More than Rs 1 lakh has been seized from former IPS officer and BJP candidate for West Bengal's Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency Bharati Ghosh, police said on Friday.


Police seize cash from BJP candidate Bharati Ghosh


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The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the validity of reservation, on which a law was passed in Karnataka in 2018, in granting promotions to employees from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the state government.


SC upholds Karnataka law on SC/ST promotion


Over 1,000 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are under the scanner of the Home Ministry for non-performance, an official said on Friday.


1,000 IPS officers under MHA scanner for non-performance


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said civilian vehicles will be restricted on the Jammu-Srinagar highway only on Sundays.


Highway curbs on civilian traffic in J&K only on Sundays


Iqbal Ansari, son of Hashim Ansari, the main litigant in the Babri Masjid dispute, on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court move to extend the term of the mediation committee on Ayodhya till August 15 and hoped a final decision brings peace in the country.


SC order on Ayodhya should bring peace: Muslim litigant


The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on the Madras High Court order that curbed the powers of Puducherry Lieutenant-Governor, Kiran Bedi, by not allowing her to meddle in day-to-day administrative affairs.


SC issues notice on Madras HC's Puducherry LG order


Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi paid a surprise visit to Trishundi village in Amethi in Uttar Pradesh following reports of alleged atrocities on party activists by the police after a clash with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers.


Priyanka meets clash victims in Amethi


China on Friday said it would respond in kind after the US has more than doubled the taxes on Chinese imports worth $200 billion from 10 per cent to 25 per cent, a move that worsens the damaging trade war between the two countries.


China to respond to new US tariffs


BJP's East Delhi MP candidate Gautam Gambhir has sent a defamation notice to AAP rival Atishi after she alleged that the cricketer-turned politician distributed pamphlets containing "obscene and derogatory" remarks against her in the constituency.


Gambhir's defamation notice to Atishi, Kejriwal over 'derogatory pamphlet'


The US on Friday has more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese products from 10 per cent to 25 per cent, in a sharp escalation of their damaging trade war, the Chinese government has confirmed.


US raises tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods


Amit Mehta, an Indian-American judge, will fast-track a decision on President Donald Trumps bid to quash a subpoena for financial records from his accounting firm, saying he will decide the full case after a hearing on May 14.


Indian-American judge to fast-track ruling on Trump finances subpoena


US President Donald Trump has downplayed the prospect of achieving a diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea hours after Pyongyang launched its second suspected missile launch in less than a week.


Trump says N. Korea not 'ready to negotiate'


The ongoing Lok Sabha election in Bihar is unique in the sense that no previous election whether of the assembly or a general election can be taken as reference while analysing electoral prospects of the parties in the state. Let's get into the details and try to see why it is so.


An election of possibilities in Bihar (Comment)


US tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods will increase on Friday after a pivotal round of trade talks between Washington and Beijing failed to produce an agreement to forestall the higher levies and to end a tit-for-tat trade war.


US tariffs on Chinese goods to increase after no deal reached


The Centre has decided to step up security in West Bengal for the eight seats going to polls in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections on Sunday with 602 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (the CRPF, BSF, CISF, SSB, ITBP, RPF, RAF) besides that of state armed police being deployed for election duties.


Security up for Bengal polls, 602 CAPF companies deployed


The Supreme Court on Thursday said it could possibly look into releasing illegal immigrants held in Assam detention centres, on the condition that they assure their availability for legal proceedings, as and when required.


Illegal immigrants in Assam can be released with riders: SC


Three petitioners, former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, on Thursday claimed in the Supreme Court that the Centre played fraud upon the court to obtain favourable order in the Rafale fighter jet case.


Rafale review: Petitioners claim Government played fraud in SC


The prime accused in the Alwar gangrape case was picked up from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Thursday and one more accused later in the day even as BJP held protests accusing the government of "deliberately suppressing" the case in view of the Lok Sabha elections.


Alwar gangrape: All 6 accused arrested, BJP holds protests


The Jammu and Kashmir chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) on Thursday said it is preparing a dossier to be submitted to the Union Human Resource Development Ministry for inclusion of Srinagar in the list of UNESCO heritage cities.


INTACH preparing dossier for Srinagar's heritage city bid


The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will meet, in July, the wife of a former IPS officer of the West Bengal cadre, who committed suicide and held Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "directly responsible" for his death.


SC wants to meet wife of IPS officer who committed suicide


A cockroach found itself in the spotlight when it crawled on the shirt of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte during a campaign rally speech.

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