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उच्चतम न्यायालय ने पुलिस महानिदेशकों के चयन एवं उनकी नियुक्ति के संबंध में अपने पिछले साल के आदेश में बदलाव की मांग करने वाली पांच राज्यों की याचिकाएं बुधवार को खारिज कर दीं। शीर्ष अदालत पंजाब, केरल, पश्चिम बंगाल, हरियाणा और बिहार सरकार की ओर से डीजीपी के चयन एवं नियुक्ति के संबंध में स्थानीय कानून लागू करने की मांग करने वाली याचिकाओं पर सुनवाई कर रही थी। मुख्य न्यायाधीश रंजन गोगोई की अध्यक्षता वाली एक पीठ ने कहा कि डीजीपी की नियुक्तियों के संबंध में पिछले निर्देश पुलिस अधिकारियों…

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सीबीआई के अंतरिम प्रमुख के तौर पर राव की नियुक्ति को चुनौती देने वाली याचिका पर सुनवाई अगले सप्ताह

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उच्चतम न्यायालय सीबीआई के अंतरिम निदेशक के तौर पर आईपीएस अधिकारी एम नागेश्वर राव की नियुक्ति को चुनौती देने वाली, एक एनजीओ की याचिका पर अगले सप्ताह सुनवाई करेगा। प्रधान न्यायाधीश रंजन गोगोई, न्यायमूर्ति एन एल राव और न्यायमूर्ति एस के कौल की पीठ के समक्ष बुधवार को इस मामले का तत्काल सुनवाई के लिए उल्लेख किया गया था। याचिकाकर्ता गैर सरकारी संगठन ‘कॉमन कॉज’ और आरटीआई कार्यकर्ता अंजलि भारद्वाज की ओर से पेश हुए वरिष्ठ अधिवक्ता प्रशांत भूषण ने पीठ से मामले की सुनवाई शुक्रवार को करने का अनुरोध…

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Over 2,300 women to go on Haj this year without ‘Mehram’: Naqvi

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Over 2,300 Muslim women from India will go on Haj this year without ‘Mehram’ or male companion as all those who applied under this category have been exempted from the lottery system, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Wednesday.The Modi government had last year allowed women going to Haj without Mehram, which had resulted in about 1,300 Muslim women going for the pilgrimage without any male companion. They had been exempted from the lottery system.Naqvi, while inaugurating the new office space of Haj Division at RK Puram here, said…

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Rihanna sues her father over Fenty name

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Singer Rihanna is suing her father for trying to exploit her name to further his entertainment business.In a federal lawsuit, the pop star alleges that her father, Ronald Fenty, is trading on their surname, Fenty, which she made famous, for financial gain, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The famous singer was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty. In the lawsuit, the 30-year-old singer says that her father and his partner have violated her trademark and falsely suggested that their business, Fenty Entertainment, is affiliated with her.She has used the name for her…

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UN chief hails ‘historic’ moment as Palestine takes over reins of G77

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the “historic leadership” of Palestine which assumed the chairmanship of G77, the global body’s largest intergovernmental organisation of developing countries including India.Egypt was the previous Chair of the Group of 77 (G77), a coalition of 134 members, along with China which aligns itself with the bloc.India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin Tuesday wished Palestine success, saying “India is privileged to stand up for the global South’s quest for greater equity and justice”.In his remarks at the annual ceremony for handover of the…

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IOC to raise USD 3 bn more in overseas loan

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State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) may raise about USD 3 billion more through US dollar bonds issue after the Reserve Bank permitted fuel retailers to raise an overseas loan to check fall in rupee value, its Chairman Sanjiv Singh said Wednesday.IOC is already in market to raise USD 900 million through a bonds issue and is raising an equivalent sum through a syndicated loan for meeting its working capital requirements.”Yes, we will certainly look at raising more overseas loans within the limit set up by RBI,” he told reporters here.RBI…

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SC to hear next week plea challenging appointment of Nageswara Rao as interim CBI chief

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The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear next week a plea by an NGO challenging the January 10 order of the government appointing IPS officer M Nageswara Rao as interim director of the CBI.The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner NGO Common Cause and RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj, appealed to the bench, also comprising Justices L N Rao and and S K Kaul, to hear the plea this Friday.The CJI told Bhushan that it was “definitely…

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Tonight was an MS classic, says elated Kohli

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India captain Virat Kohli called it an “MS classic” after Mahendra Singh Dhoni, with sixes that reminded of his heydays, hammered home the point that the finisher in him is still alive.Dhoni slammed an unbeaten 55 off 54 balls after Kohli laid the foundation for India’s series-levelling six-wicket victory over Australia in the second ODI with a fluent century.”There is no doubt that he should be a part of this team. Tonight was MS classic. He calculates the game so well. He takes the game till the end, when only…

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Ex Lankan prez Kumaratunga warns Sirisena against any alliance with Rajapaksa

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Sri Lanka’s former president Chandrika Kumaratunga Tuesday blamed President Maithripala Sirisena for the 51-day power tussle in the island nation, saying the SLFP party would not approve his plans to have an alliance with former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa.In a strongly-worded letter to the President, Kumaratunga called for an urgent meeting with him to discuss the future of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).The island nation witnessed a 51-day political crisis after Sirisena controversially sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe and installed Rajapaksa in his place on October 26.Sirisena later dissolved Parliament,…

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#MeToo welcome but wrong to condemn anybody without proof: Arshad on Hirani

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As the father of a young daughter, actor Arshad Warsi said on Tuesday he lauded the #MeToo movement but also believed that it would be wrong to condemn long-time collaborator and director Rajkumar Hirani without any proof.Hirani is the latest name to be called out for sexual harassment with a woman “assistant” alleging in an article in HuffPost India that he sexually abused her more than once between March and September 2018 while working on “Sanju”.Describing him as a “polite, nice and correct” person, Warsi, who worked with Hirani in…