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The Election Commission (EC), which had sought to ascertain whether the clearance given by the state government to a land deal between Robert Vadra and real estate firm DLF violates the model code of conduct, received a report from the Haryana poll authorities on Tuesday. EC sources said the report was received from the Chief […]

Widespread attacks and protests erupted across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday soon after the Karnataka High Court rejected former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s bail plea. The protesters targeted vehicles with Karnataka registration numbers and business establishments owned by people from the neighbouring state. At the party headquarters here, a dozen AIADMK ministers and senior leaders gathered

After Agra’s Taj Mahal, world heritage properties in Fatehpur Sikri have drawn the attention of the Supreme Court, which has come to the rescue of the monuments sitting in shambles despite periodic bouts of release of concerns and funds. From a new traffic movement plan to the construction of boundary walls around the monuments; from

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa in connection with the disproportionate assets case. Rejecting her bail plea, the High Court observed that the Supreme Court had stated that corruption is the violation of human rights. This came after arguments were made on behalf of the former

A 35-year-old pub bouncer stabbed his mother-in-law to death and injured his wife and her two brothers with a knife during an argument at their house in southwest Delhi’s Sagarpur area on Monday evening. Police said that the man has fled from the scene after the attack. The incident was reported from near the Tentwala

A war of words has broken out between Ghaziabad MP V K Singh and the ruling Samajwadi Party after the Union minister visited the family of a BJP worker, who is in jail on charges of fomenting violence in Loni, the Ghaziabad town that witnessed communal tension on August 18. After meeting the family of

The Karnataka High Court will hear on Tuesday AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa’s plea seeking immediate bail and suspension of her four-year sentence in an 18-year- old disproportionate assets case. Bracing for the anticipated entry of AIADMK supporters into the city, the police have tightened security in and around the High Court and Parappana Agrahara Central Prison,

A Delhi court is likely to hear the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) reply to businessman Gautam Khaitan’s bail application on Tuesday. Khaitan was arrested a fortnight ago in connection with the ` 3,600crore Agusta-Westland chopper deal scam. He filed for bail last Wednesday. NEW DELHI: A Delhi court is likely to hear the Enforcement Directorate’s reply

India will not accept any kind of intrusion by China along the border and will defend its territory, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said today. “These incidents are happening. But we are very, very clear this time that we will not accept any kind of their (Chinese) intrusion into our territory and we

It is all about taking custodial justice seriously. That is precisely what the September Supreme Court order in Bhim Singh vs Union of India has attempted, though belatedly compared to Section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which was introduced way back in 2005. Section 436A was meant to give relief to the under