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Loan moratorium is fiscal policy matter, required steps taken, Centre tells Supreme Court

Centre said it has proactively taken steps through the finance ministry, RBI, and several relief measures were announced keeping in mind every sector.

Delhi HC seeks CBI stand on Maneka Gandhi’s plea challenging order in corruption case

According to the graft case lodged against the BJP leader and two others in 2006, they had allegedly sanctioned Rs 50 lakh as a grant to a trust in a fraudulent manner.

‘Why did you not wake up when situation was deteriorating’ — HC pulls up Delhi govt on Covid

The Delhi HC asked AAP govt if it could explain to those who lost their near and dear ones to Covid in the last 18 days why the admin did not take steps when cases were spiralling.

Delhi HC asks Centre to respond to plea to recognise same sex marriages under law

Petitioner Abhijit Iyer Mitra has contended that same sex marriages are not possible despite the Supreme Court decriminalising consensual homosexual acts.

SC reserves order on ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur’s plea against rejection of nomination paper

The apex court reserved the order on Bahadur's plea challenging Allahabad HC verdict, which had dismissed his nomination papers to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls against PM Modi.

Supreme Court issues notice on pleas challenging Jaishankar’s election to Rajya Sabha

The pleas have also raised the issue of the Election Commission's power on issuance of separate notifications for holding by-polls for casual and regular vacancies in Rajya Sabha.

Delhi High Court refuses to interfere with AAP govt’s ban on Chhath Puja celebrations

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to interfere with AAP government's decision to ban Chhath Puja celebrations at public places like ponds...

Supreme Court allows UP govt to fill up vacancies of 69,000 teachers based on May results

A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit dismissed several petitions, including one that challenged the Allahabad High Court's decision to uphold cutoff marks for selection of teachers.

CBI probing its ex-directors for corruption is violation of natural justice, says court

Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal demanded to know why the CBI had conducted no investigation in over four years since the case was lodged.

SC ‘disappointed’ with Centre’s affidavit defending media reporting of Tablighi event

The Centre's affidavit in SC says most of the leading national newspapers and online news portals have done factual, objective reporting on Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.