Orissa high court reserves verdict on Jindal Steel’s mining permission dispute in Keonjhar district

The Orissa high court has reserved its verdict on Jindal Steel Limited’s petition challenging the revocation of its working permission for a mine in Keonjhar district. JSL argues the order is arbitrary and lacks jurisdiction, while a local resident and the divisional forest officer contend the access route through reserve forest was illegal and damaging.

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‘EPIC’ trouble for Tejashwi: RJD leader’s ‘name missing’ from Bihar poll roll claim prompts EC to look into ‘forgery’; what poll panel said

Tejashwi Yadav, an RJD leader, claimed his name was missing from Bihar’s voter list, alleging a conspiracy. However, the Election Commission of India (ECI) refuted this, stating his name exists with EPIC number RAB0456228, used since 2015. The ECI is investigating a second EPIC number Yadav presented, RAB2916120, which appears non-existent in their records, raising…

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