UP governor okays bill extending Lokayukta’s term
July 7th, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi has given his nod to the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta and Deputy Lokayukta Amendment Bill 2012, which increases the tenure of ... Read more...
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Apex court to rule if states can appeal acquittals in CBI cases
March 19th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court will examine whether states could file an appeal challenging the acquittal in a criminal case, probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation ... Read more...
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Calcutta HC stays compensation to hooch victims’ families
February 7th, 2012 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Monday stayed the payment of compensation declared by the West Bengal government to the families of victims of last December's hooch ... Read more...
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Apex court’s final hearing on Gujarat Lokayukta March 20 (Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday said it would hold final hearing March 20 on the Gujarat government's plea challenging the state high court judgment that ... Read more...
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Apex court’s final hearing on Gujarat Lokayukta March 20
February 3rd, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday said it would hold the final hearing on the Gujarat government's plea challenging the state high court judgment that upheld the ... Read more...
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Gujarat court summons officials on pay hike issue
June 14th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 14 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Tuesday pulled up the state government for inaction on a Supreme Court directive regarding pay hike to judicial officers in the state ... Read more...
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Court notice to state, centre on fixed wages
May 5th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 5 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday issued notice to the union labour ministry and the state government in a case challenging the state's policy of paying its ... Read more...
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How women fend off domestic violence
February 16th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): A woman's arsenal of defences for resisting violence critically depends on her position within the family and community, according to a new study."Women's resistance is often conceptualised only ... Read more...
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Supreme Court orders status quo for Vedanta University project
January 28th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday ordered status quo in respect of land acquired or sought to be acquired for the proposed Vedanta University project at Puri in ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear Vedanta University’s appeal
January 21st, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court will hear Vedanta University's appeal against the Orissa High Court order quashing land acquisition for its university project in Puri.The Orissa government and ... Read more...
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Railways will not forcibly acquire land, says Mamata
December 21st, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IANS) Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday assured farmers that the railways will not forcibly acquire any land for its projects in West Bengal."We ... Read more...
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Orissa moves apex court on proposed Vedanta university
December 15th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 15 (IANS) Orissa Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the state high court's order quashing land acquisition for the proposed Vedanta University in Puri. "Today (Wednesday) the state government has ... Read more...
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Gujarat court dismisses plea against cheap plots to lawmakers
December 14th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Dec 14 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Tuesday dismissed a public interest suit challenging the state government's scheme to give residential plots here to parliament and legislature members at concessional ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: apex court upholds special probe team
November 12th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday dismissed an appeal by the Gujarat government challenging the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the killings of Ishrat ... Read more...
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Contempt case filed against CBI in Jharkhand
October 29th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 29 (IANS) A contempt of court petition was filed against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Jharkhand High Court Friday for not filing any case in the ... Read more...
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Ashis Nandy denied relief in case filed by Gujarat police
September 1st, 2010 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to quash criminal proceedings against political analyst Ashis Nandy which have been initiated by the Gujarat police for his writing an ... Read more...
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CAT scraps promotion given to four IPS officers
August 19th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Thursday declared null and void the promotion given to four senior police officers of West Bengal cadre last year.
The state government has decided ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh asked to reply on civic poll curbs
July 7th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad, July 7 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file a reply on petitions challenging the state government's decision to bar civic poll candidates from using ... Read more...
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IPL matches to be taxed from next year, says Bhujbal
May 8th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal Saturday said that the state government has decided to impose entertainment duty (ED) on the Indian ... Read more...
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Arizona Immigration Law Sparks Boycott Plea
May 7th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
May 7, (THANIDIAN NEWS) The new immigration law of Arizona has created sensation in the US political scene and massive protests against the implementation of the law are being planned. ... Read more...
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Mining halt ordered in Bellary reserved forest
March 11th, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday halted mining and transportation of iron ore from six mines in Bellary reserved forest area in Andhra Pradesh by Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) ... Read more...
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Andhra plea for Muslim quota to be heard March 22
March 11th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday decided to hear March 22 an Andhra Pradesh government's lawsuit challenging the state high court's ruling striking down a law reserving four percent ... Read more...
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Panel to examine paramilitary presence on Osmania campus
February 26th, 2010 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the Andhra Pradesh government to form a high-level three-member panel to examine if paramilitary forces needed to be deployed on the ... Read more...
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Pakistani forces closing in on Taliban: Army chief
October 24th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 24 (IANS) The security forces are closing in on the Taliban in the South Waziristan region along the border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani Army chief has said.
Briefing a high ... Read more...
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Apex court halts order on Uttar Pradesh civil service exams
October 1st, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday suspended an Allahabad High Court order which had scrapped the results of the Uttar Pradesh civil services preliminary examination for 2007 that had ... Read more...
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Apex court keeps alive Jaswant’s plea against book ban
September 8th, 2009 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) With the Gujarat government mulling to challenge the state high court's order lifting the ban on expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh's book ... Read more...
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Apex court halts Mayawati’s memorial spree (Lead)
September 8th, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday brought the Mayawati government's memorial building spree to a halt by extracting an assurance from it against further construction at 45 sites ... Read more...
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Apex court asks Gujarat to explain ban on Jaswant’s book (Lead)
September 1st, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Gujarat government to explain why it banned expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh's book "Jinnah - India, Partition and Independence" ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh official suspended for Dalit remarks moves apex court
July 16th, 2009 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) A senior Uttar Pradesh official Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the state government's decision to suspend him for anti-Dalit remarks he had made in his book ... Read more...
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Vizhinjam port project likely to get delayed further
June 19th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 (IANS) Mumbai-based Zoom Developers, whose bid for the proposed Rs.53.48-billion port at Vizhinjam has been rejected, Friday said it would challenge the decision in court.
"The chief minister (V.S. Achuthanandan) ... Read more...
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Apex court frowns upon doctor for leaving screw inside patient’s body
May 29th, 2009 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday frowned upon a section of doctors for their growing negligence to the extent of leaving screws, forceps and scissors inside their patients' bodies.
"Oh! ... Read more...
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Apex court orders Uttar Pradesh to scrap NSA against Varun (Second Lead)
May 14th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) More than a month after the Uttar Pradesh government slapped the stringent National Security Act on Bharatiya Janata Party's Varun Gandhi for his hate speeches, the ... Read more...
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Himachal court advances hearing on Brakel’s hydropower project
April 23rd, 2009 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 22 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Wednesday advanced the date of final hearing in a case filed by Reliance Energy challenging the state government's allotment of a multi-million dollar ... Read more...
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Brakel gets more time to respond to Reliance Energy’s petition
March 31st, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 31 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Tuesday gave more time to Brakel Corp of Holland to file its reply on a petition filed by Reliance Energy challenging the state ... Read more...
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Goa stops offshore casino operations ahead of court hearing
March 18th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 18 (IANS) After dragging its feet for months, the Goa government has directed the state's six offshore casinos to suspend their operations on grounds of pollution and sealed restaurants on ... Read more...
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