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Lalit Modi will have to wait for RCA poll results

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Former Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi will have to wait for some more time to know the results of the Rajasthan Cricket Association’s presidential election as the Supreme Court Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the matter till March 25. The bench of Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh directed the listing […]

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Show political will against sex selection: NGO to parties

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A civil society group campaigning against the declining sex ratio in India Tuesday asked political parties to show political will to eliminate sex selection. The National Civil Society Campaign against Declining Child Sex Ratio is an umbrella group of over 200 civil society organisations and activists from across the country. “We urge political leaders to […]

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Frame charges in railway bribery case

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A court here has found prime facie evidence against all the 10 accused in the railway bribery case and ordered framing of charges against them. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma delivered the order Thursday. The accused in the Rs.10 crore cash-for-post bribery case include former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s […]

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Congress challenges US court jurisdiction in 1984 riots case

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India’s Congress party has filed a motion before the US Federal Court of Southern District of New York seeking dismissal of a human rights violation case relating to 1984 anti-Sikh violence. The motion filed on Friday challenges the court’s jurisdiction, the legal standing of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a New York-based human rights group, to […]

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SC moved to stay decision doubling gas prices

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NGO Common Cause Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the government decision doubling the price of gas produced from Reliance Industries Limited-operated KG D-6 field that would become effective April 1. It said the decision, doubling the gas price from $4.2 to $8.4 per MMBTU, was “arbitrary, malafide, unreasonable, and based on […]

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Delhi HC seeks status report on bus depot relocation

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The Delhi High Court Friday directed the DDA to give a status report, within four weeks, on the progress in allotment of land to relocate DTC’s Millennium Bus Depot. Justice Sudershan Kumar Misra sought response from Delhi Development Authority on the allocation of three new sites identified for relocating the depot on 50 acres of […]

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Court issues notice on alumni, sibling points in nursery admission

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The Delhi High Court Friday declined to give relief to parents seeking to quash the points allotted to alumni and siblings in the nursery admission process this year and issued notice to the city government on the plea. Justice Manmohan sought a response from department of education of Delhi government by July 25. The lt. […]

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SC asks BJP, Congress if they would form Delhi government

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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the BJP and the Congress asking them whether they were willing to explore the possibility of forming an alternate government in Delhi. The apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha issued notice as it was told that the entire justification for keeping the Delhi assembly under […]

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Supreme court to hear Sahara Group proposal

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The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a proposal by the Sahara Group to pay SEBI a substantial amount as surety to return investors the Rs.19,000 crore it had collected through Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures. Senior counsel Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the Sahara Group, told the apex court bench headed by Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan that […]

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UN chief launches ‘Children, not soldiers’ campaign

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The United Nations has launched its global campaign “Children, not soldiers” in order to prevent children from being recruited or used as soldiers in conflict areas. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message Thursday that although thousands of children have been released from armed groups, thousands more were still part of such groups, reported […]

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LeT suspect’s bail plea rejected

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A court here Thursday dismissed the bail application of a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative. Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash rejected the bail plea of Mohammad Shahid, who was arrested from Haryana’s Mewat district in December last year. The court said the provision of statutory bail lies only after expiry of 180 days after the arrest, […]

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Nizam’s descendants implead in Hyderabad funds case

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The descendants of the Nizam have become party to a case relating to the Rs.300 crore of the ruler of erstwhile Hyderabad state lying locked up in a London bank for over 60 years and being claimed by both India and Pakistan. Nawab Najaf Ali Khan, grandson of the seventh Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, […]

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