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Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of Supreme Court banning sale of liquor on all State and National Highways effective 1 April, 2017, the Odisha government on Sunday straightaway said it’s not possible to shift the liquor shops as it may hamper business of the wine merchants. Odisha Excise minister Damodar Rout told this to media […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the elections to the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) scheduled in February next year, the Odisha government has asked all district collectors to complete the process of delimitation of wards and reservation of seats by August 19 next. In a letter to all district collectors, Deoranjan Kumar Singh, commissioner-cum-secretary, Panchayati Raj, has asked […]

Bhubaneswar: To mark the birth centenary celebrations of legendary leader Biju Patnaik and the 80th yaer of formation of the Odisha state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated 200 news hostels for SC and ST students and inaugurated a programme for distribution of 20,000 land pattas to all beneficiaries at a state level function at the […]

In a welcome development for the students belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories, the State government has increased the percentage of seats to be reserved for them in government higher educational institutions

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court is most likely to follow its own ruling in Goa illegal mining case and ask the Odisha government to stop operations at the mining leases which are running for more than 20 years with deemed extension. A bench, comprising justices A K Patnaik, FMI Kalifullah and S S Nijjar hinted as […]

) New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to direct Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct inquiry into the high profile Tikiri lady teacher murder case and asked the State government to initiate stringent actions against the delinquent officilas. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by the Chief Justice P.Sathasivam, acting on […]

New Delhi: Registration of a first information report in case of a cognisable offence is a must and action must be taken against police officials for not lodging a case in such offences, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said, “We hold registration of FIR […]

New Delhi: An allegation of sexual assault has hit the Supreme Court with a young woman intern accusing a sitting judge, who retired recently, of misbehaving with her in a hotel room last December when the nation was grappling with the gangrape of a woman in the capital. The allegation, levelled by the young woman […]

An allegation of sexual assault has hit the Supreme Court with a young woman intern accusing a sitting judge, who retired recently, of misbehaving with her in a hotel room last December when the nation was grappling with the gangrape of a woman in the capital.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that although the marriage between a Muslim man and Hindu woman is an irregular marriage, described as “fasid” in Mohamadan law, the children born out this wedlock are legitimate and have claim over the property of the father. “The marriage of a Muslim man with an idolater […]

New Delhi: Cricketers Hardik Pandya and Lokesh Rahul will have to wait longer to return to international cricket as the Committee of Administrators (CoA) on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to appoint an ombudsman to look into the issue. With the Special Bench comprising Justices S.A. Bobde and A.M. Sapre deciding to adjourn the case […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Maharashtra cannot ban dance bars by taking recourse to regulating them, noting that since 2005 no licence has been issued. “Since 2005 till date, no licence has been issued. There may be regulation but that does not amount to total prohibition,” said a bench of Justice […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said the bench that will hear a batch of cross petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ayodhya title suit will decide the future course of the hearing. Taking up the applications for early hearing, a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay […]

New Delhi: BJP ministers on Friday came down heavily on the Congress for carrying out a misleading campaign on the Rafale fighter jet deal, with Home Minister Rajnath Singh rejecting the opposition party’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Probe on the issue. Singh said the government was confident that the Supreme Court judgment on the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking the recall of an October 2015 constitution bench judgement striking down the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) that was brought to replace the collegium system for the appointment of judges to higher judiciary. The bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Madan B.Lokur, Justice Kurian […]