West Bengal will have a single-phase panchayat (rural body) polls on May 14, the State Election Commission announced on Wednesday. Repolls, if needed, will be held on May 16. The counting will take place on May 17, the SEC said in a notification. The decision came after a recommendation from the state government that the polls be held on May 14. ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay appointment of senior woman lawyer Indu Malhotra as an apex court judge on the issue of its second recommendation not being accepted, saying the government could send back a judge's name for reconsideration. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y...
A civilian was seriously injured as militants fired at a CRPF patrol in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday and succumbed while being taken to hospital, police said. Militants in a car fired at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol in Lazibal area on Srinagar-Pahalgam road in Anantnag, but only ended up injuring a civili...
The CBI has registered a case against former Aircel promoter C. Sivasankaran's companies Axcel Sunshine Ltd and Finland-based WinWinD Oy for defaulting a loan of Rs 600 crore sanctioned by IDBI bank, an official said on Thursday. The agency on Thursday also carried out searches at 50 locations across 10 cities, including the residences...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will review Sino-Indian relationship from a strategic and long-term perspective when they meet at Wuhan on April 27-28....
A seven-year-old schoolgirl was killed and 16 others were injured when a speeding tanker hit their van in north Delhi on Thursday, police said. The dead student was identified as Sakshi, Deputy Commissioner of Police Aslam Khan said, adding that the condition of four others was critical. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has ordered a ma...
Sharjah, April 26 The body of a 36-year-old Indian woman was found buried in a room of her house here, police said. The neighbours notified the police after noticing bad odour coming from the house occupied by an Indian family, comprising a couple and their two children, the Khaleej Times reported on Thursday. Police along with the forensic experts d...
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday disqualified Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif from Parliament for holding a work permit of the United Arab Emirates. The court announced its verdict on a petition stating that Asif did not mention his foreign employment in his nomination papers, the Pakistani media reported. A three-member special bench rul...
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will shift the Kathua gang-rape and murder trial out of Jammu and Kashmir at the "slightest possibility of lack of a fair trial". A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said its "real concern" was to see that a fair trial was conduct...
The Centre on Thursday asked the top court collegium to reconsider its recommendation for the elevation of the Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph as a judge of the Supreme Court. "The proposal for the reconsideration of the case of K.M. Joseph has the approval of President and Prime Minister," said the letter sent t...
