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KOLHAPUR: The district administration along with the police are set to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting the city on Saturday to attend the celebrations to mark 75 years of a local Marathi daily. The security in the city has been beefed up on the backdrop of his visit. The programme will be […]

NEW DELHI: CBI may soon examine former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in connection with allocation of Talabira II coal block to Hindalco in 2005 when he held the charge of the coal ministry too. Sources say Singh, who is likely to be examined in a few days, will be asked questions on the lines of

NEW DELHI: On official records, crime doubled in the capital in 2014 as compared to the previous year. But that’s good news. As police commissioner B S Bassi pointed out, the higher number of FIRs last year reflected a new-found willingness of the cops to register cases. Accepting that the police were for years “managing”

CAIRO: An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday ordered the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists held for over a year on terror-related charges, a ruling that their lawyers hoped was a step toward resolving a case that brought a storm of international criticism on Egypt’s government. The three will remain behind bars at least until

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has proposed to bring in a ‘revenue-oriented’ Stamp Act soon. According to officials, the proposed Telangana Stamp Act would bring in more transparency by plugging loopholes. The new Act aims to check discretionary powers enjoyed by officials in levying penalties. If any property owner wants to challenge the market (government) value

CHENNAI: Karnataka high court’s first notification of 2015, issued as per the orders of the apex court, has a huge political significance for Tamil Nadu. Notification no.1/2015 has announced that Justice C R Kumaraswamy will be the one to hear appeals filed by former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa and three associates in

NEW DELHI: Politically and historically Pakistan detests anything that has to do with India, but when it comes to the legal field the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) has no such inhibitions and often looks up to the Supreme Court of India (SCI) for guidance. One such occasion was a fortnight ago on December 17,

HYDERABAD: The Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) on Tuesday sought the Centre’s intervention to resolve ownership dispute over the Sileru hydro electric project located in mandals that were recently transferred from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh. The GRMB headed by MS Agarwal held a meeting with principal secretaries of Telangana and AP irrigation departments at Jalasoudha

NEW DELHI: Even as right-wing groups protest against the screening of Aamir Khan-starrer ‘PK’, the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry said it cannot act on a film once it has been cleared by the Censor Board. Speaking on the issue, minister of state for I&B Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, however, added that state governments could act

HYDERABAD: In a setback to the AP Government, the Hyderabad high court on Tuesday suspended the order of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) regime nullifying all existing temple administration committees in the state. Putting a full stop to the practice of changing temple committees each time there is a change in the political regime at