Best Bakery case: SC dismisses plea Delhi, May 7. (PTI): Refusing to review its order transferring the trial of Best Bakery case from Gujarat to Maharashtra, the Supreme Court today dismissed the State Government's plea terming it as "false and misleading". A Bench comprising Justice ... More Stories

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We will lead non-NDA government: Congress
NEW DELHI, MAY 6. The Congress claimed today that after the third phase of polling on Wednesday, "a secular, non-NDA government led by the Congress is now inevitable." After a meeting of the party's political strategy committee, the party ...

Muralitharan draws level with Walsh HARARE, MAY 6. Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan equalled the all-time test wickets record of 519 when he took six for 45 against Zimbabwe on the opening day of the first cricket Test on Thursday. Douglas Hondo drove and missed at ...

China keeps its word on Sikkim
NEW DELHI, MAY 6.Sikkim no longer figures as an "independent nation" in the world map and index of the annual yearbook published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. By taking this step, the Chinese Government has fulfilled its assurance to the ...

Court raps Modi Government
NEW DELHI, MAY 6. The Supreme Court today severely admonished the Narendra Modi Government in Gujarat for seeking a modification of its earlier order directing a retrial of the Best Bakery case [in which all the 21 accused were let off] by a ...

Patna High Court order stayed
NEW DELHI, MAY 6. The Supreme Court today stayed a Patna High Court order directing the Election Commission to disqualify those candidates who were contesting the elections from jails and to countermand the polls in these constituencies. A ...

The day after, Indian forces hit back at the Hizb
SRINAGAR, MAY 6.Just a day after the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's efforts to secure a poll boycott met with some success in south Kashmir, the security forces have struck back by eliminating the terrorist organisation's supreme commander for military ...

Unprecedented rain in Thanjavur in May, after two decades
THANJAVUR, MAY 6. The rain lashing the Cauvery delta district of Thanjavur now is unprecedented. There was no such heavy downpour in May in the past two decades. The normal rainfall for the whole of May, according to available figures, is ...

Job firms to be prosecuted
NEW DELHI, MAY 6.Taking a serious view of reports of placement agencies recruiting ex-servicemen for security duty in Iraq, the Government today said it would prosecute firms indulging in this illegal activity. Action will be initiated against ...

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