Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar will succeed incumbent CJI T S Thakur, who is set to retire on January 3 next year. (PTI)
10:28 PM: STF nabbed 7 people including BJP leader Manish Sharma with Rs 33 lakhs and arms, later sent to police custody.
Kolkata: STF arrested 7 people including BJP leader Manish Sharma with Rs 33 lakhs(new Rs 2000 notes) and arms, later sent to police custody pic.twitter.com/ytfegJUDHb
7:37 PM: Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar has been named as the next Chief Justice of India, who will succeed incumbent T S Thakur, who is set to retire on January 3 next year.
3:58 PM: Unfortunate incident took place in Chennai, no decision has taken regarding Chennai Test: Ajay Shirke, BCCI Secy. He added that the board was keeping a close watch on situation, taking inputs from local association about sentiments of people, accordingly the board will act.
3:49 PM: Sensex surges 43.66 points to end at 26392.76. Nifty finishes the day at 8143.15.
3:08 PM: The benchmark BSE Sensex was trading up by over 65 points at 26,415.47, NSE NIfty up by 0.34% at 8,156.10.
2:39 PM: The benchmark BSE Sensex was trading up by close to 130 points at 26,485.42, NSE NIfty up by 0.55% at 8,173.70.
2:07 PM: The benchmark BSE Sensex was trading up by close to 100 points at 26,448.70, NSE NIfty up by 0.41% at 8,162.05.
11:42 PM:
Some of the secretaries say that a few people who have vested interest are procrastinating this decision: Sources
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10:06 AM: Rajya Sabha will adjourn for the day after obituary, as a mark of respect, in memory of Jayalalithaa.
9:34 AM: The benchmark BSE Sensex opened in green and was trading over 90 points up at 26,446.05, while NSE NIfty was trading 0.43% up at 8,163.55
9:20 AM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, the father of Indian Constitution, on his 60th death anniversary and said that India will always be thankful to Babasaheb for his rich service to the nation.
9:18 AM: Meanwhile, a special event was held at the Parliament complex to commemorate Ambedkar’s death, which was attended by the Vice President Hamid Ansari, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran leader LK Adavani, former prime minister Manmohan Singh among other political top brass.
