SC stays CBI probe into West Bengal govt officials’ role in teacher recruitment scam

Petition under Article 32 can't be maintained to challenge binding verdict of apex court: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order directing the CBI to probe into the role of West Bengal government officials in a teacher recruitment scam. The top court was hearing a plea by the West Bengal government against a high court order invalidating the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff made by the School Service Commission (SSC) in state-run and state-aided schools. A bench of...

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Delhi HC junks plea to disqualify PM Modi from contesting polls for seeking votes in name of gods

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed a petition that had sought directions to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi from contesting elections for six years for allegedly seeking votes in the name of deities, saying the plea was "thoroughly misconceived". Justice Sachin Datta said the plea was "devoid of any merits". Petitioner Anand S Jondhale, a lawyer, had urged the court to take action against Modi for allegedly seeking votes...

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If Kejriwal doesn’t appear on summons, he can’t take defence that his statement wasn’t recorded: SC

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday questioned the non-appearance of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal before the ED despite repeated summonses for recording of statements, and asked if he can challenge the arrest in a money laundering case related to the excise policy scam on the ground of non-recording of his version. Kejriwal is currently lodged in the Tihar jail here under judicial custody after his arrest March 21 in the...

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Congress demands JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna’s arrest amid sexual abuse allegations against him

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Bengaluru: The Congress Monday held protests in Karnataka demanding the immediate arrest of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing hundreds of women. Congress workers -- with women members joining in large numbers -- took to the streets in Hubballi, Hassan and Bengaluru, among other places, seeking action against the 33-year-old grandson of JD(S) chief and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda. In Bengaluru, the protest was...

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Kolkata: Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bat in an Indian Premier League match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens here Monday. DC brought in Prithvi Shaw in place of Kumar Kushagra, while right-arm pacer Rasikh Salam Dar is also part of their playing XI. KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer too...

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Fire at bank’s zonal office in Odisha’s Baripada; three injured

Baripada: Three persons were injured after a fire broke out Monday at the zonal office building of a public sector bank in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, an official said. They were rescued from the smoke-filled three-storey office building in Baripada, but they were in unconscious condition at that time, he said. The injured were admitted to PRM Medical...

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Odisha demands 1.56 crore mosquito nets from Centre

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has requested the central government to provide 1.56 crore Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN) to curb malaria cases in the state. State Health and Family Welfare minister Niranjan Pujari Monday wrote a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya, in this regard. Pujari highlighted that the Centre had provided 1.56 crore LLINs...

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