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New Delhi, Nov 13: Paving way for closure of long- pending Jet-Etihad deal, fair trade regulator CCI on Tuesday approved the proposed acquisition of 24 % stake in the Naresh Goyal-led Indian carrier by Abu Dhabi-based airline. Etihad is acquiring this stake for Rs 2,058 crore in a deal that was announced in April this year, becoming the first-ever FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in an Indian

New Delhi, Nov 12: Hit by allegations of sexual misbehaviour by one of its judges, the Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a three-judge committee to go into the charge of a woman intern that she was sexually harassed last December by a judge, who retired recently. Observing that he was concerned as head of the institution (judiciary), Chief Justice P Sathasivam said, “In the cases of sexual

New Delhi, Nov 12: Cautioning the CBI to respect the line that divides policy making and policing, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said investigating agency must confine to policing and not question the policy. "I would caution the investigating agency to respect the line that divides policy making and policing," Chidambaram said while speaking at the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI

New Delhi, Nov 12: An allegation of sexual assault has hit the Supreme Court with a young woman intern accusing a sitting judge, who retired recently, of misbehaving with her in a hotel room last December when the nation was grappling with the gangrape of a woman in the capital. The allegation, levelled by the young woman lawyer against an unnamed judge, was raised in the apex court before the

New Delhi, Nov 12: Registration of FIR in cognizable offence is a must and action must be taken against police officials for not lodging a case in such offences, the Supreme Court held on Tuesday. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said, “We hold registration of FIR is mandatory and no preliminary enquiry is permissible in cognizable offences.” The bench, also

New Delhi, Nov 12: National capital New Delhi was rattled by at least four earthquakes in a span of a few hours early on Tuesday. The first quake, measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 12.41am, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The IMD said the tremors lasted for three to four seconds. The epicentre of the quake was centered near Sainik Farms area in South Delhi and

Raipur, Nov 11: Defying a boycott call of Maoists, over a third of the voters on Monday cast their ballot in the first phase of Assembly Elections in Chhattisgarh that saw a blast in Kanker and a clash in Jagdalpur. A CRPF jawan was killed in Naxal firing in Dantewada. Brisk polling was reported in the early hours as several polling booths in the forested interiors were deserted bt it picked up as

New Delhi, Nov 11: The Centre has ordered a probe into the source of foreign funding received by Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which will make its political debut in the December 4 Delhi state election. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said, "Whatever the source of funding is, which country it is coming from, to probe this we have given it to the ministry. We had got complaints

New Delhi, Nov 11: In the midst of a raging debate over probe into various high-profile cases including in the coal block allocation scam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked CBI to tread cautiously in policy matters as "decisions which appear sensible ex-ante may ex-post turn out to be faulty" and "errors of judgement are distinguished from criminal acts". Speaking at the international

Raipur, Nov 11: Balloting picked up as the day progressed in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh assembly elections Monday while a trooper was injured in a huge blast in Kanker and a candidate was left bloodied in a clash between Congress and BJP workers. Maoists disrupted voting in forest areas at nine polling booths in Bijapur, Sukma, Konta and Antagarh assembly constituencies. A Border Security