In a hugely significant ruling that could cleanse Indian politics of legislators with criminal antecedents, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held unconstitutional a provision of the law that provides protection to elected representatives who have been convicted of criminal charges but have sought relief from the higher courts.

There has been no clear headway in the investigation of the serial blasts at Bodh Gaya, Bihar as yet. National Investigation Agency sleuths are probing all possible leads, including the purported claim of the banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) saying it was responsible and any possible link with the issue of alleged atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in Burma.

A Delhi juveniles’ court is set to deliver the first verdict on Thursday on one of five suspects being tried for the fatal gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus on December 16 that sparked outrage across India.

Coming down on the Centre for failing to cooperate with the CBI in its probe into alleged irregularities in allocations of coal blocks for mining, the Supreme Court on Wedne-sday directed the government to file a comprehensive affidavit justifying the allotments of all 164 blocks which are under the scanner.

The CBI informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has completed its probe against former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran and others in the 2G spectrum allotment scam and will approach th

Britons are indulging in last-minute betting as they wait for the imminent birth of the royal baby, first child of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

The Congress, BJP and other political outfits which have welcomed the Supreme Court’s move to cleanse Indian politics have been fielding candidates with criminal antecedents. At this juncture, there are over 1,400 legislators who have declared criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits.

The government is understood to be preparing an ordinance aimed at putting the political parties out of the ambit of the Right to Information Act (RTI).

Reacting cautiously to the Supreme Court’s judgment on the disqualification of legislators, most of the political parties said the verdict was important but will have to be studied before making a structured response.

Amid voices of dissent within the ruling party over the viability of such an expensive scheme and criticism by Opposition parties that it would turn out a laid-back labour force, chief minister Siddaramaiah fulfilled a poll-eve promise of providing rice at `1 a kg to almost a crore poor families with the launch of “Anna Bhagya” on Wednesday.