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Delhi High Court stays trial court proceedings against Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis case

New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings against senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate. The high court also issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and sought its response on Chidambaram’s petition challenging the trial court’s order taking cognisance of the chargesheet filed by the agency against him and his son Karti in the money laundering case. “Notice issued. Till the next date of hearing, the proceedings against the petitioner shall remain stayed. List on January 22,” Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri said, adding

Your pale-coloured nails could tell you if you have high cholesterol

While the only surefire way to know if you have high cholesterol is with a blood test, keeping an eye on your pale-coloured nails can be an early indicator. A doctor has noted that the state of your pale-coloured nails could show some wanting signs of high cholesterol. A certain amount cholesterol is needed by the body to function properly, but having too much can put you at risk of a number of serious medical issues. This is because the cholesterol can build up in the blood vessels, leading to blockages and even causing artery walls to harden, preventing the

Maharashtra polls: Minister Mungantiwar, Congress rival booked over verbal clash in Chandrapur

Chandrapur, Nov 19 (PTI) Police in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district have registered cases against BJP candidate and state Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar and Congress’s Santosh Singh Rawat after they had a verbal altercation at a village ahead of the assembly elections, an official said on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Kosambi village in the Ballarpur assembly constituency in Mul tehsil on Monday, the last day of campaigning for the November 20 assembly elections, the district information office stated in a release. The complainant, a former zilla parishad president, alleged that Mungantiwar, who is contesting the polls from Ballarpur, was interacting with some

Modi’s inflation-blowing farm pivot may not be enough to win Maharashtra

SATARA, India, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken several pro-farmer but inflation-stoking measures in recent months, such as easing curbs on rice and onion exports, but that may not prove enough for him to sway an election on Wednesday in a key state. Maharashtra, which includes the city of Mumbai, is a major grower of sugarcane, soybean, cotton and onions, but opinion polls – which have a patchy record in India – suggest Modi’s alliance may struggle to retain the local legislature as farmers say they have yet to benefit from the recent measures. An

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