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Supreme Court asks Centre to review Wangchuk’s detention NEW DELHI: Observing that the medical condition of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been in detention for more than four months, is not very good, Supreme Court asked the Centre Wednesday to rethink/relook its decision to continue to keep him in custody, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.SC...

File photo NEW DELHI: Two months after IndiGo’s mass flight cancellation in the wake of non-compliance with flying time norms, Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday ordered a detailed probe into its alleged unfair business practices.It said the carrier enjoyed “a position of dominance” in the airline business, noting that it operated exclusively on...

File photo NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Wednesday sought Supreme Court’s urgent intervention to curb and prevent, what it called, a systematic pattern of violence and threats against its officials conducting the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal and alleged that while the CM’s speeches encouraged such situations, police are reluctant to...

Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi with Suspended Lok Sabha at parliament premises during the ongoing budget session, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday could not deliver his customary speech during the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address because of the adjournment forced by...

FROM ASSEMBLY TO COURTROOM: Mamata Banerjee, a law graduate, A is perhaps the first CM to argue in-person before the SC NEW DELHI: In a dramatic twist to her agitation against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday argued in Supreme Court against the exercise, which she...

Anil Ambani NEW DELHI: Industrialist Anil Ambani on Wednesday gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court through his lawyer that he would not flee India pending court-monitored CBI and ED probes into alleged siphoning of Rs 40,000 crore from loans availed of from banks.With petitioner EAS Sarma’s counsel Prashant Bhushan apprehending that given the spread...

NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old businessman was assaulted by a group of men after he intervened to stop youths from harassing three women in south Delhi’s Mehrauli on Monday. Police have arrested all the four men allegedly involved in the assault. Mukesh Kumar (26) lives with his family in Sangam Vihar and runs a transport business....

Representative image PRAYAGRAJ: After decades of waiting, Dhani Ram finally won his freedom in his 100th year. Allahabad high court last month acquitted the Hamirpur native, convicted in 1984 for a 1982 murder tied to a property feud. Though sentenced to life, he was released on bail that same year, spending 42 years waiting for...

Piyush Goyal in Rajya Sabha (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal said in Parliament Wednesday that ensuring energy security of 1.4 billion Indians will be govt’s “supreme priority”, hinting that any change in crude suppliers will not lead to rise in pump price.Goyal said India had secured its “core sensitivities” in...

Representative image MUMBAI: India’s coffeehouse chains are staring at a troubling brew. A higher customs duty on roasting, brewing and vending machines which is already in place now, will raise costs for companies, hitting their margins.Factor in the rupee depreciation and a wobbly coffee inflation and you have a perfect mix for stirring up a...