Justice DY Chandrachud, in a letter written on May 2 to the three-judge inquiry panel looking into allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, has demanded a full court to consider the issues raised by him, according to media reports.
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Two days after Cyclone Fani ravaged coastal Odisha causing widespread destruction, the state revised its death count upward to 38, of which 25 were registered in the pilgrimage town of Puri, where the storm made landfall on May 3.
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China, which had blocked moves to blacklist Masood Azhar four times, finally dropped its objections saying it “found no objection after a careful study of revised materials.”
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A day after the deadly Easter blasts in the capital Colombo that killed nearly 300 people and injured hundreds more, the ministry of external affairs confirmed that the number of Indians killed in the Sri Lanka serial bombings rose to five.
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The Pakistan army spun the fresh statement given by the external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, claiming that “no Pakistani civilian or soldier” was killed in the Balakot air strike, and used the statement to “propagate” their version of the attack.
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The opposition complained to the EC against PM Narendra Modi for politicizing the sacrifices of armed forces when he urged first-time voters to dedicate their vote to the CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama terror attack and the airmen who carried out the bombing in Pakistan’s Balakot.
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Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi claimed that Islamabad has intelligence that India is going to attack his country again after the Indian Air Force carried out a raid on a terror camp in Balakot. He also said India would attack Pakistan “between April 16 and 20”.
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The Goa lokayukta, Justice PK Misra (retired), has decided to examine the complaint against the chief minister of Goa, Pramod Sawant, for alleged disproportionate asset accumulation and observe if the case could be taken up suo motu.
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Air pollution is the third-highest cause of death in India among all health risks, claimed a global study. The study has revealed that bad air quality alone has contributed to over 1.2 million deaths in India in 2017.
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The Election Commission said the investigation into the claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the election model code of conduct when he announced on TV the success of an anti-satellite missile test (A-SAT) will be completed by Friday.
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