Nearly 60,000 Punjab police personnel and 15 companies of para-military forces have been put on alert after a Chandigarh court ordered that Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh’s killing, be hanged as scheduled on March 31.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddurappa to hold on till the end of the Budget session. However, Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda has dug in his heels, saying he’s not going anywhere and will remain the Chief Minister.
The government’s petition seeking a review of the Supreme Court verdict assailing the first come first served policy in the 2G case as flawed and instead favouring auction of the national resources to maximize the state’s revenues will be heard by a new bench.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday demanded the sacking of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for “denigrating” the Election Commission over his promise for quota for minorities in Uttar Pradesh.
President Pratibha Patil has forwarded Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi’s letter over Law Minister Salman Khurshid’s defiant stand on quota for backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh to the prime minister’s office for “appropriate action”.
India has voted in favour of a United Nations resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for ending the violence and a peaceful negotiated settlement in Syria.
Defence Minister AK Antony has said he is “sorry and sad” about the government’s dispute with the army chief about how old he really is.
The Delhi High Court will today, Jan 19, take up the petitions filed by Google and Facebook challenging the summons issued to their executives by the lower court, for objectionable content posted on their websites.
Google and Facebook argued in the Delhi High Court on Monday, Jan 16, that there is no way for them to screen content before it is posted online.
The Delhi High Court will today, Jan 16, hear the petition filed by Google and Facebook, challenging the summons issued to them by a lower court.
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