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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday met RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and discussed a host of issues, including the way forward for opposition bloc INDIA, sources said. The meeting came on a day Gandhi got a huge relief from the Supreme Court after it stayed his conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark and paved the way for his reinstatement as a member of the Lok Sabha. Gandhi reached RJD MP Misa Bharti's residence to meet Lalu Prasad. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav was also present during the meeting. Congress general secretary organization K C Venugopal accompanied Gandhi as they met Lalu Prasad.
The Supreme Court today suspended Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's conviction in a criminal defamation case over his remarks on the 'Modi' surname. The order will allow him to return to parliament and contest national elections due next year. The trial judge has awarded the maximum sentence of two years in the case, the top court observed, pointing out that it would not have attracted disqualification if the sentence was a day lesser. "Truth always triumphs, if not today then tomorrow or the day after," says Rahul Gandhi after SC relief in defamation case. "For disqualifying Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha, they took just 24 hours, let us see how much time is taken to reinstate him", said Cong chief Mallikarjun Kharge on SC stay on Rahul Gandhi's conviction in defamation case.
The Gyanvapi mosque survey by the country's top archaeology body should be done using a "non-invasive method", the Supreme Court said today. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has been given four weeks to submit its report to a court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.
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A bill to set up a national agency to fund research across universities in the country was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday by Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh. The Anusandhan National Research Foundation Bill-2023 seeks to set up a Rs 50,000-crore fund, with a sizeable contribution from the private sector, to "seed, grow and promote" research and development (R&D) and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout India's universities, colleges, research institutions, and R&D laboratories.
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South Korean police detained a man suspected of stabbing a high school teacher with a knife Friday in the city of Daejeon. The stabbing follows a separate, apparently random attack on Thursday in which 14 people were wounded near a busy subway station in Seongnam.
Officials at the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency didn't immediately release the personal details of the suspect in the Friday morning attack on the teacher at Songchon High School, describing him only as a man in his 20s or 30s."
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A total of 23 people arrested in connection to the recent incidents of violence in Haryana's Nuh were produced before the court, and were later sent to police remand for up to five days on Thursday.
"A total of 23 accused in 6 different cases were produced before the court today. Accused in FIR No. 261 sent to 4-day remand. One accused sent to 3-day remand, five accused sent to 4-day remand and the remaining sent to 5-day remand," said the Counsel of the accused on Thursday.
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First Published: Aug 04 2023 | 7:58 AM IST
