The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing in Central Bureau of Investigation Director Alok Verma’s plea against the Centre’s decision to send him on leave. The court said the matter will be heard on November 29. The top court expressed displeasure over the alleged leak of Verma’s response to the Central Vigilance Commission.
The Patiala House Court in Delhi on Tuesday sentenced to death a man found guilty of killing two Sikh men during the 1984 riots in Delhi.
Union Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj announced that she will not be contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Four IIT Kanpur professors booked for allegedly harassing Dalit colleague
Four professors of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, have been booked for allegedly harassing a Dalit colleague. The professors were booked for defamation and under relevant sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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India and Russia sign $500-million deal to build two warships for the Navy in Goa
India and Russia on Tuesday signed a $500-million deal (Rs 3,571 crore) for the construction of two Indian Navy warships in Goa, PTI reported. State-run defence firm Goa Shipyard Limited signed the agreement with Russia’s Rosoboronexport under a government-to-government framework for defence cooperation.
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Telangana polls: Asaduddin Owaisi accuses Congress candidate of offering Rs 25 lakh to cancel rally
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen President Asaduddin Owaisi accused the Congress candidate in Telangana’s Nirmal constituency of attempting to bribe him by offering Rs 25 lakh to cancel his rally in support of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. The three-time parliamentarian claimed there is a recording of the conversation between A Maheshwar Reddy and a leader of his party.
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Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi government of interfering in CBI, Election Commission and RBI
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Centre of interfering in important institutions such as the Election Commission, the Reserve Bank of India, and the Central Bureau of Investigation.
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Man sentenced to death in murder case related to 1984 riots, another gets life sentence
The Patiala House Court in Delhi on Tuesday sentenced to death one of the men found guilty of killing two Sikh men during the 1984 riots in Delhi, News 18 reported. Yashpal Singh and Naresh Sherawat were held guilty last week for killing Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh in Delhi’s Mahipalpur locality on December 1, 1984. The court sentenced Yashpal Singh to death and Sherawat to life imprisonment.
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Patidar quota agitation: Gujarat court frames sedition charges against Hardik Patel and two aides
A sessions court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday framed charges against Patidar leader Hardik Patel and his aides Dinesh Bambhaniya and Chirag Patel in a sedition case. The Ahmedabad Police had arrested Bambhaniya earlier in the day after a court issued a warrant against him for failing to appear before it.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal attacked with chilli powder outside Secretariat
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was attacked with chilli powder outside the secretariat on Tuesday. Kejriwal escaped unharmed. The attacker, identified as Anil Kumar Hindustani, has been taken into custody.
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Demonetisation was ‘bitter medicine’ used to treat corruption, says Narendra Modi in Madhya Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday termed demonetisation as the “bitter medicine” that he used to return money into the banking system and to give “proper treatment to deep-rooted corruption system” in the country. “We use poisonous medicine to eradicate termite,” Modi said. “Similarly, I used note ban as a tez [bitter] medicine to treat corruption in the country.”
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Supreme Court stays proceedings in case of school boy’s murder in Gurugram school
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the proceedings in a case where the Gurugram Juvenile Justice Board was to reconsider whether a juvenile accused of murdering a seven-year-old can be tried as an adult. The child was found with his throat slit in a toilet at a private school in Gurugram on September 8, 2017.
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Sushma Swaraj says she won’t contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections
Union Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday announced that she will not be contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, ANI reported. Reports said the MP from Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha cited health reasons for her decision.
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Revival plan for Air India will be ready in weeks, says minister Jayant Sinha
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Tuesday announced that the Centre was working on a revival plan for state-run carrier Air India.
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Sabarimala row: Devotees can’t be treated like inmates of Soviet labour camps, says Amit Shah
Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Tuesday termed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s handling of the Sabarimala row as disappointing and said he cannot treat devotees like “inmates of Gulag” in a series of tweets. “The way Pinarayi Vijayan’s govt is handling the sensitive issue of Sabarimala is disappointing,” he tweeted.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Hurriyat leader Hafizullah Mir shot dead in Anantnag
Unidentified assailants shot dead Hurriyat leader Hafizullah Mir in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. Mir was the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat district president and was released from prison jail last month after having served a two-year detention.
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Bihar shelter home rapes: Former minister Manju Verma surrenders
Former Bihar minister Manju Verma, who was absconding in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case, surrendered in a court in Begusarai on Tuesday. The Janata Dal (United) had suspended Verma on November 15. She has been booked in a case related to the recovery of ammunition from her in-laws’ house during a search conducted in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home rapes.
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Amit Shah benefitted politically from Sohrabuddin case, alleges former investigating officer
A former chief investigating officer of the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case on Monday said that Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah and four senior police officers benefitted politically and monetarily from the case. Amitabh Thakur made the statement while deposing before a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Mumbai.
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CBI row: Supreme Court unhappy about ‘leak’ of Alok Verma’s reply to CVC, adjourns hearing
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to November 29 the hearing in the pleas filed by Central Bureau of Investigation Director Alok Verma and non-governmental organisation Common Cause against the government’s decision to send the agency chief on leave.
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Sushmita Sen need not pay tax on Rs 95 lakh harassment payout by Coca Cola, rules tribunal
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has passed an order in favour of Sushmita Sen ruling that the actor is not liable to pay tax on the compensation she received from Coca Cola for settling a sexual harassment complaint. The amount of Rs 95 lakh would not be classified as an “income”, said the authority that adjudicates income tax disputes.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Voting under way in second phase of panchayat elections
The second phase of panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir began on Tuesday amid tight security and a call for shutdown. In the first phase held on November 17, around 75% voters had participated. Seven more phases will be held until December 11.
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Maharashtra: Six dead, 10 wounded in explosion near Army depot in Wardha
At least six people were killed and 10 injured near an Indian Army depot in Pulgaon of Wardha district in Maharashtra on Tuesday, reports said. The blast took place while Army officials were defusing a bomb. The number of wounded is likely to rise.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Army officer, four militants killed in encounter in Shopian, say officials
Four suspected militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday morning, according to reports. Unidentified officials said an Army commando was also killed in the encounter.
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Chhattisgarh elections: 45.2% voting recorded till 3 pm in second phase of polls
Chhattisgarh on Tuesday went to polls for the second and final phase of the Assembly elections. Over one lakh police personnel have been deployed, PTI reported. As many as 19,296 polling booths have been set up for the second phase.
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CBI officer’s corruption allegations against me are baseless and malicious, claims Union minister
Union minister Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary on Monday described as “baseless and malicious” the allegations levelled against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation Joint Director Manish Kumar Sinha and claimed he would resign from politics if they were proven to be true.
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‘We’re aiming to make India a $5-trillion economy in shortest possible time,’ says Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his administration’s goal was to take India into the $5-trillion club in the shortest possible time. Modi was addressing a gathering as he launched the “Ease of Doing Business Grand Challenge” at an event in New Delhi.
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