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SC asks Jay Shah, news portal to settle defamation case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Jay Shah, son of BJP President Amit Shah, and news portal "The Wire" to settle a defamation case filed by the former against the portal for carrying a story on the exponential increase in the turnover of his company after the BJP-led government came to power at t

Manmohan Singh on Kathua, Unnao rape cases: ‘PM Narendra Modi should follow own advice to me, speak more often’

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his long silence over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua and the alleged rape of a teenager by a BJP MLA in Unnao, former prime minister Manmohan Singh told The Indian Express that Modi “should follow his own advice to me” and “spe

Delhi gangrape victim gets parents booked for taking Rs 5 lakh to force her to change statement in court

In an exemplary show of courage, a 16-year-old girl approached the police alleging that her parents tried to coax her into changing her statement in court after taking money from two men accused of raping her in outer Delhi’s Aman Vihar area last year. The girl approached the police on April 10 w

Danish woman gang rape: Delhi HC upholds trial court verdict of life term for 5 convicts

The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld a 2016 trial court verdict of life imprisonment for five convicts in the case of gang-rape of a Danish woman in the capital in January 2014. A Bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and I. S. Mehta dismissed the appeals moved by the convicts — Mahender alias Ganja,

All acquitted in 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case: NIA loses another right-wing terror case

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday, April 16, declared all five accused, who had been arrested in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, free of charges. The terror probe agency had investigated the case along with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). This is not the o

Delhi man pretends to be doctor in AIIMS for 5 months, police say surprised by his knowledge of medicines

Delhi Police have arrested a 19-year-old medical aspirant who was impersonating as an AIIMS doctor for the past five months. The accused, Adnan Khurram, used his fake identity to make friends across departments and among medical students. He even participated in events meant for doctors – from strik

Arun Jaitley takes oath as Rajya Sabha member

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday took oath as a Rajya Sabha member for a new six-year term. He was re-elected to the House from Uttar Pradesh on April 3. Jaitley was unable to take oath during the recently-concluded budget session of Parliament due to his ill health. He was administered

Nine-year-old girl raped in Surat, body found with 86 injuries

On the heels of the brutal gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and the rape of another minor in Unnao in UP allegedly by a BJP MLA, comes another shocker from Surat where police found the body of a nine-year-old girl with over 80 injuries. The body of the unidentifie

EC to hear plea seeking cancellation of Congress’ ‘Hand’ symbol ahead of Karnataka Polls

New Delhi: With a month to go for the Karnataka Assembly elections where the ruling Congress is involved in a pitched battle against the BJP, the Election Commission has accepted a plea seeking cancellation of the Congress ‘hand’ symbol and is set to hear the plea filed by a BJP leader on April 18.

Unnao rape case: Accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar sent to seven-day police custody

BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district, was on Saturday sent to seven-day police custody.  The CBI has also arrested Shashi Singh, who allegedly took the woman to Sengar. The BJP MLA, who was on Friday arrested by the CBI, was p

Arvind Kejriwal's office spent over Rs one crore on tea and snacks in 3-year tenure, reveals RTI

NAINITAL: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's office spent a total of Rs 1.03 crore (Rs 1,03,04,162) on tea and snacks during the three years of his tenure. The information was revealed by a Haldwani-based activist who had sought a response to an RTI query he had filed in February. The RTI rep

Petitioner in Ishrat Jahan case dies in road accident, probe underway

NEW DELHI:  One of the petitioners in the Ishrat Jahan case, Gopinath Pillai, died today after a road accident in Kerala. Gopinath Pillai was the father of Pranesh Kumar Pillai, who, along with Ishrat Jahan and two others, was shot dead by the Gujarat police in 2004. Gopinath Pillai, a retired te

CBSE paper leak case: Three, including a woman arrested for leaking CBSE Class 10 mathematics paper

On Thusday, three persons, including a woman, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking the CBSE Class 10 Mathematics paper in connivance with a teacher arrested earlier from Himachal Pradesh, said Delhi Police. Delhi Police said two men and a woman have been arrested in connect

Modi in Tamil Nadu for Defence Expo, Cauvery protesters wave black flags at him

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated a defence exhibition in Mahabalipuram near Chennai amid protests by opposition parties and Tamil groups against what they say is the central government’s failure to form the Cauvery management board despite the Supreme Court’s order. Protesters

Taj Mahal a Waqf Property? Bring Shah Jahan's signature first, says Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board to produce documents that bear the signature of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to prove its claim of ownership on the Taj Mahal. According to a report in Hindustan Times, the apex court on Tuesday gave the board a week's time to

Unnao alleged rape: BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar holds grip on village, so girl who alleged rape has to hide

The uproar over the death in custody of the father of a 17-year-old girl who alleged she had been raped by BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar saw UP police arrest Atul Singh, the MLA’s brother. On Tuesday, he became the fifth person to be held — and sent to judicial custody — in connection with the brutal

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis says all 'secular but Hindutva' parties will come together

MUMBAI: In a subtle hint of his hopes of the the BJP and the Shiv Sena jointly contesting the next year's polls, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that all "secular but Hindutva" parties would come together to counter the "pseudo-secular" opposition. He said the BJP-Shiv Sena

Right to marry person of one’s choice is integral to right to life & liberty: SC on Hadiya case

“The right to marry a person of one’s choice is integral to Article 21 (right to life and liberty) of the Constitution”, the Supreme Court said Monday and set aside a 2017 order of the Kerala High Court which annulled the marriage of Kerala Muslim convert girl Hadiya and Shefin Jahan. The three-j