A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath issued notice to the Ministry of Defence, saying that "we want to know your response" and listed the matter for hearing on February 3 next year.
Stating that pushing GDP growth, which has slipped to 5-year low of 6.8 per cent in 2018-19, is the top priority, President Ramnath Kovind said Modi govt will bring more reforms and raise farm investments to boost growth.
The rupee had depreciated by 39 paise, logging its biggest daily loss in nearly two months, to end at 61.34 on Thursday on fears of capital outflows from emerging markets after Federal Reserve signalled a sooner-than-expected hike in US benchmark interest rates.
Mahmood Akhtar, who attacked the umpire with a baseball bat, has been jailed for three years.
The PM asserted that 'we know how to take challenges head-on'.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal exhorted the people to exercise restraint and observe the 32nd anniversary of Operation Bluestar peacefully.
Uneasy calm prevailed in Ayodhya, which on Saturday looked like a fortress, with deployment of more than 10,000 cops on the 22nd anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque.
Three persons were arrested in connection with the incident, Patiala police chief Paramjit Singh Umranangal said.
The manifesto promises better drinking water facilities, better street lights, free community toilets, provision of pink toilets for women, grant of Rs 20,000 for construction of personal toilets, provision of adarsh nagar panchayat, e-tendering and provision of kanji house for stray animals.
'A clear pattern is emerging in that most of those who we met are saying that their IDs have been burnt or stolen.' 'I clearly sense a pattern here.' 'It's not a very normal occurrence to happen during the riots.'
Most industry players in Tirupur feel that though the idea of GST is good, the problems are largely due to its poor implementation. Refund delays, withdrawal of incentive schemes make Made-in-Tirupur products costlier by 10-15 per cent, say entrepreneurs.
The Congress chief reiterated that Rs 30,000 crore was "wrongfully" given to Anil Ambani in the purchase of Rafale fighter planes.
Enabling the online booking and payment for Indian Railway tickets is one such case. Amitabh Pandey's book is about how he went about enthusing teams inside the Indian Railways and facilitating online reservations, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
It is about prayers and piety, but also about food and festivity.
Bengaluru-based developers, such as Puravankara Limited and Sowparnika Projects, have witnessed over 85-90 per cent of their customers being first time buyers or end users.
After displaying complacence in dealing with the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar that took nearly 50 lives, the Akhilesh Yadav government has finally decided to crack the whip.
Employees asked to work from home... cancelled travel plans... curtailed meetings... Caution and precaution dominate Corporate India's response to Covid-19.
A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to four of the five persons arrested for allegedly beating and molesting two Manipuri girls and hurling racist abuses at them.
An anti-war group in Kochi on Monday called for a boycott of products of Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Hindustan Lever Ltd to protest the superpower-led military action in Iraq.
Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have further lost favour among Indian investors.
Charlie Hebdo thanked 'millions' of supporters 'who are really on our side, who sincerely and deeply "are Charlie",' an invocation of the 'I am Charlie' slogan that went viral the world over after murderers killed 17 people in Paris last week.
The move comes after Flipkart decided to pass on shipping costs to its sellers, including charging them for reverse logistics.
Hospital authorities said of the deceased at the GTB, at least nine received gun shots. One of the deceased is also a woman, they said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a charge sheet on Friday against seven people, including three juveniles, in connection to the death of 19-year-old student Nido Tania.
PMO asked income-tax department to submit report on action taken against identified benami owners
Normal movement of people and vehicular traffic was observed in parts of Srinagar on Tuesday, the officials said.
Desperate times need desperate actions, and the BJP's only option is to enforce legislation to build a Ram mandir, says Sunil Sethi.
Neither 'heart' is a symbol nor 'love' is poll plank this time in Bihar, as Matuknath Choudhary, popularly known as love guru, is not contesting Lok Sabha polls.
'None of his grandparents, and only one of his parents, was born in the US or spoke English as their mother tongue.' 'Of his three wives, one was born in Czechoslovakia and one in Slovenia.' 'Where would Trump have been if they, too, had 'rejected the ideology of globalism and embraced the doctrine of patriotism'?' asks Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Shouting slogans, BJP leaders and workers -- including Prem Kumar, who is the leader of opposition in Bihar assembly -- took to the streets, demanding arrest of Rocky.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf tries to escape the Mumbai heat in the hills of Uttarakhand and discovers the aftermath of climate change and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
The strike called by separatist groups against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday evoked a partial response in the Valley.
Eight members of an Al Qaeda suicide squad, including their local handler, have been arrested by Pakistani security agencies in past week, officials said.
A man arrested for allegedly beating and molesting two Manipuri women while hurling racist abuses at them was on Monday sent to one-day police custody by a Delhi court.
Campaigning for the third day in a row in the state that goes to the polls on November 9, he said the election was not being fought by his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, but the people of the state who were out to "teach" a lesson to the Congress for corruption and poor law and order.
Flood in the rice bowl: Keralites who lost everything stare at uncertainty.
Thousands of mourners jostled and some clambered on trees to capture the moment on their phones as former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cortege left the Bharatiya Janata Party's headquarters for Rashtriya Smriti Sthal.
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