The petition filed by Madhya Pradesh resident Veenayak Shah said the practise of prayer created obstacles in developing scientific temperament among students as the whole idea of God and religious faith is given immense priority and instilled as a thought-process among the students.
The bosses of SBI, Union Bank and Central Bank have been driving down to their offices everyday to take stock of the biggest loan drive ever undertaken for MSMEs, discovers Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it had already come to the conclusion that the Ram Sethu doesn't fulfill the criteria for being declared a national monument."As far as we are concerned, the stand of the government is very clear that the Ram Sethu could not fulfil the criteria of a national monument," senior advocate Fali S Nariman, appearing for the Centre, told a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan.
The Express group is expected to get around Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) from the deal.
'The nine judges with all their convictions, wisdom, intellectual girth and enlightened debate have not just stood up to the government but disempowered the State in favour of the people,' says Maheshwar Peri.
Senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam on Wednesday asked the Chief Justice of India to withdraw the recommendation about his candidature as the judge of the Supreme Court.
The all-party meeting on the Cauvery issue decided that two senior officials nominated by the state government as its representatives to the authority and the committee would participate in the July 2 meeting to present Karnataka's views.
The Indo-American Society invites management students and business professionals to a seminar on importing from USA.
Sibal said that Trai had compared India with China.
The apex court had on Tuesday agreed to hear on January 22 in open court the pleas seeking review of its verdict but refused to stay its judgment.
Anand Jain , best known for his childhood friendship with Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani, is now creating waves in the stock markets after his little-known company sold shares worth Rs 2,800 crore to a clutch of leading foreign investors such as Blue Ridge and Tiger.
Cyclone Nisarga slammed Maharashtra coast with wind speeds of up to 120 kmph, making landfall at 12.30 pm at Alibaug near Mumbai. The process was completed by 2.30 pm, a senior India Meteorological Department official said. Alibaug witnessed wind speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour. It weakened into a 'deep depression' late on Wednesday evening, the IMD said.
Thackeray was included in the list of villains along with Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.
A nine-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, heard marathon arguments for six days over a period of three weeks and reserved its verdict on the issue whether right to privacy can be held as a fundamental right under the Constitution.
The Worli-Nariman Point sea link would connect to Marine Drive, destroying the beauty for which it is known
The top law officer said that even if some people of the community have come up, the stigma of caste and backwardness is still attached to them.
The apex court said Ambani and the others will have to purge contempt by paying Rs 453 crore to Ericsson in four weeks. A bench comprising Justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran said if the 'contemnors' failed to make the payments within the specified period, they will undergo a jail term of three months.
Delhi ranks 8th in the most expensive office markets of the world, says global realty consultant CB Richard Ellis.
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The apex court said political parties will also have to upload reasons for selecting candidates with pending criminal cases on their website.
GE had also lined up aggressive investment plans for roads, airports, ports and real estate sectors.
On the last date of hearing, the Maharashtra police had produced additional letters to establish Moist links of the arrested accused even as the petitioners described it as cooked-up evidence.
Cinestar and BJP MP Vinod Khanna has bought a residential apartment at Malabar Hill, in the tony South Mumbai area, from Citibank for Rs 1.25 lakh a sq ft. Khanna has paid Rs 31.25 crore for the 2,500 sq ft flat. The sale price was four times higher than the reserve price of Rs 32,000 per sq ft.
The apex court fixed August 30 for final hearing of the matter to decide on the Constitutional validity of Jallikattu.
The court held that the states were not required to 'collect quantifiable data' reflecting the backwardness among these communities.
The RRSS on Tuesday accused the Congress of "consistently trying to spread lies" about it
The bench was also of the view that no interim order can be obtained unless the parties see the grounds for proclamation for President's rule.
The fourth convict, Pawan Gupta, has not filed a curative petition, which he still can if he chooses.
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In 2012, Knight Frank estimated that prices in Ulwe grow by 50% in three years.
The inquiry by will not deal with the allegations of sexual harassment against the CJI.
The seventh anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, which had claimed lives of 166 people and left hundreds injured, would be observed on Thursday.
Insulting people by not taking the Padma awards seriously is not one of those exercises that will help the Manmohan Singh ministry make friends.
Shyam Benegal, Shobhana Bhartia and Kapila Vatsayan come in place of Fali S Nariman, Lata Mangeshkar and Cho Ramaswamy.
In August this year, ABN Amro Bank decided to renew the lease for its 3,100 sq ft office space at Nariman Point's Sakhar Bhavan, but the landlord dropped a bomshell by jacking up the rental to Rs 500 per sq ft.
The British Council invites students who have received an offer of admission from UK institutions for a pre-departure briefing that will include all the information required to prepare for student life in the UK.
Heavy rains, coupled with thunderstorm, lashed Mumbai on Tuesday evening, bringing the soaring temperatures down and giving respite to the citizens from the sweltering heat.
Sankararaman's widow has opposed the petition seeking transfer of the case outside Tamil Nadu.
