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December 12, 2017 9:16 PM

Jayanti Natarajan Forest Land Case: CBI hands over records to I-T department

The CBI has handed over the documents on the alleged irregularities in forest land diversion by the former Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan to the Income Tax authorities. The documents were seized by the CBI during a raid at her residence in Chennai in September last and were kept sealed there. &lt...

December 12, 2017 9:06 PM

CBI books Apollo Pharmacy in cheating case

CBI has booked Apollo Pharmacy, a unit of Apollo Hospitals and its director in a case of cheating and corruption. In an FIR registered on 8th of this month. the agency has named a pharmacist at BEL Hospital, Bengaluru and Apollo Pharmacy along with unidentified officials of BEL and others. It has ch...

December 12, 2017 8:41 PM

Sharad Yadav moves HC against disqualification from Rajya Sabha

Former JD(U) President Sharad Yadav today moved to Delhi High Court against his disqualification as a Rajya Sabha member. <br/><br/>In his plea, Mr. Yadav said he was not given any chance by the authorities before passing an order against him. He has sought setting aside of his disqualif...

December 12, 2017 6:38 PM

'Is jallikattu a cultural right?': SC refers matter to Constitution Bench

The Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution bench a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu&apos;s Jallikattu Act permitting the bull-taming sport.<br/><br/> The Constitution Bench has been asked to decide whether jallikattu is a cultural right, and whether states can claim prot...

December 12, 2017 6:32 PM

MHA releases Rs 174 crore to six states for border development

Home Ministry has released Rs 174 crore to six states having an international border for development of infrastructure in forward areas under the Border Area Development Programme (BADP). <br/><br/>An official said, the states that will be benefited include Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal,...

December 12, 2017 6:26 PM

All party meet convened on December 14 ahead of winter session of Parliament

The government has convened an all-party meeting on Thursday, ahead of winter session of the Parliament beginning from Friday. The session will continue till the 5th of next month. <br/><br/>Earlier, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar had requested and sought cooperation from al...

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