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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday directed refund of air tickets, domestic and international, for travel during the COVID-19 lockdown period from March 25 to May 24 within three weeks from the date of the cancellation of flights. Accepting the Centre’s proposal, the top court directed that if the tickets have been booked through an […]
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New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he would still hold a ‘Namaste Trump’ event in honour of US President Donald Trump after he questioned India’s COVID-19 numbers and accused it of concealing figures during the presidential debate. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel questioned the government if it would answer […]
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Says economic slowdown doesn't qualify as internal disturbance
New Delhi: Economic slowdown created by COVID-19 pandemic does not qualify as internal disturbance threatening the security of state, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while quashing the notifications of Gujarat government which exempted factories from observing certain obligations towards workers. The apex court said that economic hardships caused by the pandemic certainly pose unprecedented […]
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Lucknow: A special court here has said the CBI did not probe on an “important” secret information that people from Pakistan intelligence agency may have also entered and damaged the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid in Ayodhya to foment communal disturbances in the country. Special Judge S K Yadav referred to inconsistencies in testimonies of several […]
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New Delhi: India on Thursday strongly rejected Pakistan’s criticism of the acquittal of all the 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, saying it may be difficult for the neighbouring country, having a “coercive apparatus”, to understand the ethos of democracy and rule of law. Pakistan Foreign Office on Wednesday condemned the acquittal of […]
Added on October 1, 2020
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Lucknow: Twenty-eight years after the Babri Masjid was razed, a court here acquitted all 32 people including BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti accused of being involved in the demolition of the mosque they believed occupied the spot where Lord Ram was born. In a judgment that ran to 2,300 […]
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New Delhi: The CPI(M) described the acquittal of all the accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case by a special CBI court in Lucknow on Wednesday as a “travesty of justice”. The court acquitted all the 32 accused in the case, including BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, in the absence […]
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New Delhi: India and China on Wednesday held another round of diplomatic dialogue on the border standoff in eastern Ladakh, and emphasised the need to implement the decisions arrived at the last round of military talks to avoid misunderstandings and maintain stability on the ground. After the virtual talks under the framework of the Working […]
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Srinagar: The bodies of three persons killed in an alleged fake encounter by the Army in Shopian district of south Kashmir in July this year will be exhumed and handed over to their families after the due process of law, a senior police officer said here on Wednesday. “Since the DNA samples (of the deceased) […]
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New Delhi: State-run hydro power giant NHPC on Wednesday said its 120 MW Sewa-II power station in Jammu and Kashmir has been shut till March 31, 2021 due to some damage in its head race tunnel (HRT). The HRT carries water from intake to a power house for electricity generation. “It is to inform that […]
