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  • SC rings alarm bells for chronic litigants

    NEW DELHI: The publicity hungry who rush to higher courts with public interest litigations based on newspaper headlines were put on warning on Friday after the Supreme Court refused to interfere with an Allahabad High Court order asking a persistent PIL litigant to deposit Rs 25,000 with every PIL she filed.

    NEW DELHI: The publicity hungry who rush to higher courts with public interest litigations based on newspaper headlines were put on warning on Friday after the Supreme Court refused to interfere with an Allahabad High Court order asking a persistent PIL litigant to deposit Rs 25,000 with every PIL she filed.

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  • Doctored image lands activist Teesta in a soup

     NEW DELHI: A photoshopped image has landed activist Teesta Setalvad in a soup. The image, which she tweeted on Friday afternoon, juxtaposed a picture of the deceased American journalist James

     NEW DELHI: A photoshopped image has landed activist Teesta Setalvad in a soup. The image, which she tweeted on Friday afternoon, juxtaposed a picture of the deceased American journalist James

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  • HC says couple become friends after divorce

    CHENNAI: Even though a man and his wife cease to be spouses after divorce, they continue to be 'friends', and both would retain their claim over their children, the Madras high court has said.

    CHENNAI: Even though a man and his wife cease to be spouses after divorce, they continue to be 'friends', and both would retain their claim over their children, the Madras high court has said.

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  • Pak opens fire at two BSF posts in J and K

    JAMMU: The Pakistan Rangers on Friday violated the ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the international border in Jammu district, police said.

    JAMMU: The Pakistan Rangers on Friday violated the ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the international border in Jammu district, police said.

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  • Three militants killed in encounter in Meghalaya

    SHILLONG: Three armed militants were shot dead and one person was injured in an encounter in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district today during 'Operation 'Hill Storm' launched to flush out militants from their hideouts in the jungle, police said.

    SHILLONG: Three armed militants were shot dead and one person was injured in an encounter in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district today during 'Operation 'Hill Storm' launched to flush out militants from their hideouts in the jungle, police said.

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  • Licence raj has no room Approvals for hotels eased

     NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from PM NarendraModi, the tourism ministry has cut down on licenceraj, bringing down the number of mandatory approvals for hotels from 17-18 down to two

     NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from PM NarendraModi, the tourism ministry has cut down on licenceraj, bringing down the number of mandatory approvals for hotels from 17-18 down to two

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  • Congress CMs wary of sharing dais with PM Narendra Modi

    NEW DELHI: Shaken by the booing of their Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday, Congress chief ministers are wary of sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in election-bound states, fearing that BJP would use these events to embarrass them by orchestrating protests.

    NEW DELHI: Shaken by the booing of their Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday, Congress chief ministers are wary of sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in election-bound states, fearing that BJP would use these events to embarrass them by orchestrating protests.

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  • BJP sold false dreams Sonia says

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the Narendra Modi government for peddling the schemes and policies of UPA as its own, saying the rival which came to power by selling "false dreams" was now propagating falsehoods.

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the Narendra Modi government for peddling the schemes and policies of UPA as its own, saying the rival which came to power by selling "false dreams" was now propagating falsehoods.

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  • SC had ordered toilets in all schools in 2012

    NEW DELHI: If a Supreme Court order of 2012 was implemented properly, government schools would not have been without toilets and drinking water facility.

    NEW DELHI: If a Supreme Court order of 2012 was implemented properly, government schools would not have been without toilets and drinking water facility.

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  • Centre rubbishes Assam CMs charge on border violence

    NEW DELHI: The home ministry and CRPF on Wednesday rubbished Assam CM Tarun Gogoi's charge that the central paramilitary forces did not intervene to prevent clashes on the Assam-Nagaland border though the area comes under their control.

    NEW DELHI: The home ministry and CRPF on Wednesday rubbished Assam CM Tarun Gogoi's charge that the central paramilitary forces did not intervene to prevent clashes on the Assam-Nagaland border though the area comes under their control.

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