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SC slams SBI for 'borderline harassment' of small borrowers

New Delhi, June 16 -- The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the State Bank of India (SBI) and other banks for subjecting ordinary borrowers to what it described as "borderline harassment" while p... Read More


SC stays all proceedings before HCs against transgender law

New Delhi, June 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed further proceedings before four high courts hearing challenges to the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights)... Read More


TMC split puts laws on defection in the dock

India, June 16 -- Only a rookie observer of Indian politics will believe that 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha members spontaneously decided to join a little-known Tripura-based party that ... Read More


4 crucial state Polls May Be conducted Early Due to Census

New Delhi, June 16 -- BJP leaders in the poll-bound states of Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and UP are gearing up for the possibility of assembly elections being advanced by at least a month, as the polls,... Read More


Amid defection buzz, Sena (UBT) MP calls on Sena minister in Delhi

MUMBAI, June 16 -- A day after five of nine Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha MPs skipped a meeting called by party chief Uddhav Thackeray, the Yavatmal-Washim MP Sanjay Deshmukh met union minister and Shiv S... Read More


HC upholds de-affiliation of Pawar-led wrestling body

MUMBAI, June 16 -- The Bombay High Court has upheld the de-affiliation of the Maharashtra State Wrestling Association (MSWA) led by NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, from the Wrestling Federation of India ... Read More


Plea against Kushwaha's son continuing as Bihar min, SC issues notices

New Delhi, June 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Election Commission of India (ECI) and Bihar panchayati raj minister Deepak Prakash on a petition questioning his continuanc... Read More


RTI activism is 'new business': SC denies pre-arrest bail

New Delhi, June 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to a so-called RTI activist from Punjab and his aide observing that RTI activism has now become a "new business" as it took s... Read More


4 crucial state Polls May Be conducted Early Due to Census

New Delhi, June 16 -- BJP leaders in the poll-bound states of Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and UP are gearing up for the possibility of assembly elections being advanced by at least a month, as the polls,... Read More


SC stays hearing of pleas against trans act in HCs

New Delhi, June 16 -- The Supreme Court has stayed proceedings before four high courts hearing challenges to the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act... Read More