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New Delhi: Manish Kumar Sinha, deputy inspector general (DIG) of anti-corruption branch, Nagpur, filed an application in the court demanding a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into the corruption allegations against Asthana.

A senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer supervising the probe against the agency’s  special director Rakesh Asthana moved the Supreme Court against his sudden transfer to Nagpur with an explosive petition that levelled charges against high-ranking government officials, two of his seniors, a minister, even the country’s top vigilance officer.

New Delhi: The Maharashtra government led by Devendra Fadnavis has put its seal of approval on the plan to give the Maratha community quotas in educational institutions and government jobs. The decision, taken at the cabinet meeting, came days after the chief minister asked the community to prepare for celebrations on December 1.

A bill to extend quota benefits to the community would be moved in the state assembly during the winter session beginning Monday.

The panel tasked to re-examine the demand for quotas had recommended that the Maratha community be covered as a socially and educationally backward class.

New Delhi: The BJP, which is leading protests against the Supreme Court verdict allowing entry of all women, has decided to bring in Union ministers and senior leaders to the hilltop shrine to keep the issue in focus amid As heavy police deployment and restrictions affected pilgrim flow to Kerala’s Sabarimala temple. The party also announced its plan to take ‘save Sabarimala stir’ to the neighbouring states.

An uneasy calm prevailed at Lord Ayyappa Swamy shrine on the second day of the 64-day annual pilgrimage season on Sunday but many other parts of the state witnessed protests against the arrest of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state general secretary K Sudhakaran, who was held on his way to the temple Saturday night and sent to two weeks judicial custody. The party observed Sunday as a protest day, taking out rallies and hymn-chanting processions at many places.

New Delhi: A bill which seeks to rechristen the iconic high courts of Madras, Calcutta and Bombay has run into trouble and a fresh one has to be introduced in Parliament to do the same Amid growing clamour for changing the names of cities.

The High Court (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 19, 2016 to change the names of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay High Courts to Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai High Courts, respectively.

However, the Tamil Nadu government has asked the Centre to rename the Madras High Court to ‘High Court of Tamil Nadu’ instead of ‘High Court of Chennai’ as proposed in the bill.