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July 21, 2015 10:04 PM

OBC status for Jats: SC rejects Centre's review plea

The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of the Centre seeking a review of its March 17 verdict that set aside a notification to include Jats in the central list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in 9 states to accord quota benefits to them. A bench, headed by Justice Ranjana Gogoi, in the ...

July 21, 2015 9:22 PM

Former Union Minister PK Thungon convicted in 17 year old graft case

Former Union Minister P K Thungon and three others were today convicted by a Delhi court in connection with a cheating and corruption case lodged by CBI 17 years back, after which they were taken into custody. Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Jain held 69-year-old Thungon and others guilty of offences o...

July 21, 2015 8:55 PM

Former Union Minister P.K. Thungon convicted in 17 year old graft case

Former Union Minister P K Thungon and three others were today convicted by a Delhi court in connection with a cheating and corruption case lodged by CBI 17 years back, after which they were taken into custody. Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Jain held 69-year-old Thungon and others guilty of offences o...

July 21, 2015 8:55 PM

Centre's security clearance process for FM auction vague, open to misuse: HC

The Delhi High Court today termed as vague and open to misuse the Centre's process for granting security clearance to radio channels for participating in the stage III FM auction. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva asked the government to consider postponing it. The cou...

July 21, 2015 8:37 PM

Govt extends deadline for suggestions on Companies Act

Government has extended the deadline for comments and suggestions to make recommendations on issues arising from the implementation of the Companies Act, 2013 to 31st of this month. An official release issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs in New Delhi said, the deadline, which was ending today, h...

July 21, 2015 8:16 PM

Centre's security clearance process for FM auction vague: HC

The Delhi High Court today termed as vague and open to misuse the Centre's process for granting security clearance to radio channels for participating in the stage III FM auction. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva asked the government to consider postponing it. The cou...

July 21, 2015 8:16 PM

Govt to set up two National Centres for elderly in Delhi, Chennai

Government will set up two National Centres for the elderly in Delhi and Chennai. This was informed by Health Minister J P Nadda in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. He informed, two National Centres of Ageing are proposed to be set-up, within the existing All India Institute of Medical Sciences...

July 21, 2015 7:37 PM

Lalit Modi row: Ready for debate in Parliament, says Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said she is ready for a debate in Parliament over Congress allegations about her links with controversial former IPL chief Lalit Modi.<br/>In a tweet, Ms. Swaraj said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has conveyed this to the Rajya Sabha today and the ...

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