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Ex-bureaucrats raise concerns on SC orders on environment

New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), a collective of former civil servants belonging to the All India Services and the Central Services, has raised concerns about recent Supre... Read More


SC: Quota no bar to merit selection in gen category

New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that the mere availability of reservation cannot operate as a bar against a reserved category candidate being considered on merit for unreserved or op... Read More


The hills will stay alive, for now

India, Dec. 30 -- In a welcome course correction, the Supreme Court, revisiting its ruling on the definition of the Aravallis suo motu, decided to stay its November 20 order. The court's move to const... Read More


Poll pressures force a reunion of Pawars

India, Dec. 30 -- Blood is thicker than ideology is a truism when it comes to Indian politics. So, it is no surprise that Sharad and Ajit Pawars have come together to fight municipal elections in Pune... Read More


SP, Cong welcome SC stay on Sengar's sentence suspension

LUCKNOW, Dec. 30 -- Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to stay the Delhi high court order that had suspended the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldee... Read More


UPCC appoints observers for UP MLC polls

LUCKNOW, Dec. 30 -- The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ajay Rai on Monday announced party observers for 11 seats where MLC polls are scheduled to be held next year. Addressing a press conferen... Read More


Receptionist murder: SIT formed to probe into cases against Urmila

Haridwar, Dec. 30 -- A seven member special investigation team (SIT) was constituted on Monday to probe into multiple cases registered against television actress Urmila Sanawar, who claims to be the w... Read More


800 booked in 2 FIRs after violence: Police

Dehradun, Dec. 30 -- Over 800 people, including 21 identified, were booked in two separate FIRs for allegedly indulging in violence and stone pelting at police personnel as residents protested against... Read More


A year of leadership fissures that defined politics in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec. 30 -- The defining images of Karnataka's politics in 2025 were not election rallies or dramatic policy confrontations, but a series of attempts at reconciliation to settle a deeper str... Read More


SC stays Aravalli order, calls for further probe

New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed its November 20 judgment narrowing the definition of Aravalli hills to landforms rising at least 100 metres above the surrounding terrain, hold... Read More