Privacy as a fundamental right may have bearing on beef ban cases: SC
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said that its holding of the right to privacy to be a fundamental right could have some bearing on the hearing of a batch of…
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BREAKING NEWS: 30 killed in Panchkula violence
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Haryana CM warns of strict action against agitators
Panchkula (Haryana), Aug 25 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday warned of strict action against those who disrupt peace after large-scale violence broke out in the state after the conviction of controversial…
HC concerns over vacancies in NGT, notice to Centre
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Asking the government if it wanted to wind up the National Green Tribunal, the Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a public interest litigation…
30 killed in Panchkula after Dera chief is convicted
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) Thirty people were killed as security forces fired at rampaging mobs in Panchkula in Haryana on Friday after a court held Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of…
17 die in violence after Dera chief is held guilty of rape
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed on Friday as security forces fired at rampaging mobs in Panchkula town in Haryana after a court held self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty…
B-Town hails Dera chief’s conviction, condemns mayhem
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities Anupam Kher, Raveena Tandon and Hansal Mehta among others have hailed the verdict of a CBI special court holding Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of…
Triple talaq petitioner from Bengal seeks protection
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) Ishrat Jahan of West Bengal, one of the five petitioners to the Supreme Court who challenged triple talaq, has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, appealing for police protection in the…
Convicted Dera chief flown to Rohtak prison
Panchkula (Haryana), Aug 25 (IANS) Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, convicted of rape and sexual exploitation, was shifted to a prison in Haryana’s Rohtak town, police sources said here on Friday. The…
Builders to approach GST council seeking more clarification
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) Builders, who have been facing some “teething problems” under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, are likely to submit a “comprehensive representation” to the GST Council and State Finance Ministers…
Office of profit case: HC notice to EC on 12 AAP MLAs pleas
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Election Commission seeking its response on pleas filed by some AAP MLAs against the poll panel’s decision to continue disqualification…
Ex-PM ‘flees Thailand’ ahead of trial verdict
Bangkok, Aug 25 (IANS) Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra has fled abroad as the country’s Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant after she failed to appear on Friday for the verdict in a negligence case…
Dera sect will have to compensate for violence losses: High Court
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday said the Dera Sacha Sauda sect would have to compensate for the losses in the violence by sect followers after a court held…
Curfew in five Punjab towns, violence in Haryana
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) Violence erupted in several towns of Punjab and Haryana soon after a CBI special court on Friday held controversial godman Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of the…
Dera sect appeals for calm, will appeal against verdict
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Dera Sacha Sauda sect on Friday said “injustice” has been done to it after a CBI special court held its head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of rape and…
12 killed in Panchkula after court convicts Dera chief
Panchkula (Haryana), Aug 25 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed in firing by security forces as enraged supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh went on a rampage here on Friday…
HC raps Kejriwal for appeal against expediting defamation suit
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s intention behind filing an appeal against the decision of the single judge to expedite hearing of a civil defamation…
SC directs release of Rs 1 lakh to 10-year-old rape victim
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chandigarh Legal Service Authority (CLSA) to release Rs one lakh to a 10-year-old rape victim who gave birth to a baby girl. Directing…
Large-scale violence in Panchkula after Dera chief verdict
Panchkula (Haryana), Aug 25 (IANS) Large-scale violence erupted here in Haryana on Friday as enraged followers of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh torched scores of vehicles and buildings in Panchkula after he…
SC seeks Centre’s response on agency, law to curb trafficking
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Central government on the status of setting up of an ‘Organised Crime Investigation Agency’ to combat trafficking of women and children…