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The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the removal of reference to the Sikkimese-Nepalese as "people of foreign origin" from a judgment it passed on January 13, in connection with tax exemption in Sikkim.

It said prima facie it does not appreciate the necessity of zoos inside tiger reserves and national parks and restrained authorities from doing any construction within the core areas notified in tiger reserves, national parks, and wildlife sanctuaries.

Replying to the motion of thanks on President's address in the Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister said that at a time when a family is busy protecting its own interests (referring to Gandhi family), he has stood for the rights of the poor.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take up on February 17, a plea filed by Telangana Police challenging the high court order upholding the CBI probe into the alleged criminal conspiracy behind an attempt to poach BRS MLAs by the BJP.

A single-judge bench of Justice Yashwant Varma was dealing with a suit by someone whose identity has not been revealed as the court allowed a request to hide it, seeking a permanent injunction to stop the further circulation of the video.

He further emphasized that Article 243R of the Constitution states that nominated members cannot be allowed to vote, therefore allowing nominated members to vote in the election to the posts is unconstitutional.

An individual client -- Adani Group -- will not bring down the Indian banking system as the country's banking sector is resilient and strong, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said.

The RBI on Wednesday hiked the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent and projected GDP to grow at 6.4 per cent in 2023-24.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will reply to the motion of thanks on the President's Address to Parliament.

In a latest development in the Delhi excise policy scam, the CBI on Thursday arrested Butchibabu Gorantla, the former chartered accountant (CA) of K. Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR).

The last BJP manifesto for Tripura included promises like job creation, AIIMS like facilities in hospitals, pay matrix of the 7th Pay Commission, hiking monthly social pension to Rs 2,000, providing houses to 3.8 lakh families, and drinking water to 53 per cent households, among others.

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday said that under the leadership and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party is moving ahead to fulfil the dream of developed Tripura.

According to a source in Tripura BJP, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tripura on February 11 and 13. The Prime Minister will address two election meetings at Gomti and Dhalai."

Aftab Amin Poonawalla confessed he used to fight with his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar over his affairs with other girls, and then, over living expenses, which led to her allegedly hurl abuse at him, and he killed her to stop this, as per the charge sheet.

"I have killed Shraddha Walkar, please forgive me, I have destroyed evidence, I have made a mistake", accused Aftab Amin Poonawalla told Delhi Police officials as per the charge sheet filed in the sensational case.

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a gag order to prevent media from publishing allegations in connection with the Adani group firms unless market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) verifies them.

A bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala observed that Section 436A of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), would not be applicable in the instant case and it will not allow Section 436A plea.

"How is it that the Agniveer Yojana was mentioned only once in the President's speech? There was no word on unemployment and inflation in the address. So all the issues that people told me about during the yatra, we didn't hear in the President's address," he added amid uproar.

Delhi Police on Tuesday moved the High Court against the Saket court's order dated February 4, discharging former JNU student and activist Sharjeel Imam, co-accused Asif Iqbal Tanha and nine others in a case related to the incidents of violence at Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by journalist Rana Ayyub challenging summonses issued by a special court in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case.

In a tweet late Monday night, Sunel said: "'Dost' is a common word in Turkish and Hindi... We have a Turkish proverb: 'Dost kara gunde belli olur' (a friend in need is a friend indeed). Thank you very much."

A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B.R. Gavai said there is a difference between eligibility and suitability and on eligibility, there could be a challenge but suitability? It added, "the court should not get into it..."

India on Tuesday dispatched the first batch of humanitarian aid along with a rescue team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to Turkey where a massive 7.8-magnitude quake has killed over 4,300 people and injured thousands others.

At this, the Chief Justice said: "There is no vacuum at the constitutional level... that's how prescient the Constitution is. Just because one is a constitutional authority, they cannot say they are above the law."

A down-and-out Pakistan is spinning new conspiracy theories after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed that a plot had been conceived to freeze the Kashmir issue for 20 years.