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At all-party meeting, PM urged to concentrate on polls and safety

Kathmandu, Dec. 6 -- Leaders of various political parties have urged the government to focus on the March elections. During an all-party meeting at Prime Minister Sushila Karki's residence on Friday, ... Read More


HC questions TN over failure to allow lamp ritual; state moves SC

Bengaluru/Chennai, Dec. 6 -- The Madras high court on Friday asked the Tamil Nadu government once again to "explain" its "repeated failure" to permit the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam lamp atop the... Read More


Rijiju: No new deadline for Waqf registration, no penalties for 3 months

India, Dec. 6 -- Union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday ruled out extending the deadline for registering Waqf properties on the UMEED portal but said his ministry, recognising the conc... Read More


Israeli LMGs head to India next year

JERUSALEM, Dec. 6 -- A leading Israeli defence firm has said it intends to supply the first batch of 40,000 light machine guns (LMGs) to India starting early next year, while it is in the final stages... Read More


Sharad Pawar rules out alliance with Ajit Pawar faction for upcoming local body elections.

Pune, Dec. 6 -- Sharadchandra Pawar, chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction), has clearly stated that his party will not contest the upcoming local self-government elections in ... Read More


Supreme Court Judges calls for 'Cooperative Ecological Federalism', traditional wisdom at NGT meet

Chennai, Dec. 6 -- Supreme Court Judges today called for 'Cooperative Ecological Federalism' and traditional wisdom at the The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone Bench (SZB), and the Souther... Read More


Kerala High Court stays arrest of Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in rape case

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 6 -- The Kerala High Court has stayed the arrest of Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who has been absconding in the rape case registered against him. The bench of Justice K B... Read More


Law to declare social boycott crime on anvil

Bengaluru, Dec. 6 -- Karnataka is preparing to introduce a law that would make social boycott a criminal offence, a move officials said is designed to counter deeply rooted forms of exclusion that con... Read More


What is Right to Disconnect Bill introduced in Lok Sabha and can it clear Parliament?

India, Dec. 6 -- Supriya Sule, Lok Sabha MP from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), introduced a private member's bill in the lower house on Friday seeking legal right for employees... Read More


Upalokayukta's remarks trigger political slugfest

Bengaluru, Dec. 6 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday took to social media to rebut an appeal by the BJP for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into comments made by the state's Upal... Read More