On Thursday, the Supreme Court dismissed the Uttar Pradesh government’s appeal against the Allahabad High Court’s decision to overturn the arrest of Dr. Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act (NSA). A bench of three judges headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde, however, clarified that the …
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the alleged tampering with the Television Rating Points (TRP) on Tuesday after registering an FIR. The central agency took over the investigation from the Lucknow police on the recommendation of the Uttar Pradesh government. A case was registered at the Hazratganj Police …
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The Uttar Pradesh government’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) has completed its investigation into the gang rape of the 19-year-old Dalit woman last month in the state district of Hathras, the ANI news agency reported on Friday. SIT will soon present its report to the state government, the agency added. Amid …
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Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal refused on Saturday to grant permission for the commencement of criminal proceedings for contempt of the Supreme Court (SC) against Digvijaya Singh, a member of the Congress of Parliament (MP) and a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh (MP), for his two “unsolicited” tweets. In …
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New Delhi: All states have information departments to issue the official line on any subject. But only in ‘atmanirbhar’ Uttar Pradesh did the government feel the need to enlist the services of a public relations firm to pressure its controversial claim that the 19-year-old Dalit woman who was gang raped …
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