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New Delhi, Jun 26: A Delhi court has rejected a man's plea to set aside an order directing him to pay Rs 15,000 as monthly maintenance to his estranged wife and son in a domestic violence case, saying a man is duty bound to maintain his family. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar II upheld a magisterial court order directing the man to pay Rs 10,000 to his wife and Rs 5,000 for his son's

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Fugitive tycoon Vijay Mallya has made his letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modipublic, saying he was "making every effort" to settle his dues but he had been made the "Poster Boy" of bank default and a lightning rod for public anger. "I wrote letters to both the PM and the Finance Minister on 15th April 2016 and am making these letters public to put things in the right

New Delhi, Jun 26: Slamming Congress and the Gandhi family on the 43rd anniversary of imposition of Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India was "turned into a jail for the selfish personal interests" of that family. Addressing a meeting organised by the BJP to mark the Emergency anniversary, Modi said the day needs to be observed to re-dedicate oneself to protection of the

Mumbai, Jun 26: Slamming the BJP for pulling out of the alliance government in Jammu and Kashmir, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said people are tired of the party's "conspiracies" and that it needs lessons in speaking the truth. It also accused the BJP of again starting "election politics" in the northern state. It was the BJP's proposal to ally with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the first

New Delhi, Jun 25: The Bar Council of India (BCI) has lashed out against Justice J Chelameswar for his "controversial" and "irrelevant" statements in the media, three days after his retirement as a Supreme Court Judge, saying such comments are liable to be "deprecated" and "cannot be tolerated" by lawyers. Justice Chelameswar, who demitted office on June 22, had disapproved of the Centre's

New Delhi, Jun 25: India and Seychelles on Monday agreed to work together on a project to develop a naval base at the Assumption Island keeping each other's concerns in mind after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Danny Faure. India also announced a USD 100-million credit to Seychelles for augmenting its defence capabilities. "With this credit, Seychelles will be able to buy

Mumbai, Jun 25: The Southwest Monsoon picked up momentum in Mumbai, bringing heavy showers that claimed three lives in the city and adjoining Thane, officials said today. Heavy rains lashed the metropolis and Thane district throughout the night and continued this morning, causing water-logging at several places and slowing the movement of suburban trains, thus causing inconvenience to office-goers

New Delhi, Jun 24: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday recalled how more than four decades ago the government led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed 'phoney' Emergency, turning democracy into a constitutional dictatorship. Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency on June 25, 1975, on account of international disturbances, suspending key fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution to every

Kolkata, Jun 24: From the first government led by Jawaharlal Nehru to the Narendra Modi regime today, every administration has been convinced about the "truth" of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's disappearance but made no effort to bring back his remains from Japan, says his grandnephew and author Ashis Ray. Various governments made little attempt to reach out to those in Bose's extended family and

New Delhi, Jun 24: The Congress should let other parties be in the "driving seat" in states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar where it is not the largest opposition party, says RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, asserting that "egos" need to be set aside to jointly take on the BJP in 2019. The issue of a prime ministerial candidate is secondary and it is more important for opposition parties to come