NEW DELHI — The southern Indian state of Kerala on Tuesday became the first to legally challenge a new citizenship law that has triggered nationwide demonstrations. In a petition to the Supreme Court, the state government said the law violates the secular nature of India’s Constitution, and accused […]
NEW DELHI – Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas for a review of the death sentence handed down to four men in the rape and murder of a young woman on a New Delhi bus, leaving an appeal to the president as their only possible recourse. The 2012 […]
New Delhi, Jan 14: The Delhi High Court Tuesday said the police has the power to control traffic wherever protests are going on and directed it to look into a plea against restrictions on Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch which has been closed for a month due to agitations against […]
Lucknow, Jan 14: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over its decision to implement the commissionerate system of policing in Lucknow and Noida and said it was “another trick” by the BJP to divert people’s attention. Yadav said taking this step after three […]
Jabalpur (MP), Jan 14: A 22-year-old man was held from Pune in Maharashtra on Sunday for allegedly kidnapping a teenage girl from Jabalpur railway station in Madhya Pradesh in May, 2018 and raping her, police said on Tuesday. The 14-year-old victim was travelling from Mumbai to her native Bihar […]
New Delhi, Jan 14: Women from different faiths wore Hijab to take part in a sit-in at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday against what they claimed was “singling out of Muslim women” by police during recent protests in the national capital. The demonstration — ‘Azad women for Azadi’ saw women […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the curative petitions filed by two of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. A 5-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana rejected the curative petitions filed by Vinay Sharma (26) and Mukesh Kumar (32). […]
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – Indian broadcasters will on Tuesday ask a court to suspend new government regulations on pay-TV charges they say would put some channels out of business and stifle consumer choice, two sources told Reuters. The move came as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) defended […]
NEW DELHI – India’s annual retail inflation has accelerated to its highest level in more than five years, increasing the likelihood of an extended pause in the central bank’s rate cutting cycle. The pick-up to 7.35% in December, mainly driven by rising food prices, adds to the challenges […]
Prince Harry and his brother Prince William put on a united front as they were summoned to showdown talks Monday on Harry’s future after he and his wife Meghan unilaterally announced they were quitting as front-line British royalty. The brothers, who, at Harry’s public admission, have drifted apart […]
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