Row after man dies in police custody in UP; SHO booked for murder

The police on Sunday lodged an FIR on charges of murder and criminal conspiracy against the station house officer of Chinhat police station in Lucknow and others after the family of a 30-year-old......

Ahead of J-K results, row erupts over LG's power to nominate 5 MLAs

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's power to nominate five members to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was at the centre of a political and legal debate on the eve of vote count, with the Congress and......

EC must have power to derecognise parties, says freebies case plea in SC

The Election Commission (EC) must have the power to deregister a political party in case of a violation of the mandatory conditions for registration and for breach of laws, the Supreme Court was......

SC rejects pleas to ask govt to frame religion-, gender-neutral laws

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday thwarted an attempt to get a direction to the Centre to frame uniform religion and gender-neutral laws governing subjects such as......

Kamath leads race to succeed Chakrabarty as RBI deputy guv

Experts interviewed CMDs of nine public sector banks on Friday and Kamath is believed to be in the reckoning A search panel headed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has zeroed......

FinMin list ready for CMDs, EDs at 11 banks

M V Tanksale of Punjab National Bank may head Punjab & Sind Bank and R M Malla of the Small Industries Development Bank of India may take charge at IDBI Bank if the Central Vigilance Commission and......