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A bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and Dinesh Maheshwari termed as 'mischievous" the PIL filed by 'Akhand Bharat Morcha' seeking banning of 'halal' for slaughter of animals.

BSE and NSE, the oldest and the largest bourses, respectively, also reported power outages but said their operations are continuing normally.

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi urged everyone to make a distinction between the two incidents, asserting that justice was done in Rajasthan with prompt action.

Paddy procurement commenced in Punjab and Haryana from September 26 due to early arrival of the crop, while in other states from October 1.

They said they suspect Mansi Singh hanged herself from a tree with her dupatta due to family pressure as she had not applied for the exam and no external injury marks were found on her body.

In a haunting reminder of the Ankit Saxena murder case two years ago, the Delhi University student was killed allegedly over his friendship with a woman from another community.

The court said prima facie seizure of an air compressor tank from the accused by the Delhi police in absence of any independent witness was a 'gross violation' of the law.

In a meeting of the committee on Wednesday, its chairman Amantullah Khan said that there were cases in which some riot victims with serious injuries were given medico legal certificates saying they had minor injuries by doctors.

A total of 6,616 human trafficking cases were registered in the country, which is far higher than the 5,788 cases registered in 2018 and 5,900 cases in 2017. The previous year also saw a drop in conviction rates of trafficking cases - from 29.4% in 2018 t...

Sources say the Congress wants to steer clear of this but then Chowdhury is a shrewd politician who has managed to hold on to his turf in Murshidabad. And sources say he could make the point that Banerjee chose to remain quiet on the issue.

The four were taken into custody at Mathura’s Math toll plaza where the police were checking vehicles after receiving a tip-off that some suspicious people were on their way to Hathras from Delhi.

The party-wise donations (above Rs 20,000) declared without PAN details of donors show the BJP declared the highest such contributions ( Rs 237.22 crore), followed by the Congress and CPI. 


He also has varied experience in diverse areas like Global Trade Services, International Banking Group, MCG among others. He has worked as Vice President and Head (Trade) in New York.

The schemes have received Rs 1,078 crore during September 1-15. This takes the total cash flows received till date since April 24 to Rs 8,262 crore, Franklin Templeton MF said in a statement.

The development comes a day after Paswan met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda here to discuss the seat-sharing formula.

The RJD has been wary of giving leverage to its allies after its poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections last year. It fears that the Congress may opt for a post-election alliance with Nitish Kumar in the event that there is a hung Assembly.