The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed for hearing on April 13 the plea of Zakia Jafri, wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the SIT s clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots, saying it would not entertain any request of adjournment on the next date.
Updated: Monday, March 15, 2021, 17:04 [IST]
Salem, Mar 15: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK Joint Coordinator K Palanisamy on Monday filed nomination from his native Edappadi in this district for the April 6 Assembly polls.
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Palanisamy has won from Edappadi four times (1989, 1991, 2011 and 2016) and the region is among the strongholds of the ruling party.
The chief minister, who walked a short distance to reach the local Taluk office, submitted his required papers.
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Palanisamy is later slated to address poll rallies in different parts of the district.
Former Mahila Congress president in Kerala Lathika Subhash, who resigned from the post and tonsured her head hurt over the denial of election ticket, on Monday said she would take a decisive decision about her political future this evening.
Explained: Would a return of lockdown help curb Covid-19 spike?
India
Updated: Monday, March 15, 2021, 17:03 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 15: The spike in coronavirus cases towards the second half of February in Maharashtra and Punjab has triggered speculation that this may be the start of India s second Covid wave.
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Scientists are trying to understand if the rise in cases is due to more-transmissible variants of the virus or due to a lapse in precautionary measures followed by people. Though there is no clarity if a new wave of the pandemic is currently underway, some things are certain.
At the initial stage, the spike in cases was gradual but it has gaining pace in the past two weeks. The development comes at a time when restrictions on several economic and social activities have eased in many parts of rural India, and even some cities.
Bank strike today: Cheque clearance affected
India
Published: Monday, March 15, 2021, 12:04 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 15: Banking operations including cheque clearance across the country got affected on Monday as bankers under the aegis of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) have gone on a nationwide strike to protest against the proposed privatisation of two state-owned lenders.
UFBU, an umbrella body of nine unions, had given a strike call for March 15 and 16, and claimed that about 10 lakh bank employees and officers of the banks will participate in the strike.
However, branches of private sector lenders like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank are open as they are not part of the strike.