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New Delhi: "Corruption" massive backlog of cases, and lack of an adequate number of judges are among the "challenges" faced by the judicial system, according to the new social science NCERT textbook for Class VIII. The section "corruption in the judiciary" in the new book...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted the Calcutta High Court chief justice to deploy civil judges and also requisition judicial officers from neighbouring Jharkhand and Odisha to deal with 80 lakh claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in...

New Delhi: A Leh-bound SpiceJet aircraft returned to the national capital due to an engine issue Tuesday morning, according to a source. There were around 150 people on board the Boeing 737 aircraft that was operating the flight SG121, the source added. When contacted, a...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday congratulated Rob Jetten on assuming charge as prime minister of the Netherlands and said he was looking forward to working closely with him to add further momentum to the growing ties between the two countries. Jetten, the youngest...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib in connection with the shirtless protest staged by a group of IYC members at the AI Impact Summit here last week, officials said Tuesday. With this, the total number of arrests made...

Ranchi: All seven persons on board an air ambulance were killed after the aircraft crashed near Simaria in Jharkhand's Chatra district Monday evening while en route to Delhi from Ranchi, a top state government official said. The crash took place shortly after the aircraft operated...

Chandigarh: Haryana Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered an FIR in the Rs 590-crore fraud involving Haryana government accounts at the Chandigarh branch of IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, a government official said on Tuesday. The case has been filed against bank...

New Delhi: A medical charter aircraft with seven on board lost radar contact shortly after departing from Ranchi Airport Monday evening, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.​ A crash was confirmed later.​ It was a Beechcraft King Air (BE9L) medical charter flight (operated...

Bengaluru: Hindi film industry actor Ranveer Singh has moved the Karnataka High Court challenging the FIR and quashing of a criminal case registered against him over alleged insult to a 'deity' while mimicking Kantara Chapter-1 film. The controversy relates to remarks allegedly made by the...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Monday, announced that her government has decided to implement the Central government's 'Rah-Veer' scheme that offers a prize of Rs 25,000 to those who save the lives of road accident victims. "Under this scheme, citizens who assist seriously...