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Six of the nine Lok Sabha MPs of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) skipped a meeting of its parliamentary party on Thursday amid speculation that they could defect to the rival faction led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, The Hindu reported. The MPs who were absent from the meeting despite a party…

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The Calcutta High Court declined interim relief in a petition challenging West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to recognise expelled Trinamool Congress MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of Opposition. The plea had been filed by TMC leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, who argued that the speaker had ignored the party leadership’s decision to nominate him…

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The Union government claimed before the Delhi High Court on Thursday that messaging platform Telegram was becoming the “new dark web”, enabling illegal activities and linking criminals, Bar and Bench reported. “Criminals have rapidly adopted Telegram to post links on channels that connect to dark web forums through deep web links, making it hard for…

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Maanas drove his jeep. Samika sat next to him, while Nivaan made himself comfortable in the backseat. The bags were dumped at the back of the vehicle. It was barely 7 am, yet the mid-May sun had already begun throwing fire. The wind hitting their faces did nothing to allay the rising feverish warmth in…

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Former Agniveers will get 20% reservation in recruitment to vacant “Group C” posts in the Delhi government, Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu said on Thursday. The posts include police constables, fire personnel, jail wardens, forest guards and wildlife guards. Recruitment under the provision will be open to all eligible former Agniveers. Agniveers are recruited into…

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The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi retained its place as India’s top-ranked university in the 2027 QS World University Rankings released on Thursday. The institute is ranked 118th globally, the highest for an Indian institution. Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay was the first Indian institute to be ranked 118th in 2025. Fifty-two Indian universities were featured in…

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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday declined to grant interim relief in a petition challenging West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to recognise expelled Trinamool Congress MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of Opposition, Live Law reported. Justice Krishna Rao directed all parties to file affidavits explaining their stands. The matter has been listed…

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Few professions attract as much ready-made suspicion as the law. Praise, when it comes, is measured; mockery, on the other hand, is abundant. Lawyers are variously described as dull, devious, greedy – or some artful combination of all three. Edmund Burke famously observed: “Law sharpens a man’s mind by narrowing it.” King Louis XII of…

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Trinamool Congress leader Aroop Biswas on June 12 wrote to HDFC Bank seeking a freeze on the party’s account, citing uncertainty surrounding the authority and control of the organisation’s affairs and assets, NDTV reported on Thursday. In the letter, Biswas identified himself as the party’s treasurer and said he was acting in that capacity. However,…

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday told the Union government to respond to a petition filed by messaging platform Telegram challenging the decision to restrict access to its services in India until June 22, ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination, The Hindu reported. Justice Tejas Karia directed the government to file its response by Thursday and…

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