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NEW DELHI: Framing a unique standard operating procedure, Supreme Court has directed that if a poor person, arrested for an offence and lodged in jail pending trial, is unable to furnish monetary surety for bail, government concerned through district legal services authority will provide it to ensure release, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. The new SOP was…

NEW DELHI: The government’s in-principle go ahead to setting up of an apex federal agency for planning and monitoring of all modes of surface transport, railways, shipping, civil aviation and mass transit at national level, and logistics sector is set to bring a paradigm shift in the country’s infrastructure planning and accelerated development. The new…

Former Uttarakhand chief minister and senior Congress leaderHarish Rawat narrowly escaped injury after his vehicle met with an accident near Meerut on Saturday, news agency ANI reported. Rawat was travelling from Delhi to Dehradun at the time of the incident. Fortunately, he emerged unhurt and continued his journey safely. Authorities are investigating the cause of…

NEW DELHI: Congress MLA K N Rajanna on Saturday raised questions over whether the Karnataka government would require Muslims to seek permission for performing ‘namaz’ (prayers) on roads, amid a new directive banning RSS activities in public places and government institutions without prior permission.Reacting to the order, Rajanna said he would watch how far it…

NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Saturday announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, fielding nominees for Narkatiaganj, Kishanganj, Kasba, Purnia, and Gaya Town constituencies. Shaswat Kedar Pandey will contest from Narkatiaganj, while Qamrul Hoda has been fielded from Kishanganj. Irfan Alam, Jitender Yadav, and Mohan Shrivasta will represent the…

NEW DELHI: It has been more than three decades since former Bihar chief minister and a flag bearer of backward classes, Karpoori Thakur bowed out from the stage of Bihar politics. However, his disciples, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, still swear by Karpoori’s name on the issue of social justice.When…

NEW DELHI: At least 28 students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), including student union (JNUSU) president Nitesh Kumar, were detained on Saturday evening after a protest outside the campus turned confrontational, Delhi Police said.According to the police, around 70–80 students, including women, gathered near the university’s West Gate around 6 pm. Barricades had been placed…

Bihar will vote in two phases – 6 and 11 November. (PTI photo) In the upcoming Bihar assembly election, multiple factors will come into play including caste dynamics, anti-incumbency sentiments, internal rifts in both major coalitions, the emergence of new political players like Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party and significant voter-driven issues like unemployment and…

Priyanka Chaturvedi (Photo credit: ANI) Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday praised the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) for calling off its upcoming series against Pakistan, stating that the move sets an example for India. She suggested that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Union Government could “take tips…

NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor on Wednesday announced that he would stay out of the electoral fray in Bihar, even as he seeks to “disrupt” the state’s power equation that has long swung between Nitish Kumar‘s JD(U) and Lalu Prasad Yadav‘s RJD. Prashant Kishor, who has served both the NDA and the Bihar…