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New Delhi, Feb 20: The Supreme Court Thursday ordered status quo and suspended the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said it will examine the procedural lapse in the Tamil Nadu government's decision to grant remission and release within three days the seven convicts in the

New Delhi, Feb 20: The Supreme Court will hear Thursday the centre's plea questioning the Tamil Nadu government to release seven convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam directed the hearing at 12.45 p.m. after Solicitor General Mohan Prasaran mentioned the matter, saying that the seven convicts should not be released till the court

Lucknow, Feb 20: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday witnessed a “topless” protest from opposition members during the governor’s address to the joint session of the House, even as senior minister Azam Khan said that he was expecting “full exposure”. As soon as Governor B L Joshi began his address, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) members carrying placards, posters and banners, denouncing the Akhilesh

New Delhi, Feb 19: Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he was saddened that all the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were being set free by the Tamil Nadu government, a decision condemned by Congress as "irresponsible, perverse and populist". As he came out against the Jayalalithaa government's decision on the assassins of his father, the Congress Vice President also asked that

New Delhi, Feb 19: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's decision for early release of Rajiv Gandhi's killers invited a sharp reaction from Congress, which termed it as "irresponsible, perverse and populist". Slamming AIADMK government's decision, AICC spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said, "Any perverse decision is also liable for judicial scrutiny" but remained evasive when asked whether

New Delhi, Feb 19: Noisy protests erupted in Rajya Sabha today with members opposed to division of Andhra Pradesh trooping into the Well and a TDP member snatching papers from Secretary General Shumsher K Sheriff forcing two adjournments in the pre-lunch sitting. Samajwadi Party MPs were also in the Well seeking a resolution to condemn the black out of Lok Sabha proceedings during the passage the

New Delhi, Feb 19: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday submitted his resignation to governor ESL Narasimhan to protest the UPA government's decision to bifurcate the state and create Telanagna, India's 29th state. Telangana was created on Tuesday after the bill was passed in Lok Sabha with the BJP coming in support of the UPA to clear the Andhra Pradesh State Re

London, Feb 19: In May and June when millions of pilgrims throng Rishikesh and Haridwar in Uttarakhand to take holy dip, levels of antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' have been found 60 times greater than other times of the year, shows research. After studying water samples taken from the upper Ganges river, experts from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi (IIT-Delhi) and Newcastle University

New Delhi, Feb 18: Supreme Court Tuesday commuted the death sentence to the three assassins of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to life imprisonment, holding that the 11-year long delay in deciding their mercy petition had a dehumanising effect on them. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said that the delay was not only inordinate but also unreasonable and unexplained

Nagpur, Feb 18: Seven Maoists were killed in an encounter with Maharashtra police near Alitola village in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra on Tuesday. “The encounter took place near Alitola village on the border of Gondia district and Gadchiroli district around midnight. We have recovered seven bodies and operations are on in this area” Ravindra Kadam, the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of