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Kolkata, April 10 The Election Commission has rejected the nomination of Trinamool Congress candidate Abhinav Bhattacharya from the Krishnanagar Uttar constituency in West Bengal, citing provisions under the Representation of the People Act, a senior official said on Friday.The Returning...

Karachi, April 10 The Pakistan Cricket Board's policy of allowing its employees to work with franchises in the Pakistan Super League has come under scrutiny after former captain Misbah ul Haq confirmed he was involved with Peshawar Zalmi as a consultant.The PCB had initially stopped Sarfaraz...

Chandigarh, April 8 The Haryana cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to further strengthen and streamline the functioning of the public distribution system (PDS) in the state.As a major step towards women's empowerment, the cabinet has rationalized the 33 per cent reservation for women in...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the CBI to register within two weeks a preliminary inquiry into allegations of preferential awarding of contracts for public works in Arunachal Pradesh to firms allegedly owned or related to the family members of Chief Minister Pema Khandu...

New Delhi, April 6 The State does not hold public resources as a "private proprietor" but as a trustee on behalf of the people, the Supreme Court said on Monday.A bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath said that whenever the State undertakes the allocation of public resources, award of public...

New Delhi, April 6 – The Congress on Monday strongly criticized the BJP after the Supreme Court of India ordered a preliminary investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into allegations that public works contracts in Arunachal Pradesh were awarded to firms linked to the...

Important cases listed before the Supreme Court on Monday (April 6)* The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions related to the special intensive revision of the electoral roll in West Bengal.* The Supreme Court will hear a case initiated on its own regarding the incident of judicial...

Jaipur, April 3 Leader of the Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly, Tika Ram Jully, on Friday alleged that the BJP government in the state was "playing a double game" with the victims of the Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society scam, and raised questions about the role of the state's additional...

New Delhi, April 2 State-owned Power Finance Corporation announced on Thursday that its independent director, Bhaskar Bhattacharya, has resigned, citing plans to contest in the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.Bhattacharya was appointed on May 13, 2025, for one year by the Ministry...

Chandigarh, March 25 A Punjab BJP delegation met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday and sought a CBI investigation into the suicide of an official of the warehousing corporation.They submitted a memorandum stating that the death raised serious questions about the "abuse of power...

Mumbai, March 23 – The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday adopted a disclosure framework requiring top officials to disclose their assets and recuse themselves from related decision-making, almost two years after allegations surfaced against former chief Madhabi Puri Buch...

Mumbai, March 23 The board of capital markets regulator Sebi approved several recommendations of a high-level committee on "conflict of interest," requiring the chairman and senior officers to publicly disclose their assets and liabilities to increase transparency and accountability...

Mumbai, March 23 The board of the markets regulator, Sebi, on Monday approved a wide-ranging proposal, including easing fund settlement norms for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), and changes to regulatory frameworks for market intermediaries.Additionally, the board approved several...

New Delhi, March 15 West Indies players and support staff have safely returned home after being stranded in India following the T20 World Cup due to travel disruptions caused by the West Asia conflict, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said.The ongoing war between the US and Israel and Iran threw...

New Delhi, March 11 – The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Ethics Officer, Justice Arun Mishra, has dismissed a conflict-of-interest complaint filed against former India captain MS Dhoni, ruling that there was no evidence of any violation under the board’s regulations.The...

New Delhi, March 8 – The July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum, which was planned to document the mass uprising in Bangladesh during July 2024, has been hit by a recruitment scandal, according to a news report citing a series of irregularities even before the structure was built.The...

Chandigarh, March 2 Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said on Monday that Punjabis have never accepted communalism and do not get swayed by theatrics.In an interaction with reporters, when asked to react to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini sporting a turban in the...

Shimla, February 28 A warning has been issued to Shimla (Urban) SDM Oshin Sharma after she promoted products on her social media platforms, officials said on Saturday.The issue came to light after posts by the 2020-batch Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service (HPAS) officer promoting...

Amaravati, February 23 The ruling TDP in Andhra Pradesh welcomed the Supreme Court's decision not to entertain a plea filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, challenging the state government's decision to appoint a one-member committee to review the SIT report on the Tirumala laddoo controversy...

Dhaka, February 22 – As the Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) assumed power in Bangladesh following its decisive victory in the 13th parliamentary elections, business leaders make up 70 percent of the newly formed cabinet, with 35 out of 50 ministers and state ministers...