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New Delhi, Jan 15: All 25 Supreme Court judges are expected to meet soon to resolve the crisis in the country's apex court after four senior-most judges complained against Chief Justice Dipak Misra over allocation of cases. Informed sources told IANS that a Full Court meeting of the Supreme Court judges will take place at the earliest to take a call on the issue and deliberate over the complaints

Amethi, Jan 15: A poster portraying Congress President Rahul Gandhi as Lord Ram and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ten-headed 'demon' king Ravana has created chaos in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district. The poster was witnessed at the Gauriganj railway station here on Sunday, a day before Rahul's visit to the city. In the poster Rahul could be seen carrying a bow and a arrow, pointing towards Prime

New Delhi, Jan 14: CBI judge B H Loya's family on Sunday said that they did not want to be victims of politicization and urged all parties to refrain from taking advantage of the situation. "Our family is pained with the chain of events in past few days. Please don't harass us," justice Loya's son Anuj said at a specially convened press conference. "We have no suspicion over father's death; I had

New Delhi, Jan 14: A day after the virtual revolt by four judges of the Supreme Court, senior advocate Dushyant Dave has alleged that Justice Arun Mishra — assigned to hear the judge Loya death case — has close relations with BJP and top politicians. News channel CNN News18 quoted Dave as having said, "Everyone knows Justice Arun Mishra has close relations with BJP and top politicians". He also

New Delhi, Jan 14: Payment of Gratuity Amendment Bill 2017 is likely to be passed in the forthcoming Budget session, which will make formal sector workers eligible for tax free Rs 20 lakh gratuity. At present formal sector workers with five or more years of service are eligible for Rs 10 lakh tax free gratuity after leaving job or at time of superannuation. "The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment)

Lucknow, Jan 14: Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Chairman Wasim Rizvi said today that he had received a threat call from a man, claiming to be an aide of fugitive mafia don Dawood Ibrahim, who threatened to blow up him and his family. Following Rizvi's complaint, the Lucknow police has lodged an FIR and initiated a probe. "I received the call last night in which caller took the name of Dawood and

New Delhi, Jan 14: A Bar Council of India delegation led by its chairman Manan Kumar Mishra is meeting Supreme Court judges today to discuss the unprecedented crisis that has hit the judiciary. According to sources, the seven-member delegation has already met some of the judges of the top court and are scheduled to meet remaining judges including Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra during the

New Delhi, Jan 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport here on Sunday. The Israeli premier, who is on a six-day visit to India, is accompanied by his wife Sara and a 130-member delegation from various sectors, including cyber, agriculture and defence. The two Prime Ministers are now heading to Teen Murti Memorial for a solemn ceremony

New Delhi, Jan 14: A Pawan Hans helicopter carrying five senior officials of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and two pilots crashed off the Mumbai coast minutes after it took off. So far, six bodies have been recovered. The police informed that the bodies have been brought to Cooper Hospital for postmortem. "Out of six bodies, five has been identified. The search for one missing is

New Delhi, Jan 13: The Bar Council of India (BCI) today formed a seven-member team to meet all judges of the Supreme Court, barring the five seniormost judges, to discuss the present crisis in the apex court. It passed a resolution saying no political party or leaders should take undue advantage of the situation arising out of the press conference by four senior Supreme Court judges. BCI