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Topic: Modi surname

SC stays Gujarat order promoting judicial officers, takes exception at govt action

Judge Harish Hasmukh Bhai Varma, who convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case, will not fall under the ambit of the stay.

No interim relief for Rahul Gandhi in ‘Modi surname case’, verdict after summer vacation

Gandhi had sought to suspend his conviction and two-year jail term in the criminal defamation case that that led to his disqualification as a Member of Parliament.

Surat court rejects Rahul’s plea to put on hold defamation conviction in ‘Modi surname’ case

On 23 March, a metropolitan magistrate’s court in Gujarat’s Surat sentenced the 52-year-old to two years in jail for a derogatory remark he made in the run-up to the 2019 elections.

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Muslims at garba—whenever a festival becomes exclusionary, we lose a piece of India

Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.