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Prohibitory order violation: Court asks Arvind Kejriwal to appear May 15

New Delhi, May 11: A court on Monday asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and four other AAP leaders to positively appear before it on May 15 in a case of violating prohibitory orders during their protest in January last year.Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain asked Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Aam Padmi Party legislators […]

Rajya Sabha passes amended land boundary bill

New Delhi, May 11: The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved amendments to the land boundary agreement bill to correct an error in the name of the act. The Constitution (One Hundred and Nineteenth Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed by the Rajya Sabha earlier this week.The error was in the numbering of the bill as “119th” […]

Really Mr Abbott? $185k not ‘especially high’?

Sydney :It can be hazardous for politicians to offer opinions about incomes. But Tony Abbott boldly went there on Sunday when he said a family income of $185,000 “isn’t especially high” in a city like Sydney.”Certainly it’s not going to give you a particularly lavish life by any means,” he said while defending a key […]

Arrested teenager was ‘well advanced’ in making bomb for public event, police say

Sydney : A 17-year-old arrested by counter-terrorism police on Friday was planning on using a homemade explosive device at a public event, Victoria’s police commissioner has alleged. The teenager, who was arrested at his Greenvale home, could also face an adult court after being charged with two terrorism-related offences. Victoria Police’s acting Chief Commissioner Tim Cartwright […]