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July 26, 2017 9:22 PM

SC raps Delhi govt on framing of guidelines on firecrackers

The Supreme Court today rapped the Delhi government for not clearly spelling out the guidelines on manufacture, sale and burning of firecrackers. <br/><br/>A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Madan B Lokur, and comprising Justices P C Pant and Deepak Gupta, wondered why the government...

July 26, 2017 9:22 PM

Privacy can be fundamental right with some riders: Govt to SC

The Centre today conceded in the Supreme Court that right to privacy may be considered as a fundamental right under the Constitution, but many facets relating to it cannot be put under the fundamental rights category.<br/><br/>Attorney General K K Venugopal submitted before a nine-judge ...

July 26, 2017 9:00 PM

Amit Shah, Smriti Irani to contest Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat

BJP President Amit Shah will contest the Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat. The decision was taken at party's parliamentary board which met in New Delhi this evening. <br/><br/>Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani will also contest the biennial polls for the Upper House f...

July 26, 2017 8:58 PM

BJP welcomes battle against corruption in Bihar: J P Nadda

The BJP Parliamentary Board met in New Delhi this evening and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah were among those who attended the meeting. <br/><br/>Speaking to media after the meeting, Secretary of the Board and Union Minister J P Nadda said, BJP welcomes battle agai...

July 26, 2017 8:39 PM

No evidence to prove that 39 Indians missing in Iraq are dead: Sushma Swaraj

Government today asserted that it cannot declare the 39 missing Indians in Mosul City of Iraq dead without any concrete evidences. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that government has been assured by the Iraqi Government that it will provide concrete ...

July 26, 2017 8:28 PM

Nation remembers Kargil martyrs on Vijay Diwas

The nation celebrated the 18th Anniversary of the &apos;Kargil Vijay Diwas' today. On 26th of July, 1999, the Indian Army successfully took back its posts from Pakistan at a treacherous high altitude and glaciated terrain across the Himalayas in the Ladakh region, after fighting for 60 days. &l...

July 26, 2017 8:16 PM

PM Narendra Modi asks BJP MPs to play active role in flood-hit Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked BJP MPs from Gujarat to play an active role in providing relief to flood-hit people in the state and asserted that the Centre is committed to help affected people. <br/><br/>A day after Mr. Modi undertook an aerial survey of the affected areas in ...

July 26, 2017 8:06 PM

Junaid lynching: NHRC issues notices to Railways, Haryana govt, DGP

National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has issued notices to the Railways, and the Haryana government and its police chief over the killing of a Muslim youth on a train in Faridabad last month. <br/><br/>A report has been sought from them in four weeks.<br/><br/>Seventeen-yea...

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