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Delhi in ‘day-to-day battle’ with smog as cool weather sets in
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Cooler temperatures and lighter wind trapped heavy smog over the Delhi- NCR on Wednesday, pushing pollution to “severe” levels in many places with no immediate relief in sight, government agencies said. The overall air...
SC justify the disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the order of former Karnataka Assembly speaker disqualifying 17 MLAs. The SC, however, struck down portion of Speaker's order, which said MLAs would be disqualified till end of...
President’s rule in Maharashtra, No party submitted the No. of MLA
Janjivan Bureau / Mumbai /NEW DELHI : The Union Cabinet on Tuesday recommended President's rule in Maharashtra where no political party has been able to form a government after the assembly polls last month. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari recommended...
An arrest that bled India but gave BJP political heft
Janjivan Bureau / Patna : The Supreme Court's verdict marking the denouement of the vexatious Ayodhya dispute might have riled or relieved the warring parties, but L K Advani, the hawk-turned-dove BJP patriarch, must be a happy man. The apex...
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis resigns; accuses Sena of being uncooperative
Janjivan Bureau / Mumbai : Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced he had submitted his resignation to Governor Bhagar Singh Koshyari on Friday after talks between his Bharatiya Janata Party and ally Shiv Sena completely broke down . “My resignation...
ED arrests Chidambaram in INX Media money laundering case
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested former Union finance minister P Chidambaram in Tihar Jail in connection with its probe in the INX Media money laundering case, officials said. They said the ED investigating...
Koregaon Bhima case: Bombay HC refuses bail to three activists
Janjivan Bureau / Mumbai : The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused bail to civil liberties activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferriera and Vernon Gonsalves, arrested for allegedly inciting caste-based violence at Koregaon Bhima in Pune and having links with Maoists....
SMS blocked in Kashmir soon after mobile phones resume
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : SMS services were blocked in Kashmir soon after mobile phones were resumed two months after remaining suspended since August 5 when Article 370 was abrogated. Mobile phones in Kashmir buzzed back to life on...
A day after brother’s arrest, now Malvinder Singh arrested
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Friday arrested former Fortis Healthcare promoter Malvinder Singh for allegedly misappropriating funds of Religare Finvest Limited (RFL) and causing losses to the tune of Rs 2,397 crore, officials said. Malvinder's...
Rolling the Sino-India butterball up the slope
Janjivan Bureau / Mamallapuram : India-China bilateral ties bear an uncanny resemblance to Krishna’s butterball that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will walk around on a newly laid patch of untrammelled grass. The butterball is a...
