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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

‘Bridgerton’ sex scenes don’t hesitate with body positivity—and the fans love it

In the world of ‘revenge bodies’ and ‘weight loss journeys’, it is wonderful to be unabashedly worshipped for one’s curves, as Colin does for Penelope in the famous ‘mirror scene’.

Siddaramaiah defends fuel price hike amid protests by BJP — ‘don’t we need money for development?’

BJP alleges the hike will be put towards bankrolling Congress govt's 5 guarantees in Karnataka, while CM Siddaramaiah says hike is to 'increase resource mobilisation, increase income'.

Takeaways from Doval-Sullivan meet — semiconductor partnership, co-investment in lithium project

NSA Ajit Doval met with US counterpart Jake Sullivan at 2nd meeting of initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology. Other areas of collaboration include space, biotechnology, AI.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.