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Tells HC that its concern is the security of pilgrims The State government has never interfered in the religious matters and rituals of the Sabarimala temple. But the security of pilgrims visiting the temple is the concern of the government and the police have to ensure that, the State government …

Bench adjourns hearing on probe into accusations against exiled CBI chief A 24-hour delay by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in filing its report on the inquiry against exiled CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma led the Supreme Court to adjourn Monday’s crucial hearing to November 16 (Friday). The report was …

Defence procurement procedure was fully followed, SC told The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the procurement of the 36 Rafale jets well over a year after the Indo-French Joint Statement to acquire the aircraft “as quickly as possible” was issued, said a government note in the Supreme Court on …

Sri Lanka’s Speaker on Sunday accused President Maithripala Sirisena of “usurping” the rights of legislators and asked public servants not to carry out his “illegal orders”. Karu Jayasuriya said Mr. Sirisena’s actions since October 26 undermined the freedoms of the people. “I have watched over the last two weeks as …

U.S., EU had warned against such move Voters in rebel-held east Ukraine chose new leaders on Sunday after Russia defied Western calls not to sabotage peace talks and Kiev urged fresh sanctions against the Kremlin. In the Donetsk and Lugansk “People’s Republics” in Ukraine’s industrial east, voters headed to polling …

BNP leader says they are in a ‘democratic struggle’ Bangladesh’s main Opposition party announced on Sunday that it would not boycott next month’s general election and would challenge Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the polls, despite its leader being in jail. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party said it would contest the …

Rajapaksa confident of SLPP sweeping the forthcoming polls Mahinda Rajapaksa told reporters on Sunday that the elections scheduled for January 5 would go ahead, and that he was confident of his party “sweeping” the polls. While admitting that he was speaking to lawyers on the legal challenge being mounted by …

Spit on Pune streets, be prepared to clean it In a bid to keep Pune streets clean, the civic body has started punishing people spitting on roads by making them clean the spit, besides levying a fine on offenders, an official said on Sunday. The decision was taken after authorities …

‘Publicise antecedents or face action’ Candidates with criminal antecedents and their political parties can be charged with contempt of the Supreme Court if they fail to widely publicise the cases against them as prescribed. They may also be penalised for false statements, the Election Commission has said.Separate formats have been …

Missile and torpedo firings to be part of this year’s bilateral naval exercise The 25th edition of the India-Singapore bilateral naval exercise, SIMBEX, has begun at the tri-services command in Port Blair.The exercise, which kicked off on Saturday off the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, will conclude on …