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Voting underway for 13 seats in Punjab, lone Chandigarh seat

Chandigarh, May 19: Amid reports of EVM snags, polling was underway Sunday in all 13 Lok Sabha constituencies of Punjab and the lone Chandigarh constituency, with SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Puri among those in the fray. Polling began at 7 […]

Two Indian climbers die on Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal

KATHMANDU – Two Indian climbers died near the summit of Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal and a Chilean mountaineer was missing on the world’s third highest mountain, their hiking company said on Thursday. Kanchenjunga is popular with climbers who visit Nepal for the spring climbing season which ends this […]

CJI gets clean chit as In-House panel finds “no substance” in sexual harassment allegations

New Delhi, May 6: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Monday got a clean chit from the Supreme Court’s In-House Inquiry Committee which “has found no substance” in the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a former woman employee of the apex court. A notice by […]

Kejriwal slapped by man in roadshow in Moti Nagar; AAP accuses BJP

New Delhi, May 4: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was slapped by a man during a roadshow in Moti Nagar in the New Delhi constituency, prompting a strong reaction from the AAP which alleged the BJP was behind the “cowardly act”. Police said the man has been taken into […]

Priyanka’s own decision not to contest from Varanasi: Sam Pitroda

Jaipur, Apr 26:  Congress leader Sam Pitroda Friday said it was Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s own decision not to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Speculation over Priyanka Gandhi’s electoral debut from Modi’s constituency ended Thursday when the Congress fielded Ajay […]

Law equal for all, raid my house if I do anything wrong: Modi

Sidhi(MP), Apr 26: Dispelling the impression that recent searches by Income-Tax department were politically motivated, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the law is equal for all and his residence should also be searched if he has done anything wrong. Addressing a public meeting here in Madhya Pradesh, he […]

India’s chief justice accused of sexual harassment

NEW DELHI — A former employee of India’s Supreme Court has accused the country’s chief justice of sexual harassment, an accusation that was vehemently denied by the judge, the nation’s largest news agency reported Saturday. The 35-year-old woman filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Friday alleging […]

Supreme Court Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi denies sexually harassing assistant

MUMBAI – The chief justice of India’s Supreme Court, Ranjan Gogoi, on Saturday denied allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances towards a junior court assistant who worked in an office at his home and that she was subsequently victimised. “This is unbelievable,” Gogoi, India’s most powerful judge, […]

Reputation is the only thing which a judge has: CJI Gogoi

New Delhi, Apr 20: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Saturday said that “reputation” is the only thing which a judge has and if it will be attacked on baseless allegations of sexual harassment, no “sane person” will come forward to take up judgeship. “If such things will happen […]

CJI-led bench set up to hear sexual harassment allegations against him, order by 2 other judges

New Delhi, Apr 20:. A three-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi was hurriedly constituted in the Supreme Court Saturday to deal with allegations of sexual harassment against the CJI, but as the hearing progressed, he opted out midway from passing any judicial order. The […]

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