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SC to give opinion on Prez's reference today

New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- The Supreme Court will on Thursday deliver its advisory opinion on a rare presidential reference that asks whether constitutional courts can prescribe timelines for the President... Read More


indira reshaped India with her poverty, conflict policies: Sonia

New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- Prime Minister Indira Gandhi reshaped the country with her policies dedicated to "ameliorating poverty, deprivation, conflict, and inequality", Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP)... Read More


SC denies seniority quota for higher judicial service

New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that length of service cannot be a criteria to create a separate quota for officers in appointment to the higher judicia... Read More


'How is this allowed in modern society?' SC on Talaq-e-Hasan

New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned whether the practice of Talaq-e-Hasan, under which a Muslim man can divorce his wife by pronouncing "talaq" once a month over three mont... Read More


7 more Maoists killed in Andhra encounter

Hyderabad, Nov. 20 -- Seven Maoists of the banned CPI (Maoist) Party were shot dead in an exchange of fire with police in Maredumilli forests of Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Wedne... Read More


Amritpal seeks parole to attend winter session

Chandigarh, Nov. 20 -- Radical Sikh leader and Lok Sabha MP Amritpal Singh has moved the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking temporary release to attend the upcoming winter session of the Parliament... Read More


SC order on quota for judicial officers ascribes no author

New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- Breaking from convention, a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday chose not to ascribe authorship to its ruling relating to quota for entry-level judicial officers... Read More


Punjab BJP holds 'kirtan darbar'

Chandigarh/Anandpur Sahib, Nov. 20 -- The Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday organised a "kirtan darbar" at Anandpur Sahib, marking the commencement of a series of religious ... Read More


'Sign of unity': No author for SC order on judicial officers

New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- Breaking from convention, a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday chose not to ascribe authorship to its ruling relating to quota for entry-level judicial officers... Read More


US Cong nod to make Epstein files public

India, Nov. 20 -- The Republican-controlled US Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of justice department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outc... Read More