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September 21, 2016 6:57 AM

SC rejects PIL seeking public body for appointment of judges

Supreme Court has rejected a PIL seeking setting up of a public body, independent of the executive and judiciary, to ensure fair appointment of judges in High Courts and the apex court. <br/><br/>A bench comprising of justices Arun K Mishra and U U Lalit while hearing the PIL yesterday, ...

September 21, 2016 6:52 AM

Test-firing of Barak-8 missile to continue for second day

The test-fire of new long range surface-to-air ballistic missile Barak-8 will continue on the second day today from Integrated Test Range launch pad at Chandipur off Odisha coast. The Indo-Israel joint venture missile is having multi-functional surveillance and threat alert radar was successfully te...

September 21, 2016 6:51 AM

Judges don't need certificates: SC

A bench comprising of justices Arun K Mishra and U U Lalit yesterday rejected a PIL seeking setting up of a public body, independent of the executive and judiciary, to ensure fair appointment of judges in High Courts and the apex court. While hearing the PIL, the Supreme Court said, judges do not ne...

September 20, 2016 8:33 PM

Cabinet to meet tomorrow morning

Union Cabinet will meet in New Delhi tomorrow morning. Although, the meeting of Cabinet on Wednesday is routine one, but it is significant in the backdrop of Uri terror attack in which 18 Army jawans were martyred. The Cabinet Committee on Security is also expected to hold meeting to review the situ...

September 20, 2016 8:31 PM

Centre announces third list of smart cities

Centre today announced the third list of smart cities. These include five cities from Maharashtra, four each from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat, Nagaland and Sikkim. Announcing ...

September 20, 2016 8:10 PM

Amar Singh appointed as General Secretary of Samajwadi Party

In Uttar Pradesh, in a new turn of event, Samajawadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today appointed Amar Singh as General Secretary of the party. <br/><br/>In a letter issued today Mulayam Singh expected Amar Singh to serve the Party as its general secretary. AIR correspondent reports t...

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