Operating 50 per cent of pre-COVID time mail, express trains: Railway Chairman

The Indian Railways is currently operating over 900 mail and express trains as compared to 1,800 trains which used to run before the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said on Tuesday.

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Karnataka: MLC AH Vishwanath, who defected to BJP, can't be inducted into BSY cabinet

In a major blow to BJP MLC A H Vishwanath, the Karnataka High Court has held that his disqualification as MLA under the anti-defection law continues and hence he cannot be appointed as a minister. Reacting to the HC order, Vishwanath, who was nominated to the Legislative Council, said he respected the ruling, but would move the Supreme court challenging it.

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'Very worried', says Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on farmers stir in India

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed concerns over farmers' protests in India. Trudeau in a remark said that Canada will always be there to defend the rights of peaceful protest.

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Urmila Matondkar joins Shiv Sena a year after quitting Congress

Actor turned politician Urmila Matondkar on Tuesday joined Shiv Sena, in the presence of party president Uddhav Thackeray. This will be Matondkar's second party after she left the Congress in a huff on September 10 last year, post-defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections at the hands of Bharatiya Janata Party's Gopal Shetty in Mumbai North constituency.

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SC rejects Chanda Kochhar’s appeal against sacking as ICICI Bank CEO, says 'sorry, not inclined to interfere'

The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected the appeal filed by Chanda Kochhar against the Bombay High Court order which had dismissed her plea against being removed as the managing director and CEO of ICICI Bank. “Sorry, we are not inclined to interfere with the high court order,” a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said. “This falls within the realm of private bank and employee,” the apex court said.

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COVID-19 patients treated as untouchables once posters pasted on their homes: SC

Once posters are pasted outside the homes of COVID-19 patients, they are treated as 'untouchables', the Supreme Court said on Thursday. The Centre informed the apex court that although it has not prescribed this rule, the practice has nothing to do with "stigmatising" COVID-19 patients as it is aimed at protecting other people. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah said that the ground reality is "something different" and as once such posters are pasted at their homes, they are treated as untouchables.

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Shed arrogance, give justice to farmers: Rahul Gandhi tells Modi govt

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the government to wake up and shed "arrogance" to provide protesting farmers their rights.

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