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'No roving inquiry, no FIR needed': Supreme Court dismisses Rafale review pleas

The Supreme court dismissed a plea seeking lodging of an FIR to probe the alleged irregularities in the Rs 58,000 crore Rafale deal inked with Dassault Aviation.

Nov 14, 2019

Man of the match: BJP's BL Santhosh praises Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis

While the Shiv Sena leaders made hue and cry over it, Devendra Fadnavis was very calm and cool and doesn't take illegal means to gain power.

Nov 14, 2019

Robots will now help Indian Army fight terror in Kashmir

From helping in cordon-and-search ops, negotiating obstacles to lobbing grenades at terrorists holed up in buildings, the Ministry of Defence has started procuring around 550 robotics surveillance units.

Nov 14, 2019

What the Supreme Court said: Sabarimala case referred to larger 7-judge bench, no stay on women's entry

The Supreme Court in a 3:2 verdict referred to the Sabarimala issue to a larger bench. Justices RF Nariman and DY Chandrachud dissented while Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Indu Malhotra and AM Khanwilkar were in favour of referring the matter to a larger bench.

Nov 14, 2019

Despite 'wonderful' meeting, Trump and Erdogan fail to resolve conflicts

Both leaders fell short of explaining how they would overcome the differences in issues including Erdogan's incursion in Syria and Turkey's purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system.

Nov 14, 2019

India-US to hold second round of 2+2 talks in December, eye major defence signing

New Delhi hosted the first round of the talks last year where the two countries signed the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA).

Nov 14, 2019

SC verdict on Rafale review petitions, Rahul contempt case: Full report

CJI Ranjan Gogoi is looking to clear all cases in front of him before he retires from office on November 17.

Nov 14, 2019

Israel-Gaza tension: Death toll rises to 15

Gaza Health Ministry said in a short text message sent to reporters that three Palestinian young men were killed in an airstrike that directly struck them near the Nusseirat Refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.

Nov 14, 2019

Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala: Kerala Police deploys 10,000 personnel

The Supreme Court on November 14, will pronounce the judgments on the review petitions filed on the issue of entry of women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple.

Nov 13, 2019

Time to get back to classes: After protests, JNU announces 'major rollback' in hostel fee hike

The JNU body has also proposed a scheme for economic assistance to students from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).

Nov 13, 2019

Here is how Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha logo finds its connection with Delhi air pollution

The makers of Laal Singh Chaddha starring Aamir Khan released its logo on November 6 and it has been going viral on social media with a strange reason. Surprisingly, hashtag #DelhiAirPollution is trending.

Nov 13, 2019

Ghost prank goes wrong: Bengaluru youth arrested for scaring people

The incident took place at Sharifnagar near Yeshwanthpur, where the youth were ghost pranking commuters on the road and people sleeping at the pavements at night for their YouTube channel "Kooky Pedia".

Nov 13, 2019

BJP received 75% of its donation from Tata trust in 2018-19: Party tells EC

India's richest trust -- The Prudent Electoral Trust -- gave Rs 54.25 crore in donations to the party, according to the documents. The Prudent Trust is backed by top corporate houses including Bharti Group, Hero MotoCorp, Jubilant Foodworks, Orient Cement, DLF, JK Tyres, among others.

Nov 13, 2019

Rebels or Cadres? Amit Shah holds urgent meet, soon after Karnataka verdict

The agenda of the meeting was to decide on how many of the rebels should get BJP tickets, who shall be excluded, if at all and how it can be ensured that their disaffection due to exclusion doesn't harm the BJP-led Karnataka government in the state.

Nov 13, 2019

India gears up for second US Congress hearing on 'human rights situation' in Kashmir

This will be the second congressional hearing on Kashmir after the Indian government decided to abrogate Article 370 and bifurcate J&K on August 5, which was effective as of October 31, 2019.

Nov 13, 2019