A division bench of justices Biswanath Somadder and A Mukherjee said the government's silence on the permission is 'astonishing and astounding'.
Experts said the direction is meant to maintain party unity.
In a boost to relief efforts in the flood-ravaged Kashmir Valley, the Jammu-Sringar National Highway on Tuesday reopened for traffic after remaining closed for 13 days due to landslides triggered by incessant rains.
Chinese mobile-phone users will be able to watch television programmes on their screens from mid-2007 when trial broadcasts begin, a year ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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But the Bush Administration assured that the changes will be within the framework of the Joint Statement.
The survey has already started in the Hebei and Henan provinces.
The tall claims that the state administration, particularly Modi's highly charged PR machinery has created to hardsell the state, and in turn Modi himself, are not reinforced by the numbers
The denial of information to a citizen by a Public Information Officer could lead to penalty and punishment.
The caller, posing himself as either a colonel or a local official, made queries about the army presence in the area and the timings of their movement, official sources said.
After a nationwide crackdown on telephone sex lines and online gambling sites, China has now banned fortune-telling advertisements.
The city needs some autonomy, or it will continue to decline in all the ways that are familiar, observes T N Ninan
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday said he has sought appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand special category status for Bihar.
'Even though the government gets loans from foreign countries for the development of the poor, the poor don't benefit,' says Magsaysay Award winner Jockin Arputham.
The rise in water level in the tracks was also due to release of water from Barvi dam, railway officials said.
China's tax burden at 20 per cent is still lower than that of most developing and developed countries, the government has claimed.
Angered by an acute shortage of water and frequent power cuts in Patna, hundreds of residents on Saturday took to the streets and blocked traffic on the arterial Ashok Rajpath.
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Class 10 student, Surinder Kumar risked his life and returned home from a makeshift camp miles away to collect his books that he could not pick up while fleeing to safety.
In what appears to be a mega celebration for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam workers and supporters, party supremo Jayalalithaa, fresh from her acquittal, will make her first public appearance in several months in Chennai on Friday.
The Shiv Sena on Thursday hit out at the Congress for describing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat as 'Hitler' for his controversial 'Hindu nation' remarks saying it is the same party which appeased Muslims to derive political mileage while ignoring Hindus.
'We are asking for the resignation of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government for killing six farmers in Mandsaur district.' 'His is a killer government.' 'The anti-farmer policies of these state governments have brought ruin for the farmers.'
Patil may discuss with the state administration the issue of deployment of central paramilitary forces along the state's borders with China and Nepal.
Post Jayalalithaa's death, the Tamil Nadu government is in confused state.
The issue of erecting fences along the international Indo-Bangla border was in cold storage for last several years.
The threat of flash floods in Himachal has reduced substantially because of receding water levels of river Sutlej.
'There is no doubt that Sasikala wanted the transition to go this way.' 'The only thing the AIADMK MLAs want is to stay in power.'
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is likely to resign on October 27 to enable Union Urban Development Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad take over the reins of the state administration on November 2.
The famous singer-actress died without a heir or a will.
The famous singer-actress died without a heir or a will.
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