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SC upholds Punjab’s decision on
liquor fee
New Delhi, November 27
In an important ruling, having a bearing on liquor trade in the country, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, in a split decision, has said liquor trade was not a fundamental right but a privilege granted by the state, while upholding the Punjab Government’s order of levying fee on its import.

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1 killed, 12 hurt in Srinagar blast
Srinagar, November 27
An Assistant Sub-Inspector and five militants were among eight persons killed while 14 others were wounded in Jammu and Kashmir overnight. Official sources said militants hurled a hand grenade towards a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol at the crowded Amira Kadal, near the city nerve Centre Lal Chowk, at 12.30 p.m. today.

A woman lies in a hospital after she was injured in a grenade explosion in Srinagar on Thursday.  A woman lies in a hospital after she was injured in a grenade explosion in Srinagar on Thursday. 
— AFP photo

Lull in shelling; Army to speed up border fencing
New Delhi, November 27
For the second consecutive day, the ceasefire between Indian and Pakistani forces along the 1,126-km long border in Jammu and Kashmir was holding with no major flare-up reported from anywhere. The Army said frequency of contacts at Directors-General of Military Operations (DGMOs) would be increased “if and when required”.

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File chargesheet against Sharma, Maharashtra told
Mumbai, November 27
The Bombay High Court today ordered the Maharashtra Government to file a chargesheet against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Ranjit Singh Sharma for his alleged acts of omission and commission in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam masterminded by forger Abdul Karim Telgi.

One more held in CAT leak case
New Delhi, November 27
The police has arrested one more person in connection with the leakage of common admission test (CAT) paper for Indian Institutes of Management, raising to the number of persons arrested by it in the case to five.

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One more held in Badal case
Kharar, November 27
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau today arrested yet another accused in the corruption case against former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, his wife Surinder Kaur Badal and son Sukhbir Singh Badal, also a Rajya Sabha member, among others.

29 Delhi booths hypersensitive
New Delhi, November 27
While political parties fight out the electoral battle to attain power, the Delhi Police has a challenge of ensuring peaceful and free polling next Monday for which the entire force would be out on the streets.

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