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SC dismisses plea challenging 1989 SC/ST Act

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to the constitutional validity of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, observin... Read More


SC directs Yogi govt to replace public prosecutor

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to replace the public prosecutor conducting the Lakhimpur violence trial against Ashish Mishra, son of former ... Read More


BJP seeks to shore up Dalit support ahead of UP polls

NEW DELHI, Sept. 23 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants its cadre in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh to ensure that the party's hold over the substantial Dalit vote-bank- estimated to be about 21% of t... Read More


Nainital water crisis: High court summons officials again

Haldwani/Dehradun, Sept. 23 -- The Uttarakhand high court on Tuesday directed senior officials to appear in person again in connection with a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning waterborne dis... Read More


Forest ranger dies as dumper runs over him in Pratapgarh district

Jaipur, Sept. 23 -- A 40-year-old forest ranger died after a dumper ran over him when he tried to stop suspected illegal soil mining in Pratapgarh district, officials said on Tuesday. According to for... Read More


Rajasthan: Doctor couple, 2 kids killed as truck hits car head-on in Baran district

Kota, Sept. 23 -- Four members of a family - a doctor at a government hospital, his physician wife and their two minor children - were killed after their car collided head-on with a bulk carrier truck... Read More


Forest ranger dies as dumper runs over him in Pratapgarh

Jaipur, Sept. 23 -- A 40-year-old forest ranger died after a dumper ran over him when he tried to stop suspected illegal soil mining in Pratapgarh district, officials said on Tuesday. According to for... Read More


Surendra Koli death probe: Police check CCTVs, call records

Haridwar, Sept. 23 -- Police are examining footage from over 50 CCTV cameras installed in and around the Haridwar district's Sapt Rishi area as part of the probe into the alleged suicide of Surendra K... Read More


Allow Pradhan to fight bypoll if granted bail: HC

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- The Calcutta high court on Tuesday told the West Bengal government to allow Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate in the Nandigram assembly, to contest the upcoming bypolls on con... Read More


President confers National Film Awards

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The 72nd National Film Awards were presented in Gujarat's Ekta Nagar on Tuesday, marking a departure from the recent tradition of holding the ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New De... Read More