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New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre to identify five cities across the country for starting a pilot project to ensure properly demarcated and encroachment-free footpaths wherever there is a road. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe also directed the...

New Delhi: Stressing the need to instill fear in the minds of anti-social elements, the Supreme Court Monday said there appears to be a feeling that women are not safe in the city, more particularly in some vulnerable pockets of the National Capital Region. A...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday came down heavily on actor Rajpal Yadav for failing to honour his undertaking to deposit money towards the dues of a private firm in a long-running series of cheque-bounce cases. On September 15, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant...

New Delhi: Three new judges were appointed to the Supreme Court Monday, taking its working strength to 37, one short of the sanctioned 38. According to Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Justice Sunita Agarwal, Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court; Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Chief...

New Delhi: BJP Monday announced the names of eight candidates, including minister Dharam Pal Singh, for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. The other seven candidates are Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pandey, Priyanka Singh Rawat, Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6 being used by the Election Commission (EC) during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in various states. Form 6 is an application through which an eligible...

Guwahati: The Assam Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has raised an alarm over the circulation of an allegedly fake and digitally manipulated image of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on social media, saying the content was artificially generated and deliberately created to mislead people. In a...

New Delhi: India and Switzerland Monday signed a migration and mobility partnership pact, decided to expand Swiss market access for Indian exports and agreed to further deepen cooperation in nuclear energy and defence domains following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Swiss President Guy...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it will examine all decisions of the Election Commission (EC) and annul those found not to be in accordance with law, as it issued notices to the Centre and the poll body following pleas alleging that the EC...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday hosted Swiss President Guy Parmelin for wide-ranging talks to explore new opportunities in further strengthening India-Switzerland ties, especially in areas of trade and investment, mobility and critical technologies. Parmelin kick-started his three-day visit to India this morning in...