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Veteran diplomat questions nationalist credentials of ‘leading’ think-tank ORF
The crippling unoriginality and mental colonization in large swathes of Bharat's strategic thinking community has become exceedingly clear over the past few years. It...
Breaking: Bishop Franco Mulakkal acquitted on charges of raping nun
An additional sessions court in Kottayam has acquitted Franco Mulakkal, the powerful Bishop of Catholic Church's Jalandhar diocese, who had been charged with repeated rape...
Talks around the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) have again come to the fore. And the response of some seemingly 'liberal' Muslim women, that one...
No immediate plan for Uniform Civil Code, Centre tells Delhi HC
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In its first-ever affidavit in a court on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Centre has submitted before the Delhi High Court that it...
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The Allahabad High Court has refused bail to a man, accused of raping a woman after giving her false promise of marriage and then...
Congress govt. in Rajasthan has forcefully changed the name of a govt. school, Shri Hari Singh Senior Secondary School in Jodhpur district, to...
Odisha cabinet to amend Shri Jagannath Temple Act, for ‘settlement’ of Jagannath land-related issues
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The Odisha cabinet on Wednesday decided to amend the Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1954 for the immediate settlement of Jagannath land-related issues.
The cabinet meeting,...
SC/ST of one state can’t claim job, education, land benefits in other state, rules SC
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a person, who is declared either a Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe in one state, cannot claim...
Dear CJI, Bharat is the only country in the world where judges are selecting judges!
CJI Ramana recently opined that judges appointing judges was a widely propagated 'myth' while adding that others were involved in the process. He was...
Justice Abdul Nazeer laments neglect of ancient Bharatiya legal giants like Kautilya, Manu
Justice Abdul Nazeer, who was a part of the bench that passed the Ayodhya and Triple Talaq verdict, spoke of Bharat's ancient judicial system...