SC issues notice, allows EC to continue with electoral roll revision in Bihar

New Delhi, 10/7: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Election Commission of India to continue with its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar calling it a “constitutional mandate”. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi, however, questioned the timing of the exercise besides offering its prima facie view that…

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Vijay Deverakonda, Rana Daggubati, Prakash Raj among 29 actors, influencers, YouTubers booked by ED in online-betting-linked PMLA case

Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case to look into the role of more than two dozen celebrities, including actors like Vijay Deverakonda, Rana Daggubati and Prakash Raj, apart from some social media influencers and YouTubers in Telengana. These outlets are alleged to have generated “illicit” funds worth crores of rupees through…

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RCB disputes tribunal’s remarks that its social media posts drew crowds to Chinnaswamy Stadium during stampede

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL), which owns the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPC team, has moved the Karnataka High Court, challenging certain observations made in a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order. On July 1, the CAT’s Bengaluru bench, while quashing the suspension order of senior IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash, had held that…

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Namibia to launch UPI as PM Modi’s visit sees four bilateral agreements signed

Windhoek: Namibia will roll out the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) later this year, it was announced on Wednesday following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah that focused on imparting a new momentum to the bilateral series. The Modi-Ndaitwah meeting primarily focused on bolstering bilateral cooperation in areas such as digital…

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