Congress to file petition in SC against release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts

New Delhi, 21/11: Congress will file a plea in the Supreme Court this week challenging its decision to release the six convicts of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, party sources said on Monday.     The party’s decision came days after the Narendra Modi government moved the apex court seeking a review of its order…

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L-G gives go-ahead, Delhi govt to challenge SC acquittal of Chhawla gangrape-murder accused

New Delhi 21/11: Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the filing of a petition in the Supreme Court challenging its decision to acquit three convicts in the 2012 Chhawla rape-and-murder case who were awarded the death sentence by a lower court, officials said on Monday.     Saxena has also approved engaging Solicitor General…

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Three persons killed as goods train rams into a railway station in Odisha

Jajpur, 21/10: In a shocking development, 3 passengers were killed and two others seriously injured when a goods train got derailed and rammed into passengers waiting under the shed at Korai station in Odisha’s Jajpur district early Monday. Nirakar Das, an ECoR spokesperson said  “A goods train got derailed at about 6.44a.m at Korai Station…

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Dr Ambedkar was India’s first male feminist: Shashi Tharoor

New Delhi, 19/11: Dr B R Ambedkar was India’s first male feminist, who propagated such ideas decades back that could be considered as progressive even for the current generation of politicians, Congress leader and writer Shashi Tharoor said here on Saturday. He was speaking during an interaction programme at the ongoing Goa Heritage Festival.  …

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