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Supreme Court grants bail to P Chidambaram in INX Media case
04 Dec 2019
The apex court, however, restrained Chidambaram from giving press interviews or making statements with regard to the case as also from traveling abroad without the court's permission
Former CEC T N Seshan passes away
11 Nov 2019
Seshan, 86, who brought new vigour to Election Commission and strived for free and fair elections by introducing the moral code, passed away at his Chennai residence
Relief for PM Boris Johnson as MPs vote for 12 Dec election
30 Oct 2019
The House of Commons approved the bill by a margin of 430 to 20, paving the way for the general election ahead of the extended Brexit deadline of 31 January
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde appointed next Chief Justice of India
30 Oct 2019
Justice Bobde, 63, who will take charge as the 47th Chief Justice of India on 18 November when the present CJI Ranjan Gogoi retires, will have a tenure of over 17 months and is due to retire on 23 April 2021
Reduce govt’s PSB stake to below 51%: Abhijit Banerjee
23 Oct 2019
On the crisis in the banking sector, he said the government should reduce its equity stake in PSU banks to below 51 per cent so that there is no oversight by the CVC
SC grants bail to Chidambaram in INX Media case
22 Oct 2019
The Supreme Court bench, however, made it clear that Chidambaram will not leave the country without prior permission of the court and make himself available for interrogation as and when called by the probe agency
INX Media case: ED to get custody of P Chidambaram
15 Oct 2019
The agency plans to arrest him from Tihar jail in the morning and produce in court around 4 PM when the agency applies for his custody
INX Media case: ED to get custody of P Chidambaram
15 Oct 2019
The agency plans to arrest him from Tihar jail in the morning and produce in court around 4 PM when the agency applies for his custody
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer share Economics Nobel
14 Oct 2019
The Laureates’ research findings – and those of the researchers following in their footsteps – have dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice, the according to the Nobel Prize Committee
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed awarded 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
11 Oct 2019
Abiy Ahmed, who became Prime Minister in April 2018, made it clear that he wished to resume peace talks, and with support from Eritrian President Afwerki signed the peace agreement in Asmara and Jeddah in July and September this year - accepting the arbitration ruling of an international boundary commission in 2002
Literature Nobel: Olga Tokarczuk wins 2018 award, Peter Handke gets 2019 Prize
10 Oct 2019
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature “for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life,” while Austrian author Peter Handke has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature “for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience”
Three share 2019 Physics Nobel
09 Oct 2019
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics rewards new understanding of the universe’s structure and history, and the first discovery of a planet orbiting a solar-type star outside our solar system
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria takes over as Chief of Air Staff
30 Sep 2019
Since his commissioning into the fighter stream of IAF on 15 June 1980, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria had flowwn 27 types of fighters as well as transport aircraft and holds the unique distinction of being an Experimental Test Pilot, a Cat 'A' Qualified Flying Instructor and a Pilot Attack Instructor
Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86
27 Sep 2019
Chirac, like Charles de Gaulle, ably presided over a state in which power was divided between the left and the right even as he championed the cause of a stronger European Union
Veteran lawyer and former union minister Ram Jethmalani passes away
09 Sep 2019
Jethmalani’s spectacular journey as a criminal lawyer began in the 1950s when he became involved in the famous Nanavati murder case of 1962 — where a naval officer was tried for the murder of his wife’s alleged lover
SC refuses to grant Chidambaram anticipatory bail in INX Media case
05 Sep 2019
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna did not consider it a fit case as any grant of anticipatory bail to Chidambaram at this stage would hamper investigation
SC refuses to grant Chidambaram anticipatory bail in INX Media case
05 Sep 2019
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna did not consider it a fit case as any grant of anticipatory bail to Chidambaram at this stage would hamper investigation
Arun Jaitley cremated with state honours
26 Aug 2019
Political leaders cutting across party lines and BJP cadres thronged Nigambodh Ghat were the senior leader was cremated with full state honours
Arun Jaitley cremated with state honours
26 Aug 2019
Political leaders cutting across party lines and BJP cadres thronged Nigambodh Ghat were the senior leader was cremated with full state honours
ED issues lookout notice for P Chidambaram as SC rejects urgent bail
21 Aug 2019
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice NV Ramana refused to give Chidambaram interim relief from possible arrest in the INX Media case and instead referred the petition challenging the Delhi High Court rejecting anticipatory bail to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi