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New Delhi, Jan 11: The Supreme Court on Friday will hear a plea seeking an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge B H Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud today took note of the submission seeking urgent hearing on the plea for a probe into Loya's death on December 1

New Delhi, Jan 11: Concerned over malpractices by unregistered agents who dupe people under the pretext of foreign jobs, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday told states that it is incumbent upon them to take stringent and punitive action against them to abate this menace. This was conveyed by Swaraj during a meeting with NRI Affairs Ministers of States/UTs in New Delhi on the

New Delhi, Jan 11: In a bid to address privacy concerns, the UIDAI on Wednesday introduced a new concept of 'Virtual ID' which Aadhaar-card holder can generate from its website and give for various purposes, including SIM verification, instead of sharing the actual 12-digit biometric ID. This will give the users the option of not sharing their Aadhaar number at the time of authentication. The

New Delhi, Jan 10: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the reconstitution of a new Special Investigation Team (SIT) to re-investigate 186 out of the 241 anti-Sikh riots cases, according to several media reports. The apex court's decision came after a petition was filed seeking re-investigation into these cases. The Times of India reported that the Supreme Court took the decision after a court

New Delhi, Jan 10: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared 49 percent investment through FDI route in Air India. After the approval foreign airlines will now be allowed to invest up to 49 percent under approval route in the debt-laden national carrier. However the investment will be subject to the conditions that: a. Foreign investment(s) in Air India including that of foreign Airline(s) shall not

New Delhi, Jan 10: Admitting a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which alleges that school prayers in Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country are promoting Hindu religion, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Centre and sought its response on the matter. The PIL stated that Hindi prayer songs in KVs across the country promote Hinduism and that these should not be allowed in

New Delhi, Jan 10: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) research scholar Mukul Jain has been missing since Monday. The Delhi Police has started the investigating the case. According to reports, Mukul, a resident of Ghaziabad, did not return home on Monday, following which his family members started looking for him. Mukul's kin informed the university authorities, who then went through the CCTV

Lucknow, Jan 10: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said his priority was strengthening the party organisation and he was not thinking of an alliance ahead of the "crucial" 2019 general elections. Terming the process of talks and seat negotiations a waste of time, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, who had tied up with the Congress for the assembly elections in 2017, ruled out

With an "ambitious government undertaking comprehensive reforms", India has "enormous growth potential" compared to other emerging economies, the World Bank said today, as it projected country's growth rate to 7.3 per cent in 2018 and 7.5 for the next two years. India, despite initial setbacks from demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST), is estimated to have grown at 6.7 per cent in 2017

New Delhi, Jan 9: A woman flight attendant of Jet Airways has been arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for allegedly trying to smuggle out forex worth more than Rs 3 crore, with the agency today saying that the accused was part of a major global hawala syndicate. The DRI officials intercepted the woman when she was on a flight to Hong Kong yesterday, the agency said in a