Gurugram school murder: HC sets aside lower court order
Chandigarh, Oct 11 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday set aside the order of a lower court which had allowed the trial of the 16-year-old accused as an adult instead of as…
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HC seeks Gujarat’s reply on PIL on attack on migrants
Ahmedabad, Oct 11 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Thursday asked the state to file an affidavit on a public interest litigation plea that sought action against those involved in attacks on migrant workers and…
Akbar under #MeToo cloud: Irani says ‘the gentleman in question’ should respond
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Amid allegations of sexual harassment against former editor and Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said the “gentleman in question would…
Mumbai police lodges FIR against Nana, three others; starts probe
Mumbai, Oct 11 (IANS) Mumbai police has lodged an FIR against actor Nana Patekar and three others on the basis of actor Tanushree Dutta’s complaint of sexual harassment on the sets of a 2008 film…
High Court appoints Manipur University Administrator
Imphal, Oct 11 (IANS) The High Court of Manipur on Thursday appointed former Chief Secretary Jarnail Singh to resolve the lingering impasse in Manipur University. Jarnail Singh will arrive here on Friday to take up…
Over 30% post of Information Commissioners vacant: Survey
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Over 30 per cent posts of Information Commissioners are lying vacant in 17 states while Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland do not have Chief Information Commissioners, finds a…
Case filed in Bihar against Gujarat CM, Alpesh Thakore
Patna, Oct 11 (IANS) A case was filed on Thursday against Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and state’s Congress MLA Alpesh Thakore in a court here over the violence against migrant workers from Bihar in…
Maliwal wants Akbal to quit, urges women to speak truth
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) DCW chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday called for Union Minister M.J. Akbar’s resignation in view of allegations of sexual misconduct and also urged women to speak the truth in the…
Probe pending cases of missing children, LG tells Delhi Police
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal on Thursday directed the Delhi Police to analyse the statistics of untraced children and investigate the cases in which children are still missing. Baijal was…
Shut industries in Delhi residential areas in 15 days: SC
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a monitoring committee to ensure that 5,000-odd illegal industrial units still operating from residential areas in Delhi are shut within 15 days. The apex…
PM to release postage stamp
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will issue a postage stamp and special cover on the occasion of the silver jubilee foundation day of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)…
Man gets 5-year jail in Bihar’s first PMLA conviction
Patna, Oct 11 (IANS) A special court here on Thursday sentenced a man to five-year imprisonment, including rigorous imprisonment for one year, in a money laundering case, said to be first such conviction in the…
SC to hear plea against Rs 28 crore gift for Durga Puja
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea challenging the West Bengal government’s decision to release Rs 28 crore as a “gift” to the organisers of Durga Puja in…
SC sends Amrapali CMD, two Directors back to police custody
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday again sent the CMD and two Directors of real estate major Amrapali to police custody till documents of all 46 group companies seized for forensics…
Church bombings: Egypt’s military court sentences 17 to death
Cairo, Oct 11 (IANS) An Egyptian military court on Thursday sentenced 17 Islamists to death over accusations of bombing three churches in the country which claimed 82 lives, state news agency MENA reported. Nineteen people…
DCW rescues 8 Nepali girls from hotel
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Thursday rescued eight Nepali girls, who were going to be trafficked to Gulf countries, from a hotel in Paharganj area. According to the…
Tax raid on media house attack on free press: Amnesty
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Calling the income tax raids on a news portal office “a clampdown on free press”, Amnesty India on Thursday said the authorities are attempting to silence anyone expressing views critical…
Centre working on time-bound eradication of manual scavenging
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Union Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday said the Centre was keen on eradicating manual scavenging in a time-bound manner, urging states to implement the relevant law in…
Maldives SC to hear case against presidential poll results
Male, Oct 11 (IANS) The Maldives top court has agreed to hear a legal challenge filed by the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) against the results of last month’s presidential elections, the media reported…
Amnesty for illegal immigrants in Italy ‘unthinkable’
Rome, Oct 11 (IANS/AKI) An amnesty for illegal immigrants in Italy – where over 700,000 migrants have arrived since 2014 – is “unthinkable”, Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday. “An amnesty has…