SC stays Allahabad HC order on urban body polls without OBC quota

New Delhi, 4/1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court’s order directing the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct urban local bodies polls without reserving seats for Other Backward Classes.   A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha noted that if elections are held without reservations, a…

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Siddheshwar Swami of Jnanayogashrama passes away

Vijaypura, 3/1: Siddeshwar Swami, the seer of the Jnanayogashrama here, who was known for his scholarly discourses and powerful oratory passed away on Monday. The 81-year-old seer was suffering from age-related ailments for some time now.   Announcing the passing away of the seer who was known as “walking god” among his disciples, Deputy Commissioner…

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There was no pothole on road where Rishabh Pant’s car met with accident: NHAI official

Uttarakhand, 3/2: There were no potholes on the road where cricketer Rishabh Pant’s car met with a near-fatal accident, a National Highways Authority of India official said on Monday.     Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, after meeting the cricketer at a hospital in Dehradun on Sunday, had said Pant told him that his…

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Russia says 63 soldiers killed by Ukrainian strike in Donetsk region

Kyiv, 2/1: Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Monday that 63 Russian soldiers had been killed in a Ukrainian New Year’s Eve attack on their quarters in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk province. Footage posted online showed a building purported to be a vocational college in the town of Makiivka, twin city of the regional…

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