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Rlys to slash fares of AC chair car, executive classes by up to 25 pc, Vande Bharat passengers to benefit

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 20:29:16 S O Correspondent

"I'm not tired, not retired, I'm on fire": Sharad Pawar on Ajit Pawar's "retirement" remark

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 20:18:15 S O Correspondent

WB panchayat polls: Polling booth vandalised, ballot papers set on fire in Cooch Behar

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 12:11:08 S O Correspondent

‘Need of hour to have purity in politics’, says Gujarat HC in Rahul defamation case order

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 11:52:55 S O Correspondent

The Gujarat High Court, while dismissing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, on Friday observed “it is now the need of the hour to have purity in politics”.

Police commando among 4 killed in Manipur clashes

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 11:51:47 S O Correspondent

Four persons including a Manipur Police commando and a teenager were killed in Kangvai area of Bishnupur district in clashes between the two warring communities in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, officials said.

CBI arrests three railway officials in connection to Balasore triple-train tragedy

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:17:22 S O Correspondent

The CBI on Friday took into custody three railway personnel in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident, making its first arrests in the case, officials said.

AAP announces week-long protest against Centre's Delhi ordinance

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:20:42 S O Correspondent

The AAP has decided to hit the streets against the Centre's ordinance on control of services in Delhi, with the party burning copies and symbolic effigies of the controversial order.

'Tamasha' not democracy: Kapil Sibal on Maharashtra developments

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:48:23 S O Correspondent

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday dubbed the political developments in Maharashtra as a "tamasha", and said the law seems to allow it. He also said the political developments were about "loaves of power" and not people.

Uniform civil code a difficult issue: Amartya Sen

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:45:41 S O Correspondent

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday claimed that the Uniform Civil Code is a "difficult" issue and efforts are on to make it easy. The 90-year-old economist also said the UCC surely has a link with the concept of Hindu Rashtra.

Incessant heavy rains continue in Kerala; normal life affected in state

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:43:12 S O Correspondent

Incessant heavy rainfall across Kerala since the night of July 4 has affected normal life as roads are flooded, water levels have risen in rivers and dams, homes have been damaged by uprooted trees and a furious sea displaced many in the coastal areas.

Tabrez Ansari lynching case: All ten convicts sentenced to 10-years of imprisonment

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:41:23 S O Correspondent

All ten convicts in the 2019 Tabrez Ansari lynching case have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Jharkhand's Seraikela court under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Pennaiyar river dispute: Two SC judges hailing from TN and Karnataka recuse from hearing case

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:32:16 S O Correspondent

Supreme Court judges Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh on Wednesday recused themselves from hearing a case related to the dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over sharing of water of the Pennaiyar river on the ground that they hailed from these two states respectively.