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Supreme Court issues notice in Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid well dispute, orders status quo

New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on a plea by the Sambhal’s Jama Masjid management committee, and ordered status quo with regard to a private well located near the entrance of the mosque. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar directed that no steps be taken regarding the well without its permission and instructed the authorities to file a status report within two weeks. The plea filed by the Committee of Management of Shahi Jama Masjid challenged a November 19, 2024 order by the Sambhal Senior Division Civil Judge

Kerala govt reinstates IAS officer K Goapalakrishnan; N Prasanth’s suspension to continue

Thiruvananthapurami, Jan 10 (PTI) The Kerala government has reinstated IAS officer K Gopalakrishnan who was suspended for allegedly creating a religion-based WhatsApp group of government officials. The government, however, decided to continue the suspension of IAS officer N Prasanth for 120 days more. Prasanth was suspended for criticising a senior IAS officer on social media. Both officers were suspended on November 11 last year. In the order reinstating Gopalakrishnan, the government said that the Suspension Review Committee reviewed his suspension and observed that there was “no substantive ground necessitating the continuation of the officer under suspension”. “The Committee recommended the

Vice President-elect JD Vance resigns from the Senate

COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 10, 2025 (AP) — Vice President-elect JD Vance is resigning from his seat in the U.S. Senate, effective Friday. Vance made his intentions known in a letter Thursday to Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who will choose his successor. “As I prepare to assume my duties as Vice President of the United States, I would like to express that it has been a tremendous honor and privilege to serve the people of Ohio in the Senate over the past two years,” Vance wrote in the letter. In a separate statement released by Vance, the outgoing senator nodded

ED raids RJD MLA Mehta’s residence in Bihar among 17 places in bank fraud case

Bihar (Patna) [India], January 10 (ANI): The ED (Enforcement Directorate) on Friday launched raids at the residence of RJD MLA Alok Kumar Mehta in Bihar, in connection with an alleged bank fraud case. The agency is conducting raids at 17 locations as part of its investigation into the case linked to the leader. Mehta, a prominent figure in the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), has come on the ED’s radar for alleged financial irregularities. The raids, which began early in the morning, are reportedly connected to accusations of misuse of public funds, further intensifying the ongoing scrutiny of opposition leaders by

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