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The 772 signatories said it is essential to "protect the dignity and authority of courts if the judiciary is to perform its duties and functions effectively".

At a meeting with his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Punjab chief minister described the SYL as an emotive issue that could disturb national security.

The agency has pressed sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against 42-year-old Charlie Peng, alias Luo Sang, who is alleged to be the kingpin of the racket.

The winners of the National Sports Awards will be selected by a 12-member committee, which has been constituted by the Sports Ministry.

The telephonic conversation between the two leaders came two days before Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra and Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi are scheduled to hold talks under a bilateral framework.

In his Independence Day speech at the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to 20 Indian Army soldiers who were killed in clashes with Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley in June.

The upcoming season of the I-League will be held in Kolkata with the second division qualifiers serving as a dress rehearsal for all stakeholders to understand the Covid bubble.

The project is estimated to cost over Rs 35,000 crore, he said, adding the important cities through which this corridor will pass include Jammu and Kathua in J&K, and Jalandhar, Amritsar, Kapurthala and Ludhiana in Punjab.

Indian boxing's High Performance Director Santiago Nieva said the training is going on under strict safety regulations..

The Prime Minister launched the new Agriculture Infrastructure Fund through video conference. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and senior ministry officials were also present on the occasion.

Eighteen people have so far died in the crash after an Air India Express plane overshot the runway at Kozhikode's Karipur Airport on Friday night.

As per the procedure laid out, it was decided that from August onwards, applications filed from the first day to third day of each month would have to be considered for the quota of that month.

The plea said that an independent body with the name of the Broadcast Regulatory Authority of India be set up to check 'sensational reporting' and discourse by TV news channels on critical issues.

Railways Ministry officials said the TADKs join as temporary staff but are absorbed into Group 'D' staff through screening after around three years.

Officials said the order mainly targets procurement in high-tech areas like fermentation-based API, for which China has been the single source of global supply, and not low-cost generics, where India holds the edge.

Teachers had said the syllabi of the four courses- political science, sociology, history and English -were yet to be finalised. They had expressed apprehensions about how would they be able to start the classes.