Beef plea New Delhi (PTI): Two fresh petitions were filed on Monday in the Supreme Court challenging Bombay High Court order upholding the ban on beef imposed by the Maharashtra government through an enactment. The top court also stayed till August 29 a Gujarat High Court order quashing the state ordinance granting the quota.<> The state had filed an appeal challenging the high court order. Jigisha case New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court on Monday awarded death penalty to two convicts and life term to another for robbing and killing IT executive Jigisha Ghosh in the capital in 2009. Switch to BJP New Delhi: Brajesh Pathak, a prominent BSP face and former aide of Mayawati's political confidant Satish C. Mishra, joined the BJP on Monday. DU polls New Delhi (PTI): Delhi University, for the first time, has decided to introduce the NOTA option in the student union polls scheduled on September 9.

Source: The Telegraph August 22, 2016 22:30 UTC