New Delhi, 1/8: The Supreme Court on Thursday held that states were empowered to make sub-classification of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, overruling E V Chinnaiah, Bar and Bench reported. A seven-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud with Justices B R Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra,…
Kolkata, 6/9: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Friday referred the anti-rape Bill passed by the assembly to President Droupadi Murmu for her consideration, a Raj Bhavan official said. Bose, who was handed over the technical report of the bill by Chief Secretary Manoj Pant earlier in the day, referred the Bill to…
Chandigarh, 16/3: The new Chief Minister of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann has promised to give a government like Arvind Kejriwal in the state. After taking oath as CM, Bhagwant Mann thanked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal. The special thing about this swearing-in ceremony was that this event was held in Khatkar Kalan, the native…
Punjab, 22/7 (AO Bureau):In Punjab Congress, Navjot Singh Sidhu vs Captain Amarinder Singh seems to be getting brakes. After Sidhu was made the President of Punjab Congress, he is going to be crowned on Friday (July 23). Sources say that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will also attend Navjot Singh Sidhu’s coronation program. Highly placed…
Mumbai, 16/2: Life Insurance Corporation of India is looking to raise about Rs 65,400 crore ($8.7 billion) from its initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Shares of the state-run insurer could be priced between Rs 2,000 to 2,100 each, with discounts to some retail investors, the people said, asking…
New Delhi, 22/7: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Karnataka High Court against former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa that had refused to quash the criminal proceedings pending against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act on charges of de-notifying several acres of land in 2006-07. A bench of Chief Justice…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 47th ASEAN Summit virtually later this month, a decision he confirmed during a phone conversation with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits are scheduled to take place from October 26 to 28 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. During the conversation, both leaders discussed…
Mumbai, 9/7: Hours after Sharad Pawar said that he erred in trusting some people and apologised, the rebel Ajit Pawar-Praful Patel-led faction hit back at the NCP founder-president on Sunday and asked how many places he would tender apologies. Addressing a public meeting in Yeola in Nashik district, Pawar had said: “I erred in trusting…
Mumbai, 21/1 (AO Bureau): The Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to actor Sonu Sood over the alleged illegal construction case in Mumbai. Hearing the petition of Sonu Sood, Justice Prithviraj Chavan said, “The ball is now in the court of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).” Only BMC will take a decision in this…
Patna, 17/3 (AO Bureau): During the proceedings of the budget session of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday, everyone was shocked when CM Nitish’s ministers started misbehaving with the Speaker of the Assembly, Vijay Kumar Sinha in the House. Minister Samrat Chaudhary, who stood to answer during the Question Hour, was enraged when the Speaker…
