Cash-for-query row: HC reserves order on Mahua Moitra’s plea against defamatory content

New Delhi, 20/12: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment in a plea by expelled MP and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra for interim injuction against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai from making any defamatory statements against her. Both the defendants alleged that the leader accepted bribes from businessman…

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Kejriwal leaves for 10-day Vipassana session; to skip ED questioning

New Delhi, 20/12: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning on December 21, left for an undisclosed location for a 10-day Vipassana meditation course on Wednesday, officials said. The ED on Monday issued fresh summons to the Delhi chief minister for questioning in the excise policy-linked money laundering case….

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Need to be alert, but no need to panic: Mandaviya after review meet amid rise in Covid cases

New Delhi, 20/12: Amid an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday reviewed the preparedness of health facilities and impressed upon the states to be alert and increase surveillance. Assuring the states of receiving all support from the Centre, he said, “We need to be on the alert…

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Israel battles Hamas on streets of Gaza city as UN delays vote again

Gaza, 20/12: Israeli troops and Hamas militants fought fierce gunbattles on the streets of Gaza’s second-biggest city on Wednesday. United Nations delayed a vote on a bid to boost aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave facing a humanitarian disaster. Israel’s campaign to eradicate Hamas militants behind an Oct. 7 massacre has left the coastal enclave…

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Gyanvapi row: Allahabad HC junks Muslim side’s pleas, permits suit seeking temple restoration

Prayagraj, 19/12: Holding that the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title case is of “national importance”, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed all pleas challenging the maintainability of a 1991 civil suit pending before a Varanasi court seeking restoration of a temple at the site where the mosque exists. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal held that the…

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49 Lok Sabha MPs suspended for disrupting House proceedings

New Delhi, 19/12: As many as 49 Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the House for disrupting proceedings on Tuesday, a day after 78 opposition members were suspended from Parliament.   The MPs suspended on Tuesday include National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and Karti Chidambaram and Samajwadi Party MP Dimple…

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At least 116 dead, 400 hurt as China reels after 6.2 magnitude earthquake

Beijing, 19/13: At least 116 people were killed and nearly 400 others injured when a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck a remote mountainous region in northwest China just before midnight, the local earthquake relief headquarters said on Tuesday. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, the shallow quake jolted Gansu and Qinghai provinces at 11:59 pm…

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