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New Delhi, October 17 The Gujarat Government on Monday told the Supreme Court that petitioners challenging the remission given to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case are nothing but an “interloper” and a “busybody”. It also said that since the investigation in the case was carried out…

Bhopal, October 17 The Madhya Pradesh police on Monday booked a husband-wife duo for allegedly harassing and abetting TV actress Vaishali Takkar’s suicide. The actress was found dead at her home in Indore on Sunday. Vaishali Takkar was found dead at her home in Indore on Sunday. Instagram/misstakkar_15…

Sanjay Yadav Gurugram, October 17 The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Monday ordered that the accused in the Gururgam private school murder case will be treated as an adult. Bholu, the accused in the Prince murder case, will be produced in the District and Sessions Court on October 31….

New Delhi, October 17 Justice D Y Chandrachud was on Monday appointed the 50th Chief Justice of India, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said. He will take oath on November 9, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demits office on attaining the age of 65. While Justice…

New Delhi, October 17 Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, was on Monday appointed the 50th Chief Justice of India and he will take oath on November 9. Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju announced the appointment of Justice Chandrachud, who will serve as the…

New Delhi, October 17 Senior IAS officer Jitendra Narain, accused of raping a woman in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was on Monday suspended by the government with immediate effect. According to a Union home ministry statement, the government is committed to ensuring zero-tolerance towards the acts of indiscipline by its…

Ajay BanerjeeNew Delhi, October 17Indian Army is looking to get specialised drones that can deliver logistics to forward posts in the Himalayas. The Army, on Monday, issued a request for proposal (RFP) to get 163 drones that can operate at high altitude and another 200 drones that can operates at…

Kolkata, October 17 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she was shocked that former India captain Sourav Ganguly was “deprived” of a second term as BCCI president. Banerjee, while talking to reporters at the Kolkata airport before leaving for a trip to north Bengal, also said she…

New Delhi, October 17 The Centre has started a new scheme – Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana – One Nation One Fertiliser – under which it is mandatory for companies to market all subsidised fertilisers under single brand ‘Bharat’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the single brand Bharat under…

New Delhi, October 17 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released the 12th instalment of financial benefit worth Rs 16,000 crore to over 11 crore eligible farmers under the flagship PM-KISAN scheme, ahead of Diwali and ongoing rabi sowing. With this, the total amount transferred to the beneficiaries is expected…

Lucknow, October 17 When four friends, in their new BMW, started racing on the Purvanchal Express, one of them egged on the friend in the driving seat to speed up further. Little did they know that his words would prove prophetic within the next few seconds. In a Facebook live…

New Delhi, October 17 Congress members queued up across the country on Monday to elect their first non-Gandhi president in 24 years, choosing between senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor in an exercise aimed at putting the party on the path to revival. “I have been waiting for a…

New Delhi, October 17 Voting ended on Monday in the Congress presidential poll as senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced-off for the post of AICC chief. With 9,497 out of 9,915 delegates casting their vote, nearly 95 per cent turnout was witnessed. Cent per cent voting was registerered…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 17 The Congress began voting on Monday to elect the first non-Gandhi president in 24 years, as the party gears for the fifth major election in its 137-year-old history and only the first such election in the past 20 years. The election is a direct…

New Delhi, October 17 About 9,500 of the total around 9,900 electors cast their votes in the Congress presidential polls, the party’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry said on Monday. The overall voter turnout was about 96 per cent and in small states, it was nearly 100 per cent,…