Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to former premier Rajiv Gandhi on his 72nd birth anniversary. "Remembering former PM Rajiv Gandhi ji on his birth anniversary," Modi tweeted. Rajiv Gandhi, born on August 20, 1944, served as the sixth Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the assassination …
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August 20, 2016Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Friday said that clearing the huge backlog of pending cases across the country was a national challenge for the judiciary. “It was an inexorable process as studies shows that instance of cases were directly related to literacy and prosperity. People now were quite literate and conscious of their …
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August 19, 2016Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday shared Chief Justice of India T S Thakur’s concern over a large number of vacancies of judges and said these should be filled soon. "Judiciary has its own concerns. There are large number of vacancies in various high courts. These should be filled soon. The concern which the …
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August 16, 2016President Pranab Mukherjee hosted an ‘At Home’ on India’s 70th Independence Day on Monday where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CJI T S Thakur joked and laughed in an atmosphere of bonhomie, hours after the latter voiced dissatisfaction over PM’s Red Fort address having no mention of the problems faced by the judiciary. The function …
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August 15, 2016Questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi s silence on pending appointment of judges in his Independence Day speech, the Congress on Monday accused him of delaying the matter and that he wants a "captive and not an independent judiciary". Shortly after Chief Justice of India T S Thakur expressed his disappointment that the prime minister did …
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August 15, 2016Rower Dattu finishes fourth in men''s sculls quarter-finals
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