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New Delhi: A class VIII NCERT textbook, which carried a chapter about 'judicial corruption', is at the centre of controversy with the Supreme Court imposing a "complete blanket ban" on the book, saying it contains "offensive" contents. Here is an explainer on how the NCERT...

New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal Friday said India is watching developments following the US Supreme Court's verdict against tariffs, pointing out that the joint statement on the proposed interim trade deal provides for a rebalancing of the pact "should circumstances change". The minister's remarks...

New Delhi: Supreme Court collegium has taken a "policy decision" that a judge, who is proposed to take over the high court as its chief justice, may be transferred well in advance, preferably two months before the vacancy arises. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday urged the Indian industry to step up investment and innovation, saying the government has laid the groundwork through aggressive capital spending and by creating a conducive policy environment in successive Budgets, and that it is now time for...

New Delhi: Supreme Court said Friday that it knows its judicial officers and they will not be "influenced by anything", after the West Bengal government submitted that the Election Commission had issued a training module for judicial officers deployed in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...

Kolkata: Tremors were felt in Kolkata and adjacent districts of West Bengal Friday afternoon, after an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted parts of Bangladesh, officials said. The quake was felt at around 1.22 pm, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said....

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday discharged former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the politically charged liquor policy case, pulling up the CBI by saying it found no "overarching conspiracy or criminal intent" in the policy. Among...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Thursday sent five Youth Congress workers arrested in connection with the protest during the India AI Impact Summit to three days’ police custody. The Patiala House Court sent the accused - Saurabh, Arbaaz, Siddharth, Ajay and Raja Gurjar - to...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Thursday said it wants an expeditious trial against Congress leader P Chidambaram in two money laundering cases, Aircel-Maxis deal and INX Media, ”as it has submitted the required sanction for prosecution against the former Union finance minister before a designated...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday thanked the media for bringing to the fore the issue concerning NCERT's Class 8 social science book containing "offending" contents on corruption in the judiciary, saying otherwise the damage would have been "completely irreversible". A bench comprising Chief Justice...