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Supreme Court refuses to stop probe against Flipkart, Amazon
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt an inquiry into Amazon and Flipkart’s business practices, rejecting their demands to pause a Competition Commission of India (CCI) probe. The CCI had ordered the investigation last year – for allegedly promoting select sellers on their e-commerce platforms and using...
FIR over viral video of anti-Muslim slogans at Jantar Mantar
A video allegedly from a march held at Jantar Mantar in the heart of Delhi on Sunday has gone viral over egregiously communal slogans raised at the event that the police say was held without permission. The march was reportedly organised by Supreme Court lawyer and former Delhi...
Modi to chair UN Security Council meet today for first time
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to become the first Indian Prime Minister to chair a United Nations Security Council open debate that is scheduled to take place later this evening. The debate will shine a spotlight on enhancing maritime security. Taking over from France, India assumed...
Ganga, Yamuna above danger-mark in UP
Lucknow: At least 357 villages across 21 districts in Uttar Pradesh have been inundated with floodwater due to heavy rainfall in the state. Hamirpur and Jalun districts in Bundelkhand region are the worst affected. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will take an aerial survey of the flood-affected regions today to...
Chief Justice: biggest human right violations in police stations
New Delhi: The threat to human rights and bodily integrity are the “highest in police stations”, Chief Justice of India Justice N V Ramana said at a function today, expressing concern about custodial torture. Calling human rights and dignity “sacrosanct”, he said, “custodial torture and other police atrocities are...
Delhi starts colour-coded Covid alert levels 1 To 4
New Delhi: Amid fears of a possible third wave of Covid infections, Delhi has put into force a graded action plan to tackle any surge in cases in the coming days. The national capital is the first city to enforce such a plan. The action plan, which lays down...
Tight security at Delhi airport after terrorist threat
New Delhi: Security has been increased at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after a bomb threat email to Delhi Police cautioned about terrorist outfit Al Qaeda planning to attack the airport. As per an official statement by the airport, after investigation the threat was found “non-specific” and Bomb Threat...
Trinamool alleges leaders hurt in Tripura attack
Agartala/Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday alleged that two of its youth leaders from West Bengal were injured when their vehicle was allegedly attacked by BJP activists in Tripura’s Dhalai district. Following the incident, Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who is West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew...
Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account temporarily blocked
The Congress on Saturday said its leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account had been “temporarily locked” after the social media platform countered the party’s claim that his handle had been “temporarily suspended” amid a controversy over the removal of an image posted by the MP a day ago. Rahul Gandhi’s...
Modi’s 3-day conclave to chart future course
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new council of ministers will hold a three-day conclave next week to chalk out an agenda for the remaining three years of the government’s term, sources said on Friday, as the government looks for ways to tackle simmering public resentment. For the first time since...
