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AgustaWestland Case: Delhi Court Takes Cognisance of CBI Supplementary Charge Sheet in VVIP Chopper Scam
Special Judge Arvind Kumar of Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has now issued summonses to the accused and listed the matter for October 23.
HC Dismisses with Rs 50K Cost PIL Proposing Project to Solve Waterlogging Woes
The plea by Trilok Goyal, a Delhi resident, had claimed that he has a plan/project for addressing the waterlogging and flooding problems across the country. In the petition, filed through advocate Puneet Garg, Goyal had sought a direction to the Centre to...
Bharat Bandh: Modi Asks BJP Workers to Spread Awareness on Farm Bills, Says Oppn Misleading Farmers
Hitting out at the Opposition at its attack on his government over the farm bills issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that those who always "lied" to farmers are now "shooting from their shoulders" and misleading them for their own politica...
Martnez Heads Bayern Past Sevilla To Win Super Cup
Budapest (AP) Javi Martnez is Bayern Munich's Mr. Super Cup. Seven years after scoring an extra-time goal to help Bayern win its last UEFA Super Cup, Martnez netted the winner in the 104th minute Thursday as the German club beat Sevilla 2-1 in the Euro...
'Irresponsible Conduct': Gujarat HC Fines Lawyer Rs 10,000 for Smoking During Online Hearing
Justice A S Supehia noticed that the complainant's lawyer was sitting in a car and smoking. The court chided the lawyer, J V Ajmera, for his "irresponsible conduct" and imposed a fine on him.
Farmers to Stage Nationwide Protests against Agricultural Bills Today as 3-day 'Rail Roko' Agitation Begins in Punjab
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said no FIRs would be registered against the farmers for violation of Section 144, while urging them to maintain law and order.
Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: Suspended IAS Officer Appears Before NIA, Let off after 9 Hrs of Questioning
IAS officer M Sivasankar who appeared before the NIA team in Kochi at 11 am, was reportedly quizzed in the presence of Swapna Suresh, a key accused arrested by the NIA in the case.
Maha: Nagpur Records 1,126 New COVID-19 Cases; 44 More Deaths
As many as 1,126 persons tested positive for coronavirus, while 44 died of the infection in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Thursday, an official said. With the fresh infections, the district's caseload has risen to 71,616, the official said.
Amrita Dhawan Appointed Delhi Mahila Congress President
The Congress on Thursday appointed Amrita Dhawan as president of the Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress, replacing Sharmistha Mukherjee. "Congress president has appointed Amrita Dhawan as president of Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress with immediate effect," AIC...
Cameras at Tis Hazari District Court on Test Basis for Audio-video Recording of Proceedings
The infrastructure has been installed last week in the courtroom of Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra as a pilot project, the source said.
Himachal Reports 9 More COVID-19 Deaths, 136 Fresh Cases
Nine more COVID-19 patients died in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, pushing the death toll to 145, while 136 fresh cases took the state tally to 13,192. Six deaths were reported from Kangra and one each from Shimla, Kullu and Chamba, according to the data...
UP: Man Gets 25-year Jail For Raping Minor
A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to 25-year imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl. The POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) court judge, Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari, also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the accused, Sajid (23), afte...
UP Records 4,674 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, 67 More Deaths
Uttar Pradesh's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,84,277 on Thursday with 4,674 fresh cases, while the death toll mounted to 5,366 as 67 more people succumbed to the disease. The number of active cases in the state stands at 61,300, officials said.
India Probing Alleged Dumping of a Chemical from China, South Korea
The company has alleged that material injury is being caused to the domestic industry due to dumped imports from China and Korea and has requested for the imposition of anti-dumping duty on the imports, according to the notification of the Directorate Gen...
SC Sends Notice to Centre and UPSC on Plea Seeking Postponement of Civil Services Exams Amid Floods and Covid-19
A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to UPSC, Centre and posted the matter for hearing on September 28, 2020.
KSU Chief Booked For Providing Fake Contact Info During COVID-19 Test
A case was registered on Thursday against the chief of Kerala Students Union (KSU), the students wing of the Congress, K M Abhijith, for furnishing fake contact information to the healthworkers while being subjected to COVID-19 test recently, police sai...