Salman gets bail, Bishnois to approach HC
Jodhpur, April 7 (IANS) Superstar Salman Khan was granted bail on Saturday in the 1998 blackbuck case on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh by District and Sessions Court Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi. However,…
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Salman gets bail against Rs 1 lakh bond
Jodhpur, April 7 (IANS) Superstar Salman Khan was granted bail on Saturday in the 1998 blackbuck case on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh by District and Sessions Court Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi. “Arguments…
10 Palestinians killed in border clashes
Jerusalem, April 7 (IANS) The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces during protests in the Gaza Strip has climbed to 10 while over 1,000 others were wounded by bullets, Palestinian officials said on…
Republican Congressman resigns amid sexual misconduct probe
Washington, April 7 (IANS) Blake Farenthold, a Republican Representative from Texas, resigned after facing an ethics investigation into alleged sexual misconduct. “While I planned on serving out the remainder of my term in Congress, I…
Former cop pens harrowing saga of 1995 Tandoor Murder (Book Review)
By Ananya Das Book: The Tandoor Murder; Author: Maxwell Pereira; Publisher: Context; Pages: 280; Price: Rs 599 A human body chopped into pieces and thrown into a tandoor. A bonfire as the makeshift funeral pyre…
Hearing resumes in Jodhpur court on Salman’s bail plea
Jodhpur, April 7 (IANS) The suspense on superstar Salman Khan’s bail plea after the transfer of District and Sessions Court Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi came to an end when Joshi resumed the hearing in the…
Texas prepares to send National Guard to Mexico border
Washington, April 7 (IANS) Texas is preparing to deploy National Guard troops and vehicles to the border with Mexico, the US state’s top military commander has said. About 250 troops will be sent by April…
Salman doesn’t deserve this: Shatrughan Sinha
By Subhash K Jha Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) As Bollywood superstar Salman Khan spent his first (sleepless) night in a prison in Jodhpur, back home his friends, relatives and well-wishers continued to pour into his…
Judge hearing Salman’s bail plea transferred
Jodhpur, April 7 (IANS) A District and Sessions Court Judge who had reserved the bail plea hearing in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case against Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been transferred, according to the Rajasthan…
Disadvantaged engineering students learning at faster rates: Stanford study
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Engineering students from disadvantaged groups are learning at a faster rate than their counterparts from the general category, claims an ongoing study being conducted by the Stanford University for India….
Man who embalmed mother’s body hospitalised for psychiatric treatment
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) A middle aged man arrested in Kolkata for allegedly preserving his mother’s body in a freezer for the last three years was bailed out by a city court on Friday on…
SC asks Centre for solution on elephant corridors
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central government to come out with a solution to save elephants as it stressed on the need to have elephant corridors across the…
WB panchayat polls: SC reserves order on BJP’s plea
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a BJP’s plea seeking that its candidate for the West Bengal panchayat elections be allowed to file their nomination papers and…
Goa court records statement of witness in tourist’s murder
Panaji, April 6 (IANS) A court in Canacona sub-district on Friday began a hearing in the murder of 28-year-old Irish tourist Danielle McLaughlin last year, with the first prosecution witness recording his statement. Lawyer Vikram…
Complaints against 171 advertisements in January upheld: ASCI
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Friday said its Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) has upheld complaints against 171 advertisements out of 247 in January 2018 for mainly “gross exaggeration…
Fee regulation panel decision riles schoolkids’ parents in Gujarat
Gandhinagar, April 6 (IANS) Parents of students of private schools in Gujarat on Friday flayed the announcement of forwarding the provisional fee structure to school managements by the Zonal Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC) set up…
Impeachment motion against CJI kept on hold
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The opposition’s move for an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra appears to have been kept on hold for the time being even as the Congress is…
More than 11 lakh women benefited from maternity scheme
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) More than 11 lakh women have benefited from the maternity scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana’ (PMMVY) till date, Parliament was told on Friday. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka…
Single women may get greater priority in adoption
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Single women above 40 are likely to get greater precedence in the process of adopting a child. According to the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), the rules of adoption for…
PIL seeks allocation of cases to SC benches in consultation
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday was moved by senior counsel Shanti Bhushan seeking direction that the exercise of authority as a master of roster by the Chief Justice of India…