Post-retirement appointment of judges threat to judiciary: Congress

New Delhi (IANS) After the appointment of S. Abdul Nazeer as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, the Congress said on Sunday that 'it was a threat to the judiciary'.

Congress leader and eminent lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi quoted Late Arun…

Bengal-Centre tussle erupts over expenses for bearing cost of central armed forces

Kolkata (IANS) A fresh tussle has erupted between the Central and West Bengal governments over the expenses towards deployment of central armed forces personnel in the state on various occasions.

On Friday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…

Excise Policy Scam: ED arrests YSR Congress MP's son

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested YSR Congress MP Magunta Srinivas Reddy's son Raghav Magunta in connection with the Delhi Excise Scam.

This happens to be the third arrest made by the central probe agency…

PM Modi flags off two Vande Bharat trains, launches Mumbai infra projects

Mumbai (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off two new Vande Bharat Express trains linking Mumbai with Solapur and Sainagar Shirdi, amid cheers and clapping from the passengers and the audiences, here on Friday afternoon.

Landing here…

'Cannot impose censorship', SC junks Hindu Sena plea for ban on BBC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL filed by Hindu Sena seeking a ban on the BBC for airing the documentary, 'India: The Modi Question' on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

A bench headed by Justice Sanjiv…

WBSSC starts process of termination of illegally appointed non-teaching staff

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Friday started the process of termination or cancellation of appointments of illegally appointed non- teaching staff in Group-D category by publishing the names of 2,819 such candidates…

Ashok Gehlot reads out old budget for 8 minutes, alleges Vasundhara Raje

Jaipur (IANS) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday alleged that CM Ashok Gehlot read out from the old budget in the Assembly.

She said that Gehlot kept on reading from the budget for almost eight minutes.

"A Chief…

Centre notifies appointment of two new SC judges, will have full working strength now

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre has notified the appointment of justices Rajesh Bindal and Aravind Kumar as judges of the Supreme Court.

With their appointments, the Supreme Court will have a full working strength of 34 judges. Justice Bindal is…

Can't regularise daily wager if not appointed against sanctioned post: SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court has stressed that regularisation of a daily wager cannot be done unless the appointment has been made by the competent authority against a sanctioned post.

In February 2020, a division bench of the Madhya…

Govt willing to give cooking gas subsidy if global prices come down: Hardeep Puri

New Delhi (IANS) If international gas prices come down, the government could give relief to consumers on cooking gas through subsidy, the Parliament was told on Thursday.

Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri said in Lok Sabha during Question Hour…