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Muzaffarnagar, Jan 21: The Uttar Pradesh government has sought information on the possibility of withdrawing nine criminal cases pending in a court here against BJP leaders in connection with 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, according to a letter to the district magistrate by a senior state official. The cases were filed against UP Minister Suresh Rana, former Union minister Sanjiv Balyan, MP Bhartendu

New Delhi, Jan 20: The CBI judge Justice B.H. Loya death case will come up for hearing on on January 22 and a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra will hear two petitions in connection with the matter, according to the Supreme Court cause list. The two petitions are seeking an independent probe into the death of Justice Loya, who died in alleged suspicious circumstances in 2014

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad seems to be divided over the recent controversy regarding VHP international working president Pravin Togadia. Many in the central leadership have started maintaining a distance after the recent allegations by Togadia on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government, while many VHP leaders have decided to stand by him. Meanwhile, RSS is reportedly mulling to

New Delhi, Jan 19: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said the Election Commission (EC) has hit "a new low" by recommending that 20 AAP MLAs be disqualified for holding 'offices of profit', because the electoral body "didn't give the legislators a chance to present their case". AAP also called the EC's decision a "conspiracy" against the party that rode an anti-corruption wave to win Delhi by a

Mumbai, Jan 19: A city-based lawyers' association today filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay High Court against the CBI decision not to challenge a lower court order discharging BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case. In the PIL, the Bombay Lawyers Association has urged the High Court to issue a direction to the CBI to file revision application

New Delhi: In a big setback for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Election Commission on Friday recommended that 20 MLAs of Arvind Kejriwal-led party be disqualified on charge of holding 'office of profit'. The decision comes days before Achal Kumar Joti retires as the Chief Election Commissioner. Sources said the EC has forwarded its recommendation to the President. If the President accepts the

Jammu, Jan 19: Two civilians were killed and three others injured as Pakistan Rangers heavily shelled civilian areas and Border Out Posts for the second consecutive day today along the IB in Jammu and Samba districts. BSF troops effectively retaliated. "Pakistan Rangers resorted to heavy firing and shelling along the IB in several areas in R S Pura, Arnia and Ramgarh sectors since 0640 hours", a

Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit, who is facing terror charges, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order dismissing his plea to quash a decision by a special court to take cognisance of offences against him in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case without a “valid sanction” for prosecution. “The Special Court is likely to proceed with the framing of charges against

Vishwa Hindu Parishad international president Pravin Togadia, who had extended complete support to Narendra Modi during 2002 Gujarat genocide, has now accused the latter of of conspiring with the Ahmedabad Crime Branch to harass the former and his supporters! “J K Bhatt (Ahmedabad Joint Commissioner, Crime Branch) has begun hatching a conspiracy against me and harassing our nationalist workers at

New Delhi, Jan 18: Within a month of his acquittal in the 2G spectrum scam case, former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja has in a tell-all book questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "palpable silence" in defending the telecom policy that he himself had approved. In his book '2G Sage Unfolds', Raja slammed the then CAG Vinod Rai saying the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General