The record voter turnout in Rajasthan has forced politicians and psephologists to junk their pre-poll calculations. Now, all eyes are on the December 8 counting, says P B Chandra
Observing that the "CAG is not a munim (accountant)" the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Comptroller and Auditor General's power to conduct performance audit of controversial allocation of coal blocks by the UPA government.
One of India's greatest wicketkeeper, Syed Kirmani, feels that Bengal veteran Wriddhiman Saha deserves to play the second Test against the West Indies instead of Rishabh Pant, who still has a "lot to learn".
Anu Ranjan and Shashi Ranjan organised an ITA (Indian Television Academy) Creators Walk at a five star hotel in Mumbai.
The alleged irregularities in the coal block allocations came under judicial scrutiny today with the Supreme Court directing the Centre to explain if the guidelines were strictly followed in allotting the natural resource to private companies.
'Fans' comfort should be top most in franchises' mind.'
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to put in place a proper mechanism to ensure that the Pakistani prisoners are deported back to their country in a time-bound manner after completing their sentences.
A bench of justices R M Lodha and A R Dave also directed the Union government to come out with details of the deaths, if any, and the side effects and compensation, if any, paid to the victims or their family members.
A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday declined to accept any fresh material other than what has been submitted by the expert panel on the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam row between Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Nagaland were all out for just 2 runs from 17 overs in an astonishing display before they lost by 10 wickets with 299 deliveries to spare.
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over alleged illegal clinical trial of drugs in the country, saying its "unfortunate" that human beings were being treated as "guinea pigs".
"God help this country", the Supreme Court observed on Monday, as it chided the government on the issue of providing accommodation in the national capital to members of tribunals. The court also put a poser as to whether the retired judges -- who are members of such tribunals -- are expected to "roam" on the streets of Delhi.
BCCI President Anurag Thakur on Sunday made it clear that unlike his predecessor Shashank Manohar, he is not "interested" in any ICC post and his sole focus at present is to protect the rights of Indian cricket. Hinting at Manohar, Thakur said, "One who had to go to ICC have already gone long back. I have no interest and I am happy here with BCCI and nothing is more important for me than India. We have to protect the rights of India. If you don't think about India then it will be difficult to think about any other country. "Today there is India, so world cricket is growing," Thakur said.
Six state associations wrote to the BCCI's acting president CK Khanna, saying that protocol had not been followed while convening the Special General Meeting in New Delhi.
DLF has wind power plants in four states with total installed capacity of 227 MW.
Pakistani national Mohammad Hussain, who was awarded death sentence in a 1997 Delhi blast case in which four people had died, will have to face trial again with the Supreme Court on Friday directing re-trial after setting aside his conviction and capital punishment.
Recently, DLF sold 17 acres of prime land in Mumbai to Lodha Developers for Rs 2,700 crore.
Buyers are looking for deals at half the price sellers are asking for.
Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was sworn in as the 42nd Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Italian merchant navy ship Enrica Lexie. which was seized after two of its marines had allegedly killed two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast in February this year.
Advocate Meenakshi Lekhi, appearing for the officers, had pointed out that the defence ministry had issued marching orders against them despite the Army's decision that they would continue in service till the pendency of their appeal.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Union government for "total inaction" in dealing with prolonged incarceration of several foreign nationals, mostly Pakistanis, in Indian jails despite having completed their sentences and directed their repatriation within a month.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to inform it about their measures to regulate the sale of acid to prevent its misuse as a weapon, particularly against women by their jilted lovers.The court sought a "comprehensive affidavit" from the ministry of home affairs, which was asked to "consider proper action" for making appropriate provision for "regulation of sale of acids so that it is not easily or readily available to offenders."
'Not every county plays county cricket in England and not every state plays shield cricket in Australia'
Voicing deep concern over mentally unsound Pakistani nationals languishing in Indian jails even after completion of their sentences, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government why they should not be repatriated, saying such detention "pains us".
But reiterates that licences of 46 blocks in operation should be retained.
BCCI has refunded 30 percent of franchise fees paid for IPL 2016 by suspended franchises, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was appointed as the next Chief Justice of India on Friday and will have a tenure of 14 months. The President is pleased to appoint Justice Dattu as the CJI with effect from September 28, 2014, the law ministry announced in New Delhi.
Dravid recently coached the Indian team at the Under-19 World Cup. He was mentor of Rajasthan Royals in the last two seasons of the IPL before the franchise was suspended from the T20 tournament for two years by the Justice Lodha Committee in the aftermath of the spot-fixing scandal that rocked the sixth edition of the T20 tournament in 2013.
The National-Capital based realty major will also launch 9-10 million sq ft of real estate projects during the second half of the current financial year.
A petition was on Tuesday filed in the Supreme Court by a former naval chief and top retired bureaucrats seeking review of its order dismissing a PIL challenging the appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next army chief.
Justice Bobde has decided several key cases and was part of the recent historic verdict that cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.
Indian real estate saw 14 such private equity (PE) exits, worth $457 million (around Rs 2,285 crore) in 2011. Of these, promoters bought out existing PEs or other financial sponsors in eight deals, according VCCEdge, the research platform of VCCircle.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the election of Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for the state Legislative Council which he won unopposed as the opposition parties did not field any candidates against him. A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale dismissed the plea of Shiv Sena Member of Legislative Council Anil Dattatray Parab who had challenged the Election Commission's decision to hold the election.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Italian government's stand on a plea for release of its vessel Enrica Lexie whose two marines allegedly had shot dead two Indian fishermen, Jalastine and Binki, in February.
Expressing "shock" over large number of Pakistani nationals languishing in various Indian jails without trial, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to file within two weeks a comprehensive report on them.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to place before it the file pertaining to the appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next army chief.
'At that time the Delhi police was reeling under various controversies. This case was more of an attention diversion.'
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine a plea for opening of "vault B" of the famed Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple as sought by an expert committee to further strengthen the security apparatus around the purported massive wealth stored in it.
The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) on Monday sacked some of the previous officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, including Team India's media manager Nishant Arora.
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