India

New Delhi, Oct 16: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court today declared as unconstitutional the law brought by the NDA government to replace the over two-decade- old collegium system of judges appointing judges in the higher judiciary. The apex court, which quashed the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act in an unanimous verdict, also declared as unconstitutional the 99th

Patna, Oct 16: The battle for Bihar entered its second phase on Friday with around 86 lakh voters set to decide the fate of 456 candidates in 32 constituencies spread across six Maoist-hit districts. Voting is taking place in 9,119 polling stations as Kaimur, Rohtas, Arwal, Jehanabad, Aurangabad and Gaya districts went to polls in this phase. Voting started at 7am in all the constituencies

New Delhi, Oct 15: The Supreme Court today stayed the operation of 2014 amendment in the Maharashtra Police Act that had banned dance performances at bars and some other places, paving the way for reopening of dance bars across the state. Referring to the brief history of judicial pronouncement in the case and subsequent amendment in the state law, a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and

Mumbai, Oct 15: The war of words between Shiv Sena and BJP today intensified with the latter questioning the ally's support to actor Sanjay Dutt in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and late Bal Thackeray hosting former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad at his residence. "What sort of nationalism was displayed while backing 1993 blasts accused actor Sanjay Dutt," BJP Mumbai unit president Ashish

New Delhi, Oct 15: Accepting long-pending demands of family members of Subhas Chandra Bose, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that the government would declassifying secret files related to Netaji. PM Modi made the announcement after meeting family members of Netaji today at 7 RCR. He said that the government will start unveiling the secret files related to Bose from January 23

New Delhi, Oct 14: Union Minsiter Ravi Shankar Prasad today questioned eminent writers for returning awards to protest against Kannada author Kalburgi's murder and Dadri lynching, telling them that such voices were "not heard" after incidents like Emergency and Muzaffarnagar riots. "...One thing does pain me sometimes. A number of big incidents happened in the country earlier, also but at that

Mumbai, Oct 14: Amidst signs of growing fissures between the two allies in Maharashtra, the BJP-led state government will discuss the "probability of snapping ties" with the Shiv Sena after it asked BJP to opt out of coalition government if they have any problems with their ally. The "probability of snapping ties" with the Shiv Sena would be discussed in a joint meeting of BJP ministers and party

New Delhi, Oct 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview to Kolkata-based Bangla language newspaper Anand Bazaar Patrika, termed the Dadri incident ‘dukhad’ (unfortunate) and questioned the logic behind blaming the Central government for the incident. He said the Dadri incident and the banning of Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali's concerts were regrettable, but asked if it “is it fair to blame

Mumbai, Oct 14: The Bombay High Court has posted for final hearing today a bunch of petitions challenging the beef ban legislation in Maharashtra. The petitions would be heard by a bench of Justices Abhay Oka and V L Achilya for three days from October 14. In February 2015, the President had granted sanction to Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act. While the Act had banned slaughter of

New Delhi, Oct 13: The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of sacked Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking a court-monitored SIT probe in relation to the two FIRs lodged against him for allegedly forcing his subordinate to file an affidavit in a 2002 riots case and hacking email of a law officer. The bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Arun Mishra also said the trial