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On 9 February 2012, Kiran Negi, a resident of Qutub Vihar, Phase II in Dwarka in south-west Delhi, was returning home from her work...
Uttarakhand High Court (HC) dropped the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) trial against the accused saying the victim doesn't intend to continue...
‘50% ceiling in reservation only for SC/ST, OBC’: SC in EWS quota verdict
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The Supreme Court on Monday said the 50 per cent ceiling for reservation - which was fixed in 1992 in Mandal Commission case by...
SC says 103rd Constitution Amendment cannot be said to breach basic structure, upholds EWS quota
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The Supreme Court on Monday, with a 3:2 majority, upheld the constitutional validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to...
Urgent hearing sought on Punjab stubble burning choking Delhi, but SC sets hearing date 6 days later
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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine on November 10 a plea seeking urgent steps to curb air pollution in Delhi. The plea...
Hindu Bengali couple with infant jailed on suspicion of being Bangladeshi: K’taka
A Bengali couple has been languishing in jail after going to Karnataka for work. Their one-and-a-half-year-old son is also in custody. The Hindu Bengali...
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The POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district has awarded death sentence to two accused for gang rape and attempt to kill a minor.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition filed by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq against the death penalty awarded to...
Communists – rice procurement, ‘managing’ inflation & policy hypocrisy
Theoretically, Communist governments should see virtually zero inflation because prices for almost all goods and services were set by state agencies and changed only...
IAS babu ignores NCPCR notice to stop Christian religious event at AP govt. school
The deep rot in administrative services has come to the fore yet again. An IAS officer ignored the NCPCR (National Commission for Protection of...