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Varavara Rao to stay at Nanavati hospital till 14 December, says Bombay HC

On 18 November, the high court had noted that 81-year-old suffered from neurological ailments and also needed post-Covid care after recovering from the viral infection.

Can’t disqualify convicted politicians from contesting elections for life, govt tells SC

Law ministry says convicted politicians and public servants cannot be equated for the purposes of punishment because they are governed by two different laws.

Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to ex-Punjab DGP Sumedh Saini in murder case

A 1982-batch IPS officer, Saini was booked in May in connection with a 29-year-old case of abduction and murder of a Sikh youth in 1991.

Court extends judicial custody of Umar Khalid in Delhi riots case till 16 December

The court dismissed the request of Khalid's counsel seeking permission to oppose the remand application as no bail application was moved before it.

Ex-judges of Punjab & Haryana HC back farmers, say govt ‘bulldozed’ laws through Parliament

Retired justices Mehtab Singh Gill, Ranjit Singh & Nawab Singh appeal to Modi govt to consider farmers’ demands with ‘open mind’, hit out at Haryana Police ‘brutality’.

India’s security could be harmed if parts of Char Dham road only 5.5m wide, MoD tells SC

SC ordered on 8 September that width of Char Dham highway will be 5.5m due to ecological concerns in Himalayas. MoD wants it at 7m for security reasons.

SC refuses to entertain plea questioning publication of Hathras victim’s photograph

The plea also raised the issue of delays in the trial of cases of sexual violence, to which the apex court bench said these issues have nothing to do with law.

SC rejects Vedanta’s interim plea to operate Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin

The company sought permission from the Supreme Court to run the Sterlite plant for four weeks to see whether it was polluting beyond acceptable limits.

Shocking facts uncovered in probe against Siddique Kappan, UP govt tells Supreme Court

The state told the court that Kappan claimed he is a journalist at a Kerala-based daily which, in reality, has been closed two years ago.

Those not wearing masks should do community service at Covid centres, Gujarat HC directs govt

Gujarat High Court order to state govt says nature of duty shall be decided by authorities considering age, qualification and gender of rule violators.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?