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Dhankhar says adjournment notices being weaponised as mechanism of disruption

New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said adjournment notices under Rule 267 of the House are being “weaponised” as a mechanism of disruption before adjourning the proceedings till Monday amid Opposition parties protest over corruption allegations against the Adani Group, and other issues. Like the previous three sittings of the ongoing Winter Session, the House could not take up scheduled business on Friday as well and the House proceedings were adjourned within minutes of the assembly. Opposition MPs started the protest soon after the chairman announced that he had accepted their 17 notices for

Trial court not to proceed with mosque survey matter, maintain peace in Sambhal: Supreme Court

New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Sambhal trial court not to pass any order related to the survey of a Mughal-era mosque while directing the Uttar Pradesh government to maintain peace and harmony in the violence-hit town. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar ordered the Allahabad High Court to take up the plea of the Muslim side within three working days of its filing. “We hope and trust that the trial court will not proceed with the matter till the high court takes up and passes any order in the

Indian banks review Adani exposure in wake of US bribery allegations

Nov 28 (Reuters) – Indian banks are reviewing their Adani exposure and whether they need to tighten due diligence, eight bankers said on Thursday, after the group’s billionaire founder Gautam Adani was indicted by U.S. authorities over an alleged $265 million bribery scheme. Adani Group’s listed stocks, which at one point saw as much as $34 billion wiped off their market value, meanwhile recovered ground as some partners and investors rallied behind it. State Bank of India will not stop lending to ongoing Adani projects that are nearing completion, two sources told Reuters, but will exercise caution when disbursing loans

Bangladesh High Court refuses to ban ISKCON’s activities in country

Dhaka, Nov 28 (PTI) The High Court here on Thursday refused to pass a suo motu order on banning ISKCON’s activities in Bangladesh after it was informed that the government authorities have taken necessary measures, The Daily Star said. Supreme Court lawyer Md Monir Uddin placed some newspaper reports about International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) before the HC bench on Wednesday and had prayed for a suo motu (voluntary) order to the government to ban the organisation and impose Section 144 in Chattogram, Rangpur and Dinajpur. The court had asked the attorney general to inform the steps taken by

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