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New Delhi, Nov 28: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved the order on a petition filed by former finance minister P Chidambaram challenging the Delhi High Court order denying bail to him in INX Media money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). A bench headed by Justice R Banumathi reserved the order after hearing lawyers appearing for Chidambaram and the ED. "We have

New Delhi, Nov 28: A Delhi court on Thursday was informed that the execution warrant in 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case has not been issued yet. The special public prosecutor (SPP) Rajiv Mohan told the court that neither the execution warrant has been issued nor the curative petition has been filed. "The process under Section 413 CrPC has not happened yet," he added. Under section 413, the execution

Mumbai, Nov 28: With Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray set to take oath as Maharashtra's chief minister, the party on Thursday heaped praises on NCP chief Sharad Pawar and termed him 'margdarshak' (guide) of the new government in the state. Though the Shiv Sena espouses the Hindutva ideology, it formed the 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' alliance with the NCP and Congress when the Uddhav Thackeray-led

New Delhi, Nov 28: The ruling BJP is expected to be the highest vote getter in Jharkhand, winning between 28 and 38 seats, but the opposition alliance of Congress-JMM together with RJD could give the BJP a tough fight, says the IANS-CVoter Jharkhand Opinion Poll. According to the opinion poll, though the BJP is the most favoured party in the state, it might not make the winning figure of 41 seats

New Delhi, Nov 28: Cracking the whip on its serial-offender MP Pragya Thakur, who hailed Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse in Lok Sabha, The BJP on Thursday barred her from attending its parliamentary party meeting in the ongoing Parliament session and removed her from the consultative committee on defence. BJP working president J P Nadda announced the disciplinary action against her and

Vatakara, Nov 28: A petrol tanker overturned at Vatakara near here on Thursday spilling 12,000 litres of fuel on the road, police said. The incident occurred at around 5.30 am and left the driver of the truck injured, they said. "Fire engines reached the spot and we have contained the situation.... The tanker had 12,000 litres of fuel... all the fuel has been spilled," a fireman in the rescue team

New Delhi, Nov 27: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met former finance minister P Chidambaram at Tihar Jail on Wednesday. The meeting comes ahead of the Supreme Court hearing Chidambaram's bail application in the INX Media corruption case. The senior Congress leader was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case

Mumbai, Nov 27: NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who last week supported the BJP to form a short-lived government in Maharashtra, on Wednesday said he continued to be in his party and that there was no reason "to create" confusion about it. "I have nothing to say (right now), I will speak at the right time. I had said earlier also, I am in the NCP and I will remain in the NCP. There is no reason to create

Mumbai, Nov 27: Maharashtra CM-designate and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday. Thackeray, to be sworn-in as CM on Thursday, was accompanied by wife Rashmi, an official said. The Shiv Sena chief will be the first from the Thackeray family to be sworn in as the chief minister. The Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress on Tuesday named

Kochi, Nov 26: A team of gender rights activists led by Trupti Desai, which was headed for Sabarimala to offer prayers at Lord Ayyappa temple was denied police protection on Tuesday amidst protests by devotees, members of a right wing outfit and BJP here, against their entry into the shrine. The Kerala government dubbed Desai's attempt to visit Sabarimala as a "conspiracy". As soon as the team of