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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday orally observed that there was no bar under the Judges Inquiry Act on Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla setting up an inquiry committee to probe corruption charges against Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma after a similar motion was...

Jammu: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in a remote village in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday, officials said. The encounter started at Kahog village of Billawar this evening when security forces launched a search operation following information about presence...

New Delhi: The names of 6.5 crore electors were removed from the draft electoral rolls of nine states and three Union territories published in the past days as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being carried out by the Election Commission. Before Phase...

New Delhi: A key member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Aman Bhainswal facing an Interpol Red Notice, was repatriated from the US Wednesday in an operation coordinated by the CBI, officials said. Wanted by the Haryana Police, Bhainswal is facing charges of offences related to...

New Delhi: Flagging non-compliances of rules and directions by civic bodies, the Supreme Court Wednesday said that people were dying not only due to dog bites alone in the country but also because of accidents caused by stray animals on roads. A bench of Justices...

Sukma (Chhattisgarh): As many as 26 Naxalites, 13 of them carrying a collective bounty of Rs 65 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district Wednesday, a senior police official said. The cadres, including seven women, turned themselves in before senior police and CRPF officials here under...

Mumbai: The Congress Wednesday suspended from the party 12 newly-elected councillors in Maharashtra's Ambernath Municipal Council, along with its block president, for forging an alliance with the BJP after last month's civic polls. The BJP forged a post-poll understanding with the Congress and Ajit Pawar's...

Mumbai: The ruling BJP has joined hands with rivals Congress and AIMIM in two municipal councils in Maharashtra, even as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Wednesday said such tie-ups were unacceptable and would be scrapped. Following the civic polls last month, the BJP joined hands with...

Patna/Cuttack: Sangam Kumar Sahoo, who hails from Odisha, was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court Wednesday. The oath was administered by Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan in a ceremony at the Lok Bhavan in Patna, officials said. The function was...

New Delhi: The National Medical Commission's Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) has withdrawn the letter of permission granted to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi for non-compliance with minimum standards. An order issued by the MARB...