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Lawyer accused of bribing judges in Kerala moves High Court to quash case

A lawyer accused of taking money from his clients under the guise of settling cases allegedly by bribing judges has moved the Kerala HC seeking to quash the FIR

Govt to push producers to use recycled steel as 50% input by 2047: Scindia

Union Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said his ministry will push primary steel producers to use 50 per cent of their input from scrapped/recycled steel by 2047

Delhi excise scam: BJP stage protest at AAP office, asks Kejriwal to resign

Delhi BJP leaders and workers staged a protest at the AAP office here demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the ED named him in a charge sheet in the excise scam case

Rs 7,000 cr proposed budgetary allocation for eCourts project phase 3: CJI

The proposed allocation of Rs 7,000 crore in the 2023-24 budget for phase three of the eCourts Project will enhance judicial institutions and efficiency, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said

India's macro fundamentals unaffected by Adani FPO withdrawal: Sitharaman

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said India's macro fundamentals and economic image are not affected by the Adani's withdrawal of its Rs 20,000 cr FPO

Govt displaying its anti-minority policy as 'badge of honour': Chidambaram

The government is on overdrive to make life more difficult for minority students, he alleged

Budget's focus is growth; Mumbai should be liking proposals: FM Sitharaman

She gave credit for ensuring growth to the people of the country, who absorbed the relief and policy measures introduced by the government since the onset of the pandemic

Budget session: Smriti Irani slams Cong for disrupting Parl proceedings

Proceedings in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were disrupted as Opposition members raised slogans demanding a discussion and a JPC probe into the fraud-allegation-triggered rout

Kejriwal again asks LG to allow Finland visit of Delhi school teachers

He made the request in a tweet in Hindi, issued soon after Punjab CM flagged off the first batch of 36 state government school principals for a visit to Singapore for professional training

BJP appoints new Sikkim unit chief, after Chauhan quits citing indifference

BJP national president J P Nadda also appointed N K Subba its legislative party leader and made D T Lepcha, an MLA, a "special invitee" to the national executive committee

Sri Lanka must correct its errors, failures: Prez at 75th Independence Day

In his message, Wickremesinghe said: Our 75th anniversary of independence from colonial rule is being observed during an extremely critical and challenging time in the country

BJP govt at Centre fighting with everyone, alleges Delhi CM Kejriwal

"Why does the central government fight with everyone? With judges, Supreme Court, state governments, farmers and traders?" asked Kejriwal

Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan on account of blasphemous content: Report

Pakistan has blocked Wikipedia after the website refused to remove offensive or blasphemous material, according to a media report on Saturday.

India logs 128 fresh Covid infections, active cases rise to 1,792

The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 0.09 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.07%

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar handed 21-month ban after failing dope test

Her ban period will, however, end on July 10 this year as it was counted from the day (October 11, 2011) the sample was collected

India committed to preserving, popularising all culture, traditions: HC

Our diversity and composite culture is a matter of great pride and strength for us, Indian High Commissioner P Kumaran said at the launch of the two-day festival, A Slice of Paradise in Singapore

G20's sustainable finance group to work on capacity building in segment

Capacity building of the ecosystem for financing sustainable development was among the priority areas taken up for discussion in the 1st SFWG meet, Geetu Joshi, adviser, Ministry of Finance, said

LG assures no harm to common man in ongoing anti-encroachment drive in J-K

"Only those people who have grabbed land illegally are facing eviction," said LG

Amit Shah to visit Jharkhand's Deoghar today; will address BJP rally

He will also be participating in the centenary celebrations of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapeeth in Deoghar

DU offers 2 seats each in UG, PG courses to orphans from next academic year

Such students will also be exempted from payment of any kind of fees, they said