Year: 2018

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set November 13 as the date for hearing a large number of petitions seeking a review of the top court verdict that allowed entry of women of all ages in Sabarimala Temple. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul told lawyer Mathews J Nedumpara that it has already passed an order with regard to listing of petitions on November 13. Meanwhile, 19 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its order on Sabarimala. The…

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The Supreme Court also banned online sale of firecrackers and said it would be the responsibility of e-commerce companies to ensure there is no violation of the order. The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted the sale and manufacture of low emission “green” firecrackers countrywide and fixed a two-hour time period from 8 pm to 10 pm for bursting them on Diwali and other festivals. A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan said although the matter was mentioned in Monday’s (today’s) list they would be pronouncing the judgment on October 23. The court had reserved…

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All the 400 petrol pumps will remain shut from 6 am today (October 22) to 5 am tomorrow (October 23).The Delhi Petrol Dealers Association had announced this strike on October 15.  NEW DELHI: Diesel is costing more than petrol in Odisha. Conventionally, the diesel costs less in comparison to petrol due to lower taxes. A litre of diesel cost 12 paise more than that of petrol in Bhubaneswar on Sunday with diesel being sold at Rs 80.69 per litre while petrol cost 80.57 per litre. A surge in demand for…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh is poised to become the first state in the country  to provide clean and smoke free LPG fuel to each family of the state, said Kishan Kapoor, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs  Minister.  He told that by next year each and every home will have LPG connection. The government of Himachal Pradesh,  under its flagship ‘Grihini Suvidha Yojana’ has distributed over 22,000 free LPG connections to the poor families of the state within 5 months  of  its launch on 26th…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: The Indian scenario has recently been rocking with the breaking news of women’s rights- the protest against violation of the right to dignity, on one hand  and the violation of the right granted by the Apex Court to woman devotees to enter a holy place, on the other. Woman power unleashed: The #Me too movement has, without doubt, shaken the bastion of male dominance by laying bare, the exploitation of the female counterpart in the workplace. Male actors, an acclaimed writer, a music director,…

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