The Supreme Court on Thursday recalled its December 16 order appointing controversial Justice Virendra Singh, a former judge of Allahabad High Court as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh, and named another retired judge as the new ombudsman. While taking back its decision, the apex court appointed Justice Sanjay Mishra, a retired judge of the Allahabad High Court as new Lokayukta of […]
» Read moreCBI has started questioning gangster Chhota Rajan in Tihar prison in connection with journalist Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. The sources said the agency team today reached Tihar Jail where Rajan is lodged after being deported from Indonesia and started questioning him after completing necessary formalities. They said Rajan’s questioning in the case is likely to continue for some days. A […]
» Read moreIn an attempt to prevent possible misuse, Railway Ministry has introduced new checks on booking of e-ticket and i-ticket through IRCTC website. Under the new provisions a maximum of six tickets can be booked online by an individual user in a month on IRCTC website. This new provision will come into effect from February 15, 2016. “This has been done […]
» Read morePakistan has arrested 45 Indian fishermen and seized their five boats for allegedly violating its territorial waters off the coast of Sindh province, officials said on Wednesday. The arrests were made on Tuesday after Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) took action against the intruders in the southern province. “The fishermen were arrested in the Arabian Sea and handed over to […]
» Read moreRepublican presidential front runner Donald Trump has commented on India for the first time after he entered the presidential race, saying that the country is doing great and no one is talking about it. “India is doing great,” Trump told in an interview on Monday. After hitting the presidential campaign trial, this is the first time that Trump gave a […]
» Read moreVemula Naga Mani Kumar, father of the University of Hyderabad research scholar Rohith Vemula who committed suicide, demanded on Tuesday that the government order an inquiry by a sitting judge into his death. Contrary to the claims that caste discrimination was behind the suicide, Mr. Mani Kumar told a press conference here that there was a bigger issue that needed […]
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