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PepsiCo agrees to settle potato cultivation case with 4 farmers

PepsiCo offered to settle the dispute if farmers gave an undertaking to purchase this specific variety of seeds from it.

Asaram Bapu’s son Narayan Sai convicted for rape

Narayan Sai was arrested in 2013 in rape of a Surat-based woman, who was a disciple of his father.

Nobody told me which law I violated: IAS officer suspended for searching Modi’s chopper

Mohammad Mohsin, the IAS officer suspended for checking Modi’s helicopter, says the EC never sought his version of events before suspending him.

Kota was once a prosperous industrial hub. Now it has just 1 factory left — exam coaching

Jobs as an election issue has deep resonance in Kota, where serial industry closures over the past decades have spawned an army of jobless.

Dalit IAS officer used to think caste bias was a myth. Now he’s fighting it

Jagmohan Singh Raju, a Dalit IAS officer of the 1985 batch, claims his elevation as additional secretary was stalled over his caste.

Supreme Court asks RBI to disclose annual banks inspection report under RTI

The Supreme Court bench said that the RBI is 'bound under the law' to disclose information relating to banks under RTI.

Supreme Court won’t interfere with Election Commission’s ban on Modi film until voting ends

The top court said it was not inclined to entertain an application of the producer's of the Modi biopic that challenged a ban on releasing the film during elections.

EC bars IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin from election duty after CAT lifts suspension

The officer was suspended on 17 April for checking PM Modi's helicopter in Odisha's Sambalpur and violating norms for dealing with SPG protectees.

628 social media posts pulled down on EC’s instructions, 90% of them were on Facebook

477 posts were pulled down for publishing political content between the end of the campaign and polling. Another 37 posts were taken down for violating the MCC.

Women lawyers don’t feel safe anymore in Supreme Court, says lawyer Indira Jaising

Senior advocate Indira Jaising called for an independent inquiry into the sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi.

On Camera

Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.