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BCI: The fallout of a solo diktat

India, Aug. 17 -- The Bar Council of India (BCI) has hogged the limelight recently for the wrong reasons. Its Chairman, Manan Kumar Mishra, is facing the wrath of the nation. The reason is his diktat,... Read More


Cauvery row: SC to hear Tamil Nadu plea on Monday

India, Aug. 17 -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking directions to the Karnataka government for immediate release of its share of Cauvery wate... Read More


SC to hear Rahul Gandhi's assets plea on Monday

India, Aug. 17 -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order which directed the CBI and ED to verify the allegation... Read More


Harsimrat demands NIA probe into both assassination bids on Sukhbir

Ferozepur, Aug. 17 -- Bathinda MP and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday said she had written to Union home minister Amit Shah seeking an NIA investigation into the... Read More


In Amritsar, Saini pitches for double-engine govt in Punjab

AMRITSAR, Aug. 17 -- Exuding confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the next government in Punjab, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said the "double-engine govern... Read More


Randhawa, Warring sparover 'one family, one ticket'

Chandigarh/Ludhiana, Aug. 17 -- The factional feud in the Punjab Congress intensified on Saturday, with senior leader and Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa taking a swipe at state party chief Ama... Read More


Tribunals can order eviction of others to protect elderly: SC

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that tribunals constituted under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 have the power to order eviction of persons from... Read More


vande mataram: Shah slams Sonia,Gehlot hits back

Jaipur, Aug. 17 -- The singing of Vande Mataram during Independence Day celebrations triggered a political slugfest between the BJP and Congress, with Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday targeting... Read More


ASHA workers' honorarium raised by 10%

Jaipur, Aug. 17 -- The Rajasthan government has announced a 10% increase in the honorarium of ASHA workers, while chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma transferred more than Rs.74 crore directly to benefic... Read More


Raj to bring Civil Code in line with constitutional spirit: CM

Jaipur, Aug. 17 -- Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has said his government is working towards introducing the Rajasthan Civil Code-2026 in accordance with the constitutional mandate for a Uniform Civ... Read More