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New Delhi, Nov 12: Registration of FIR in cognizable offence is a must and action must be taken against police officials for not lodging a case in such offences, the Supreme Court held on Tuesday. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said, “We hold registration of FIR is mandatory and no preliminary enquiry is permissible in cognizable offences.” The bench, also

New Delhi, Nov 12: National capital New Delhi was rattled by at least four earthquakes in a span of a few hours early on Tuesday. The first quake, measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 12.41am, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The IMD said the tremors lasted for three to four seconds. The epicentre of the quake was centered near Sainik Farms area in South Delhi and

Raipur, Nov 11: Defying a boycott call of Maoists, over a third of the voters on Monday cast their ballot in the first phase of Assembly Elections in Chhattisgarh that saw a blast in Kanker and a clash in Jagdalpur. A CRPF jawan was killed in Naxal firing in Dantewada. Brisk polling was reported in the early hours as several polling booths in the forested interiors were deserted bt it picked up as

New Delhi, Nov 11: The Centre has ordered a probe into the source of foreign funding received by Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which will make its political debut in the December 4 Delhi state election. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said, "Whatever the source of funding is, which country it is coming from, to probe this we have given it to the ministry. We had got complaints

New Delhi, Nov 11: In the midst of a raging debate over probe into various high-profile cases including in the coal block allocation scam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked CBI to tread cautiously in policy matters as "decisions which appear sensible ex-ante may ex-post turn out to be faulty" and "errors of judgement are distinguished from criminal acts". Speaking at the international

Raipur, Nov 11: Balloting picked up as the day progressed in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh assembly elections Monday while a trooper was injured in a huge blast in Kanker and a candidate was left bloodied in a clash between Congress and BJP workers. Maoists disrupted voting in forest areas at nine polling booths in Bijapur, Sukma, Konta and Antagarh assembly constituencies. A Border Security

Raipur, Nov 11: Voting for the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly polls in 18 constituencies of Naxal-hit Bastar region and Rajnandgaon district began on a slow note on Monday with 10% electorate exercising their franchise in the first few hours, amid a bomb attack by Naxals in Kanker district that left a policeman injured. "Polling in 12 constituencies of Bastar and one in Rajnandgaon district

Raipur, Nov 11: A police personnel was injured when a pressure bomb laid by naxals exploded in Kanker district of north Bastar where poling is underway today, police said. The incident took place when the jawan was removing the bomb, placed beneath the earth, for defusing near Parlakot village (PV 97) under Bande police station limits this morning, Kanker Additional Superintendent of Police CD

Kalyan Ray, Jagdalpur (Bastar), Nov 11: A day before the first phase of polling in Chhattisgarh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking for an encore in the tribal-dominated, Maoist-infested Bastar that catapulted the party to power for two consecutive terms. A thick security blanket has enveloped Bastar, even as Maoists triggered a blast in south Rajnandgaon on Sunday. Meanwhile, the

New Delhi, Nov 10: Hardening its stance, Sri Lanka has refused to sign a decade old agreement to lease the Trincomalee strategic oil storages to a unit of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and is blocking the Indian firm's plans to set up a bitumen plant in the island nation. Hardening its stance, Sri Lanka has refused to sign a decade old agreement to lease the Trincomalee strategic oil storages to a unit of