Daily Newsletter | Sunday, October 18, 2015 | | | HC vacancies hit 39% amid executive-judiciary face-off | | The stand-off between the judiciary and the legislature over the procedure for appointing judges comes at a time when the country’s 24 high courts have 397 pending vacancies for judges, and what’s more, eight of them having acting chief justices. |
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| Jaitley praises NCP chief as BJP-Sena rift deepens | | Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s fulsome praise of NCP boss Sharad Pawar’s leadership qualities and development of his home turf Baramati — even as BJP-Shiv Sena ties remain rocky — is being viewed as a balancing act intended to signal to a troublesome ally that there could be more options in the wing. |
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| | Delhi: Child abducted, raped and dumped | | The crime situation in the capital plunged to a new low when late on Friday evening a two-and-a-half-year-old girl was abducted from near her residence and raped in west Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area. The girl was found by the locals in an unconscious state at a nearby park during the early hours of Saturday. |
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| Police ignore call as man murders wife in Nagpur | | Sensing a serious crime was about to take place at his neighbour Kamble’s house in the early hours of Saturday, Amit Bhagat (25), first and then his friends, tried to call ‘100’ to alert the police. |
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| | | Denmark Open: Sindhu stuns Marin to reach maiden Super Series final | | Indian shuttler PV Sindhu continued her excellent form to stun world No. 2 Carolina Marin 21-15, 18-21, 21-17 to reach her maiden Super Series final at the Denmark Open. Sindhu, a twice bronze medallist in World Championships, will now take on former world number one and reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui -- ranked fourth in the tournament -- of China in the summit clash on Sunday. |
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| | Air India offers 25% discount for women flyers | | Rolling out freebies to its domestic flyers and business class passengers, national carrier Air India on Saturday offered four schemes, including 25 per cent flat discount to women travellers, due to high air travel demand during the festive season. |
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| Jaitley vows friendly tax regime, 25% corporate tax | | Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today reiterated the government's commitment to bring in a "reasonable and globally-competitive tax regime" through reduction in corporate tax rate to 25 per cent over the next four years. |
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