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A brow raising case of assaulting children sexually by the bestial clergymen hungry for want of sex has generated shockwaves in Vatican City. A UN panel has subtly pointed finger at the policies of the church that allowed such kind of brutal sin to be occurred right under the nose of the priests. The UN panel has called for dismissing those evil-doing priests with immediate effect and also advocated for the suspension of the suspects who committed the offence.

WASHINGTON - The latest Congressional failure to agree on a plan for balancing the government's books could yield a surprising result: a sharp reduction in annual federal deficits, larger than anything contemplated by the special panel that reached its fruitless finale on Monday.

Bringing relief to the convicted offenders with death penalty, the Apex court has commuted death sentence into life term imprisonment on the basis of delay in considering over the mercy pleas asked by the convicted prisoners. The panel of a bench was headed by 40th Chief Justice of our country, P. Sathasivam.

Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai was Wednesday elected chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, a government panel that makes arrangements for the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy cities of Makkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Hasan Ahmed and Aboo Bucker were elected vice chairmen at the meetin

CJI Ranjan Gogoi, on Monday, recused himself from a plea challenging the appointment of Nageshwar Rao as the interim director of CBI. The case will now be taken up by a different bench on January 24. But, CJI said he will be a part of the select panel which will decide the next boss of CBI.

On Wednesday, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi appeared before the committee probing sexual harassment charges leveled against him, a day after the accuser pulled out of the investigation. It is learned that the findings of the committee will be submitted in a sealed cover. The committee, led by Justice SA Bobde, includes Justices Indira Banerjee and Indu Malhotra. Here's what happened.

On Tuesday, authorities removed protesters from Supreme Court premises for raising an objection to the clean chit given to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in the sexual harassment case. The protesters raised slogans and carried placards to the top court. They were forcefully taken to buses.