Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:50:43
Five people were killed and two injured in violence that broke out during a farmers’ agitation in the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, prompting the authorities to clamp curfew in the area.
Eyewitnesses said the victims suffered bullet wounds, but district authorities denied that there was any firing by the police on the protesters who torched vehicles and threw stones. Farmers i
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Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:45:48
Traffic on the National Highway 66 was disrupted for nearly six hour following a massive landslide at Ottinene in Byndoor near here on Wednesday.
The landslide occured after heavy rain lashed in the early hours.
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Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:27:50
The Supreme Court today decided to hear on June 15, the plea filed by a Hyderabad-based organisation challenging the Central Government's notification regarding ban on sale of cattle for slaughter.
As per the notification, cattle is defined as "bulls, bullocks, cows, buffalos, steers, heifers and calves and camels".
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Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:25:17
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant relief to Justice C. S. Karnan in the contempt of court case where he was sentenced to six-month imprisonment.
The apex court earlier on May 19 rejected Justice Karnan's plea for recall of the six-month jail term for contempt of court, stating that the petition was "not maintainable" in the court.
"I am constrained, but to hold that the present
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Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:22:39
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday relieved veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. K. Advani from personal appearance in connection with the Babri demolition case.
The court also granted exemption from personal appearance to BJP veteran M. M. Joshi and Union Minister Uma Bharti.
On May 30, a special CBI court in Lucknow framed charges against 12 people
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Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:17:39
Opposition BJP Leader Jagdish Shettar today demanded that the Karnataka government announce farm loan waiver in the wake of the severe drought and warned of an agitation if the demand was not conceded.
Calling the government "anti-farmer" for not heeding the demand of farmers, he accused it of inefficiency in handling the drought situation.
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Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:12:37
Karnataka BJP spokesperson Vaman Acharya has sparked a row with his comments that Brahmins too slaughtered cows for consumption before India became an agrarian country, but retracted his remarks after facing flak from his own partymen.
"Before India became an agrarian country, there are examples where all communities including Brahmins have slaughtered cows for consumption," he said on a Kannad
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