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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
The tricky question of VVIP visitors
28 Apr 2016
Budding IAS officers, returning to their training academy for the final polish after a year in the field, were asked how they coped with VVIP visitors. Their replies make interesting reading. By Vivek K. Agnihotri, former secretary-general, Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India
SC to hear Jairam Ramesh plea against Aadhar Act
26 Apr 2016
Emotional chief justice of India appeals to PM to appoint more judges
25 Apr 2016
Squarely blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the paucity of judges in the country, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur broke down as he made an impassioned plea for delivering justice to the vast number of under-trials languishing in jail
Supreme Court stays HC order lifting central rule in Uttarakhand
22 Apr 2016
The Supreme Court today stayed the order of the Uttarakhand High Court passed on Thursday reversing a presidential proclamation imposing central rule in the state
High court quashes President's rule in Uttarakhand; orders floor test
21 Apr 2016
The court also upheld the disqualification of nine dissident Congress MLAs and said they have to pay the price of committing the "Constitutional sin" of defection by being disqualified
Uttarakhand police horse Shaktiman, attacked in BJP rally, dies
20 Apr 2016
Attempts to fit Shaktiman, apparently attacked by BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi during a party rally, with a prosthetic leg proved ineffective as the horse died of infection
Uttarakhand: President can be wrong, HC tells centre
20 Apr 2016
Once again clearly indicating that it was not happy with the imposition of President’s Rule in Uttarakhand, the high court said the Centre had no business to interfere when a floor test in the assembly was imminent
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