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Centre urges SC restraint on PIL on 'unopposed' elections

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Union government on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to exercise restraint on a public interest litigation questioning the law that allows "unopposed" candidates an automatic... Read More


US Tariffs causing Rs.60 cr/day losses in tn: Stalin to pm

Chennai, Dec. 19 -- The 50% tariff imposed by the US is not merely an economic setback but a looming humanitarian challenge, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stain said on Thursday in a letter to Prime Mi... Read More


TOP court JUNKS 'luxury' PETITION OVER bottledwater PACKAGING

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday disapproved of what it termed an "urban-centric approach" to PIL, refusing to entertain a plea seeking stricter standards for polyethylene terephtha... Read More


Culture is the soul of a nation, says CM Yogi

Lucknow, Dec. 19 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday emphasised that culture is the soul of a nation, elaborating that like a human body becomes lifeless without a soul, a nation too loses i... Read More


'Nation loses vitality when disconnected from culture'

Lucknow, Dec. 19 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday emphasised that culture is the soul of a nation, elaborating that like a human body becomes lifeless without a soul, a nation too loses i... Read More


Belgian SC rejects 'political trial' claims in Choksi's plea

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Belgium's Supreme Court, while rejecting fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's appeal last week against his arrest in Antwerp on New Delhi's request, ruled that his claims of being... Read More


Azam acquitted in 2019 inflammatory speech case

MEERUT, Dec. 19 -- Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan was on Thursday acquitted in an inflammatory speech case registered against him by Aam Aadmi Party state spokesperson Faisal Kh... Read More


G RAM G Bill passes LS test amid oppn protest

NEW DELHI, Dec. 19 -- Amid sustained protests by the Opposition, the Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, or the VB-G RAM G Bill, whi... Read More


Mamata says WB job scheme to be renamed after Mahatma

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that her government would rename its job guarantee programme after Mahatma Gandhi, in an announcement coming on a day th... Read More


Azam Khan acquitted in 2019 inflammatory speech case

MEERUT, Dec. 19 -- Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan was on Thursday acquitted in an inflammatory speech case registered against him by Aam Aadmi Party state spokesperson Faisal Kh... Read More