New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday permitted the termination of a 24-week-old pregnancy after medical reports said the foetus has severe abnormalities and the same could gravely endanger the “mental and…
Jodhpur, July 25 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court on Monday acquitted Bollywood actor Salman Khan in two 18-year-old chinkara poaching cases. Salman had appealed before the Jodhpur bench of the high court challenging a lower…
Chennai, July 25 (IANS) Hundreds of lawyers on Monday held a protest near the Madras High Court against the amendments to the rules under the Advocates Act prescribing disciplinary action against unruly advocates. Police personnel…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to businessman Vijay Mallya on a plea by the lenders seeking contempt proceedings against him for not making full disclosure of assets held…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, July 25 (IANS) If expelling of three Chinese journalists by India is a revenge for China’s opposition to its Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, there will be “serious consequences”, said a…
Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) Patel reservation stir leader Hardik Patel on Sunday alleged that the BJP governments in Gujarat and Rajasthan wanted to nail him down to a virtual house arrest in Udaipur. Hardik, convenor…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) AAP legislator from Okhla, Aamanatullah Khan, was arrested on Sunday on charges of threatening a woman, police said. A court later sent him to one-day police custody. “We have arrested…
Jaipur, July 24 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur is expected to pronounce on Monday its verdict in the blackbuck and chinkara poaching cases related to actor Salman Khan, officials said on Sunday. Salman…
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Bowing to the recent Supreme Court verdict, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) President Sharad Pawar announced his decision to quit the post within six months, here on Sunday. The 75-year-old Pawar –…
Mexico City, July 24 (IANS) Two men involved in one of Mexico’s most shocking kidnapping and killing incidents have each been sentenced to 520 years in prison, media reported on Saturday. Mario Alberto Rodriguez Ledezma…
Ahmedabad, July 23 (IANS) The stream of high-profile political leaders coming to Gujarat to express solidarity with the July 11 Dalit victims as well as protests across the state against the incident continued on Saturday….
Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Saturday pulled up the state government for the use of pellet guns on protesters and asked it to relax, at least from “some peaceful…
By Pragya Kashyap New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Kailash Satyarthi has been a campaigner for child rights nationally and internationally for three decades. His Bachpan Bachao Andolan has had particular focus on freeing children who…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A court on Saturday fixed July 25 to deliver its order on bail plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s former Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar, who was arrested for his…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Delhi Police has filed three separate chargesheets accusing three lawyers and suspended BJP legislator O.P. Sharma of the violence in the Patiala House Courts complex in February. The police had…
By Ruwa Shah New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) It has been exactly a week since I landed back to peace — after my return from the burning paradise, Kashmir. From on board the plane, I…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A court here on Saturday fixed July 30 for delivering its judgement in a case of rape allegedly committed by Mahmood Farooqui who is best known as co-director of 2010…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal visited a 14-year-old Dalit girl who was brutally raped in east Delhi’s Burari and has issued notice to the police for not…
Ranchi, July 23 (IANS) Main opposition party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has alleged that state Tourism Minister Amar Bawri, who belongs to the Dalit community, was “humiliated” by the Jharkhand government as he was “prevented”…
By Nikhil M. Babu As violent protests continue in the Prime Ministers home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu vigilantes, an IndiaSpend analysis reveals a conviction rate six times…