The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday (November 28) issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the union defence secretary following media reports of sexual assaults on a 15-year-old g...
Hookah, which some say started 400 years ago in India, while others point to an ancient Persian origin (that would be a considerably longer time) along with Indian origins at the same time, has been s...
Above: A procession taking place for the safety of women. Photo: UNI
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 29) observed that when there are some specific sections in CrPC to deal with the regist...
Many of the directives issued by the National Green Tribunal, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, related to the recent pollution in Delhi NCR region have not been heeded. On the last day of hearing th...
Above: Workers carry a poster advertising upcoming Bollywood film Padmavati. Photo: UNI
Top court refuses to stay release of film
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice...
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Donkey’s work isn’t that easy in the racially charged atmosphere of Uttar Pradesh these days. With Chief Minister Adityanath Yogi hell-bent on spreading the good Swachh Bharat messag...
Above: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (file photo). Photo: UNI
The Madhya Pradesh government’s proposed bill to impose death penalty on rapists of girls under 12 may pass muste...
Above: Dense forests in Meghalaya (representative image). Photo Courtesy Wikimedia
The Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta is hearing a petition by Farook Shaikh, a forme...
Above: Hadiya’s lawyer speaking to media on November 27. Photo: Anil Shakya
SC agrees to appoint dean of college as local guardian when Hadiya says she wants to continue her studies for her degree
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The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur on Monday (November 27) told 37-year-old Amrutha Sarathy claiming to be the biological daughter of former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa to approa...