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Cap on lawyers’ appointment as SC judges goes

India August 18, 2016 at 1:05 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, The government has acceded to some demands of the Collegium, including removing the cap on the number of jurists and lawyers who can be appointed to the Supreme Court as judges, even though it has hardened its stand on certain key clauses of a document which guides theRead More

BJP faced greater hardships than Cong: PM Modi

India August 18, 2016 at 1:04 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, August 18 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Thursday laid the foundation stone of new BJP HQ building in New Delhi, said this is a small step in the saffron party’s commitment to ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’, adding that his party faced “greater hardships” than the Congress PartyRead More

Naidu slams Chidambaram’s remarks on Kashmir

India August 18, 2016 at 1:03 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, August 18 Questioning former Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s remarks on the Kashmir unrest, Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said it appears that the grand old party leaders “are not guided by the national interest but by political opportunism”. Naidu said Congress has once againRead More

Fine with terror talks, Pak told

India August 18, 2016 at 1:03 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, Responding to Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry’s invitation, India today said it was willing to hold Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan on “aspects related to cross-border terrorism” as these remained central to the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir, but would not discuss Kashmir. It is toRead More

Five killed in Mumbai highway accident

India August 18, 2016 at 1:02 pm 0 comments

Mumbai, August 18 Five persons were killed when their speeding car rammed into a tree on the Western Express Highway here on Thursday, an official said. The accident occurred at 5.45 a.m. opposite the western end of the Mumbai airport’s main runway near the Milan Flyover, the official said. TheRead More

Three workers killed in oven blast at bakery in east Delhi

India August 18, 2016 at 1:01 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, August 18 Three workers were killed and as many injured in a blast at a bakery in Jagatpuri area in east Delhi early on Thursday morning. The Delhi Fire Service received a call about the blast in the steel oven and the resulting blaze at the bakery inRead More

Nations with facade of human rights are worst hypocrites: Akbar

Nations with facade of human rights are worst hypocrites: Akbar

India August 16, 2016 at 7:47 am 0 comments

New York, August 16 Minister of External Affairs MJ Akbar said on Tuesday that nations which use the “facade of human rights” to sponsor terrorism were “hypocrites of the worst kind”, a statement referring to Pakistan. In the city to lead India’s 70th Independence Day celebrations, Akbar claimed India believedRead More

PM Modi, CJI Thakur display bonhomie at President’s ‘At Home’

PM Modi, CJI Thakur display bonhomie at President’s ‘At Home’

India August 16, 2016 at 7:46 am 0 comments

New Delhi,  President Pranab Mukherjee hosted an ‘At Home’ on India’s 70th Independence Day on Monday where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CJI T S Thakur joked and laughed in an atmosphere of bonhomie, hours after the latter voiced dissatisfaction over PM’s Red Fort address having no mention of theRead More

CJI disappointed over PM not mentioning judges’ appointment

CJI disappointed over PM not mentioning judges’ appointment

India, Uncategorized August 16, 2016 at 7:44 am 0 comments

New Delhi, Asserting that he has reached the peak of his career and is not afraid to speak his mind, Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Monday expressed his disappointment at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address, saying he was hoping that there would be a mention onRead More

Bihar likely to ratify GST Bill today

India August 16, 2016 at 7:04 am 0 comments

Patna, August 16 Bihar is likely to ratify a constitutional amendment Bill to introduce the Goods and Services tax in a special session of the state Assembly on Tuesday, possibly the second — the first non-NDA — state to take up the Bill after Assam. Bijendra Prasad Yadav, State MinisterRead More