Government
Congress confident after Uttarakhand trust vote
10 May 2016
While the official results will be declared by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the Congress appeared confident of having won the trust vote in the Uttarakhand assembly, with the BJP correspondingly downbeat
Uttarkahand rebels appeal to SC as HC says they can’t vote
09 May 2016
With the vote of confidence in the Uttarakhand assembly scheduled for Tuesday, the decision by the high court that the nine rebel Congress MLAs can’t vote should give an advantage to ousted chief minister Harish Rawat
Rajasthan erases Nehru from Class VIII textbook
09 May 2016
SC may permit state-level CET alongside NEET
07 May 2016
Maharashtra to appeal HC order making beef legal
07 May 2016
Centre agrees to floor test in Uttarakhand assembly
06 May 2016
After the union government agreed to the holding of a floor test of the Congress government’s majority in the Uttarakhand assembly, the Supreme Court stipulated that the nine disqualified MLAs will not be allowed to vote
HC allows eating beef in Maharashtra, but slaughter ban stays
06 May 2016
The Bombay High Court ruled that prohibiting possession of beef brought from other states violated the right to privacy and the right to choice of food and was therefore unconstitutional
CBI summons Uttarakhand ex-CM Rawat to Delhi
06 May 2016
Netaji files: Morarji Desai had doubts about Bose’s death
30 Apr 2016
While previous governments concluded that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died in a plane crash, former Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai had questioned the veracity of reports of Netaji's death
Bombay high court orders demolition of scam-tainted Adarsh building
29 Apr 2016
The Adarsh Housing Society, a 31-storey building in the posh Colaba area in South Mumbai meant for housing war widows and personnel of the Indian Army, is mostly occupied by politicians and their kin
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