In a path-breaking judgment, the Karnataka HC on Thursday ordered abolition of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and strengthening of the institution of lokayukta to fight corruption in the state.
Read MoreThe CJI said, “The economy losing money or getting ruined is one issue and, at the same time, welfare measures for the poor… both have to be considered. Both have to be balanced. That is the reason why we initiated the debate. We want an expert panel to put its collective thinking and wisdom...
Read MoreChina has put on hold a joint India-US proposal to sanction a Pakistan based terrorist, Abdul Rauf Asghar, who’s an accused in the 1999 IC 814 hijacking and also Parliament attack. Beijing had in June also blocked a proposal to designate deputy chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Abdul Rehman Makki, as global terrorist.
Read MoreRJD patriarch Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav is tipped to join his sibling Tejashwi Yadav in the new Bihar ministry that will have 16 to 18 faces from the party, sources said on Thursday after CM Nitish Kumar announced he would form the cabinet after August 15.
Read MoreIndia and Bangladesh on Thursday agreed to further step up their bilateral defence ties, with greater military-to-military engagements, capacity-building and defence-industrial cooperation. This was decided during the 4th India-Bangladesh annual defence dialogue (ADD), co-chaired by defence secretary Ajay Kumar and the principal staff officer of Bangladesh’s armed forces division Lt-General Waker-Uz-Zaman.
Read MoreA junior commissioned officer was among three soldiers killed foiling a suspected fidayeen attack on an Army camp in Rajouri district of J&K early Thursday. Two of the attackers were shot and killed in the four-hour gunfight that also left three soldiers critically wounded, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear how many terrorists were...
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