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'Consider pleas for extension of time for SIr sympathetically'

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Election Commission of India (ECI) to "sympathetically" consider the requests for extension of the enumeration period in states where the s... Read More


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


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


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


Ajay Rai alleges political targeting of former-IPS Amitabh Thakur

GORAKHPUR, Dec. 19 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai on Thursday visited Deoria District Jail to meet former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Amitabh Thakur, who is currently incarcerate... Read More


Saraogi takes charge as new Bihar BJP prez; thanks party workers

Patna, Dec. 19 -- Newly appointed Bihar state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Sanjay Saraogi, on Thursday underlined the importance of party workers and called them the backbone of organisati... Read More