year jail term by a magisterial court which had “inadvertently” taken him as driver of a bus instead of car, got a relief from a sessions court here which set aside his sentence. Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal, while refusing to interfere with the conviction of East […]

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Release funds for salary of EDMC employees: HC

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Warning of a health epidemic, Delhi High Court today directed the city government to ensure immediate release of funds to East Delhi Municpal Corporation to pay dues to employees for May and observed that sanitation workers cannot be expected to work without salaries. “Why should the poorest wait for their salary. We have gone past […]

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Exam irregularities:SC reserves verdict on re-conduct of AIPMT

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Exam irregularities:SC reserves verdict on re-conduct of AIPMTThe Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on petitions seeking re-conduct of All India Pre-Medical Test 2015 for alleged large-scale irregularities in the examination held on May 3. A vacation bench comprising justices R K Agarwal and Amitabha Roy said that it will shortly pronounce judgement and […]

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