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NEW DELHI: Former Supreme Court judge CK Prasad is set to be appointed as the head of the Press Council of India. Information and broadcasting ministry sources said Prasad has been selected by a committee headed by Vice President Hamid Ansari yesterday and a communication has been received in this regard. Prasad will succeed justice […]

It seems N Srinivasan’s return as BCCI president will not be a smooth affair. The Supreme Court has questioned his return to the top position in the Board of Control of Cricket in India, and asked him to address the question of conflict of interest. Quick notes: * Cricket must be played in its true

JAIPUR: The Supreme Court rulings which were considered sacrosanct, have failed to make any impact on the mining in the Aravallis. Despite several orders of the SC and the National Green Tribunal (NGT), banning mining in the Aravallis, it continues unabated, levelling the range and clearing the forests in Tijara. Now, one can easily see

HUBBALLI: Sri Rama Sene national president Pramod Muthalik will file a public interest litigation in the Karnataka High Court, seeking a stay on the Kiss of Love (KOL) protest planned in Bengaluru. Muthalik told reporters here on Sunday: “We have issued a legal notice to the state chief secretary, home minister, Kannada and culture minister

NEW DELHI: If a woman’s complaint accusing her husband and in-laws of cruelty under the dreaded Section 498A of Indian Penal Code turns out to be false, then the man is entitled to divorce, the Supreme Court has ruled. Allowing dissolution of marriage between K Srinivas and K Sunita, the court said, “We unequivocally find

LUCKNOW: In a petition filed in the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court by social activist Dr Nutan Thakur asking for a ‘ministry for majority community’ on the lines of the minority affairs ministry, the Union government has said that creation of a separate majority affairs ministry is not necessary. The affidavit filed by AP

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday said the ceremony by Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari to annoint his son as his successor has no legal sanctity. However, the court refused to stay the ceremony scheduled for Saturday. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw said the

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central government and the election commission on a BJP plea challenging the Delhi high court order that the contribution to its coffers by the Indian subsidiary of an overseas-based company amounted to foreign contribution. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu

NEW DELHI: In a setback for the Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court on Thursday directs the CBI director to recuse himself from the 2G spectrum scam case. Ticking off the CBI, the Supreme Court on Thursday observed that apparently “all is not well” and seemingly the allegations made by the NGO against CBI Director Ranjit

Arrested controversial ‘godman’ Rampal on Thursday rejected charges that he had asked thousands of his followers to be kept “hostage” for past several days inside his ashram at Barwala to evade police action in a contempt of court case. READ: Punjab and Haryana High Court cancels Rampal’s bail in 2006 murder case “Yeah jhuthee ilzaam