Govt may ask ADMK lawyers to go
The 32 advocates, mostly belonging to the AIADMK, appointed as Central Government standing counsel amid controversy a year ago, are likely to be sacked soon.

Court says it has no powers to try MOCCA cases
A metropolitan court ruled that it had no jurisdiction to try cases under the Maharashtra Organised Crime Control Act (MOCCA) recently passed by the Maharashtra government.

Pak shells hit houses of Kargil DC, SSP
The houses of the SSP and the DC of Kargil along with some Army installations were hit by Pakistani shelling yesterday even as the Northern Command claimed to have cleared infiltrators from most of the ridges in the Drass and Batalik complexes.

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