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March 25, 2023

Legal eagles in a huddle

ONLY PRESIDENT CAN DISQUALIFY A MEMBER, SAYS PARTY; SURAT COURT'S JURISDICTION ANOTHER STICKING POINT

2 mins

K'taka OBC Muslim quota is scrapped

It will be split between the Vokkaligas and Lingayats, the two important political constituencies in the poll-bound state

1 min

Villagers in net for trapping a leopard

Villagers in Palkhadi, Uttan, near Bhayandar, are finding themselves in a spot after setting up a cage to trap a leopard, based on the information that one had been seen wandering in the area.

1 min

3 dead in stabbing spree in chawl

A 54-year-old man went on a stabbing spree in the chawl where he resided, on Friday afternoon, killing three of his neighbours and injuring two others seriously, with a kitchen knife.

1 min

RAHUL-MUKT

Ceases to be MP; will stand barred from contesting polls for 'eight years' unless he gets relief; says ready to pay any price

2 mins

Can Zakir Naik return as India's 'Sarkari Mehman'? MEA is at it

\"Zakir Naik is an accused in numerous cases in India. He is a fugitive from justice. We have taken up the matter with the Government of Oman and Oman authorities,\" said Bagchi.

2 mins

BILKIS BANO CASE ON MON

The matter has been listed before a bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna.

1 min

Opp outcry: 'Murder of democracy'

Following Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as Member of Parliament, opposition parties in the Maharashtra Assembly stage a noisy walkout in protest, BJP calls it hypocrisy

1 min

Lalbaug murder: Accused yet to confess to killing

Rimple Prakash Jain was remanded to judicial custody by the court on Friday for 14 days

2 mins

Brain-dead woman gives new lease of life to three

Donor suffered from meningitis with multiple brain infarcts; she was declared brain dead after undergoing treatment for several weeks

1 min

NSCI WAR IS HOTTING UP

A prominent UAF member claims the club is staring at a massive loss of ₹354 cr and not ₹145 cr as projected earlier; supporters of the present dispensation say the actual loss is relatively less at ₹49.69 cr

2 mins

After aeronautical engineer's arrest, 11 peddlers held in 4 days

Action ended with seziure worth ₹10.5L

1 min

Clamour grows to raze illegal structure in Panvel

Demand comes after BMC pulled down a similar 'encroachment' in Mahim; the structure in Navi Mumbai is located close to upcoming airport

1 min

Water, traffic and merged villages rule PMC budget, no hike in property or water tax

8 new bridges in PMC budget, no hike in property or water tax

1 min

BJP workers stage protest against Rahul Gandhi

Friday leader The BJP's Pune city unit president Jagdish Mulik and other party leaders and workers staged the protest at Goodluck Chowk.

1 min

Govt to set up panel headed by fin secy to improve NPS

The central government has decided to set up a committee to recommend changes to make the politically-sensitive National Pension System (NPS), Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.

1 min

Markets fall nearly 1% amid weak trend in global equities; Nifty slips below 17k

Investors pared exposure to metal, energy and realty stocks amid bearish trend in Asian and European markets

1 min

Coal India to step up coal volume offered in March e-auctions

Till date, Coal India has sold 68 mn tn of coal under the new unified auction window.

1 min

Govt proposes tax relief for REITS, INVITS

In a relief to REITs and InVITs, the Finance Bill on Friday proposed to treat distribution from business as return of capital.

1 min

GANDHI HABITUAL OFFENDER: BJP

Rahul Gandhi a habitual offender, thinks he can get away with anything: Anurag Thakur

1 min

40 MPs detained as opposition parties march towards Rashtrapati Bhavan

\"They were detained and taken in a bus to New Police Line in Kingsw ay Camp in GTB Nagar. Hours later, they were released,\" said the official.

1 min

BJP's Biswabandhu Sen elected Tripura speaker

13-member Tipra Motha abstains from voting

1 min

'Radioactive tsunami' weapon tested, claims North Korea

Analysts were skeptical that the device presents a major new threat, but the test underlines the North's commitment to raising nuclear threats.

1 min

US launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills worker

The attack and the U.S. response threaten to upend recent efforts to deescalate tensions across the wider Middle East.

1 min

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