Anna Hazare ends his hunger strike after meeting Fadnavis

Social activist Anna Hazare, who was on an indefinite hunger strike since January 31 over Lokpal and Lokayukta demand, ended his strike following a meeting with Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and two Union ministers. Read More
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Supreme Court rules CBI can’t arrest Kolkata Police chief

The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal got a major relief from the Supreme Court as the top court restrained the CBI from taking coercive measures against the Kolkata Police commissioner, Rajeev Kumar, including arresting him. Read More
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Mamata vs Centre: Supreme court to hear CBI’s plea on Tuesday

Mamata Banerjee continued her dharna in Kolkata over the CBI investigation in chit-fund cases, which involved a stand-off between the Kolkata Police and the central agency when the latter went to interrogate the Kolkata Police chief, Rajeev Kumar. Read More
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On hunger strike, Anna threatens to return his Padma Bhushan

Anna Hazare who is on indefinite hunger strike since last seven days, has warned central government that he will return his Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour, if government fails to fulfil its promises. Read More
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Kolkata Police ‘nab’ CBI men seeking to quiz city top cop

A team of eight CBI officers, on Sunday evening, were stopped from entering the residence of Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar when they had gone to question him Read More
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NSSO data: Unemployment highest in 45 years post-noteban

With only weeks to go before the Lok Sabha election, the much-awaited employment data for the post-demonetization period – July 2017 to June 2018, which had been withheld by the Modi government, has become public giving a bleak job scenario prevailing in India today. Read More
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SC asks if only bureaucrats posted in CIC for clearing RTI backlog

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, has sought information from the government over appointment of the post of information commissioners responsible for the clearing backlog of Right to Information applications in the Central Information Commission. Read More
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Centre seeks SC nod for returning excess land around Ayodhya site

The Union government asked the Supreme Court to permit return of excess land around disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid plot to its original owners. The Centre has urged that the government should consider releasing around 67-odd acres of land to its original owners. Read More
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Kerala’s CPM-backed ‘renaissance’ panel to include non-Hindus

During the meeting of the ‘renaissance’ committee, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan emphasized that continuation of activities for the “protection of the renaissance values” is important. Read More
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EVM ‘hacking’: EC says it ‘won’t be bullied’ to bring back ballot papers

The chief election commissioner, Sunil Arora, on Thursday, said there’s no question of reintroducing ballot papers and the Election Commission “will not be intimidated, bullied or coerced into giving up EVMs”. Read More
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