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New Delhi, Jan 31: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar and agreed to review its judgment by which it had rejected the 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict's plea to commute his death sentence to life term. A four-judge bench headed by chief justice P Sathasivam issued notice to the Centre and Delhi government on a curative petition filed by

New Delhi, Jan 31: Family of late Justice J S Verma has refused to accept the Padma Bhushan award conferred on him by the government posthumously, saying accepting it would be against his principles as he never "hankered" for any such honour. In a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, Verma's wife Pushpa said, "The greatest honour to him remains how he is held in the hearts and minds of his fellow

New Delhi, Jan 31: The dust is still to settle on the faceoff between the UPA and the Aam Aadmi Party's government in Delhi over who should control the Delhi police, but the Union government is already wary of another impending confrontation with Arvind Kejriwal and his supporters, this time over the Jan Lokpal Bill. The Aam Aadmi Party has stated its intention of passing the bill at a public

New Delhi, Jan 30: Acting tough, aviation regulator DGCA today took penal action against three airlines by taking away six landing slots at the Delhi airport for not using pilots trained to land in foggy conditions and not equipping aircraft with mandatory devices to negate the effect of fog, resulting in diversion of flights. The six slots -- two each of IndiGo, GoAir and Jet Airways --were

Hyderabad, Jan 30: The Andhra Pradesh assembly, by a voice vote Thursday, rejected the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2013 on creating a separate Telangana state. Amid protests by legislators from Telangana, Speaker N. Manohar announced that a resolution moved by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy for rejecting the bill was carried and adjourned the house sine-die. The chief minister, in his

New Delhi, Jan 29: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal decided to end his protest after he was categorically told that force would be used to evict him and his supporters from the protest site, adjoining Rajpath, and that he would be solely responsible for the consequences. Highly placed sources said that the government decision to use force, if necessary, to clear the area outside Rail Bhavan

New Delhi, Jan 29: Amid indications of unease between his party and RJD, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi here to urge her to take the lead in finalising the alliance in Bihar as “clarity” was required on seat-sharing among the allies. LJP sources said Mr. Paswan told Ms Gandhi that his party will not talk to RJD chief Lalu Prasad on

Mumbai, Jan 29: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Women’s Commission member Asha Mirje has triggered a controversy by saying that women’s clothing and behaviour are reasons for rape. Speaking at a gathering of NCP women’s wing in Nagpur, Mirje said, “Why did Shakti Mill rape victim go to an isolated spot at 6 pm?” According to reports, Asha said that the Delhi gang-rape

United Nations, Jan 29: India has by far the largest population of illiterate adults at 287 million, amounting to 37 per cent of the global total, a United Nations report said highlighting the huge disparities existing in education levels of the country's rich and poor. The 2013/14 Education for All Global Monitoring Report said India's literacy rate rose from 48 per cent in 1991 to 63 per cent in

Chennai, Jan 29: Amid the simmering sibling rivalry in the DMK's first family that triggered the suspension of his elder son M K Alagiri from the party, DMK chief M Karunanidhi has written to the Prime Minister seeking additional security for his younger son Stalin. Party sources said the DMK president had recently written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking increased protection, "after the