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Delhi polls: Congress announces 1st list of 54 candidates; 10 women, 4 muslims figure in list

12:27 am January 19, 2020

Delhi: The Congress on Saturday evening released its first list of 54 candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections, which included 10 women and a number of ministers of the Sheila Dikshit government. Of the 54 nominees, 33 are making their debut in the Assembly elections. Four muslim candidates also figured in the list. Former Union […]

The views of victim's family on whether to forgive or not the convicts in a criminal offence like the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case have no "legal value" as such offences are against the State, said legal experts on Saturday.

Views of victim’s family on grant or denial of pardon to convicts have no legal value: Experts

11:10 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: The views of victim’s family on whether to forgive or not the convicts in a criminal offence like the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case have no “legal value” as such offences are against the State, said legal experts on Saturday. Senior advocates Rakesh Dwivedi and Vikas Singh said the views of family members […]

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

After HC order, Delhi Bar Council takes action against Nirbhaya convict’s lawyer, issues notice

11:07 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: The Bar Council of Delhi on Saturday issued notice to advocate A P Singh, appearing for convict Pawan Kumar Gupta in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, after Delhi High Court had last month directed it to take action against the lawyer for filing “forged” documents and not appearing for hearing. The Bar […]

Yoganand Shastri resigns from Delhi Congress, alleges election tickets were on ‘sale’ by party leaders

9:19 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: Weeks ahead of Delhi polls, senior Congress leader and former assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri resigned from the party over differences with the city unit president Subhash Chopra, alleging tickets to contest the election were on “sale” by party leaders. “I sent my resignation from Congress to party’s Delhi affairs incharge PC Chacko on […]

Indira Jaising urges Nirbhaya’s mother to follow Sonia Gandhi’s example

2:49 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: Senior advocate Indira Jaising has urged Nirbhaya’s mother to “follow the example” of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, suggesting that she pardons the four men sentenced to death for raping her daughter in 2012. The four convicts are scheduled to be hanged at 6 am on February 1 in the gangrape and murder case. […]