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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday refused to stay the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR registered over corruption allegations involving Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Rajvir Ghuman and others, while directing that no coercive steps be taken in the...

New Delhi: Senior advocate and former Solicitor General of India Harish Salve has said that attempts are being made to create a situation in India similar to those witnessed in Nepal and Bangladesh in the name of the right to protest, claiming that external forces...

New Delhi:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday said the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) chairman proceeding on leave is a big victory for the students and the youth who had been protesting against alleged irregularities in the recruitment body. The Chairman of MPSC finally had...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was conducting simultaneous raids and search operations in eight locations in Kolkata Monday in connection with a major chit fund scam in West Bengal. The ED teams were accompanied by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel. Sources aware of...

New Delhi: 'This matter doesn't pertain to my domain', Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said Monday, when asked about protests against the CEC in Delhi over the past few days and the associated restrictions. The CJI was interacting with reporters on the sidelines...

New Delhi: Days after his dismissal as professor from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam has been booked on charges of sexual harassment and insulting a woman's modesty, according to Delhi Police officials. The FIR was registered on a complaint lodged by the...

Dhaka/New Delhi: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed will skip the first-ever meeting of home ministers of the BIMSTEC grouping in New Delhi, with a delegation led by a senior bureaucrat set to represent Dhaka amid strained ties between India and Bangladesh. Home Affairs Senior Secretary Manzur...

New Delhi: The Congress Monday said the government should prorogue both houses of Parliament and hold an all-party dialogue on the delimitation issue, but stressed that for any meaningful discussion to proceed it was first important that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar should resign. Congress...

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant Monday said the true measure of a human rights institution lies not merely in the number of cases it decides, but in whether it can be heard by those who are least able to make...

New Delhi: The entry and exit gates at six Delhi Metro stations, including Central Secretariat, Rajiv Chowk and Patel Chowk, will remain closed till 4 pm Monday ahead of a protest announced by the Congress against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The Delhi Metro Rail...