NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court began on Thursday the first-ever judicial exercise to test the legality of a Muslim personal law provision, but restricted itself to examining the validity of the triple talaq mode of divorce, ruling out the scrutiny of nikah halala and polygamy. This sets the clock t

The Centre has appointed Sanjay Mitra as the Defence Secretary to take charge later this month, the Prime Minister-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet said on Wednesday. Mitra, currently secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has been posted as an officer on special duty in Defenc

A 32-year-old Sikh man has been stabbed to death by an unidentified person allegedly over cigarettes outside a grocery store in California, the third Indian-origin victim to be killed in a week in the US state. Jagjeet Singh, who was a clerk at the Hatch Food and Gas convenience store, came to

New Delhi [India]: In another development, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be holding public hearings in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case on May 15. The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, yesterday put a stay on the death sentence given by

Meerut: Some people today tore posters and banners of the BJP here, claiming that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath did not garland the statue of B R Ambedkar, the police said. The protestors in Gadhi also vandalised a liquor shop, they said. However, the police restored order. No

Sivaganga: A petrol bomb was hurled at the residence of BJP leader Muthuraman at Devakottai in the district by some unidentified persons early this morning, but none of the inmates were injured, police said. Some window panes were damaged, they said Muthuraman is the State secretary of the p

New Delhi [India]: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) confidently said on Tuesday that it needed just three days to hack all Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) across Delhi. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia said no government in power other than the AAP has shown the courage to q

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah Trust to remove encroachments in a 500 square metre area in the historic shrine within four weeks, while lauding its efforts in this regard so far. The apex court said if the encroachers failed to comply with the order to remove

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that all illegal slaughter houses in the state will be shut down. Madhya Pradesh becomes the third BJP-ruled state after Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to ban illegal slaughterhouses. Chouhan made the announcement at a religiou

NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court will today pronounce its verdict on a plea by the CBI opposing the dropping of charges against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav by the Jharkhand High Court in the fodder scam case. In 2014, the Jharkhand High Court had given relief to the former Bihar Chi

New Delhi:The Delhi unit of BJP today demanded resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been accused by AAP MLA and sacked minister Kapil Mishra of taking Rs 2 crore illegal cash, on moral grounds. Manoj Tiwari, the city unit chief of the BJP, said Kejriwal should step down if he

GREATER NOIDA: Two days after a farmer and his cousin returning home with a cow and a calf were thrashed by a group of men in Greater Noida, two of the vigilantes accused of the crime have been arrested. While Gaurav (26), son of Vedprakash, was arrested from Jewar, Mahesh (45), son of Mamraj, was a

Sri Lanka will deploy nearly 6,000 police officers to provide special security for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other related events during his visit to the country next week to attend the UN Vesak festival, a top police official has said.The deployment includes ordinary police officers, the

JAMMU: A 12-year-old boy from Pakistan- occupied Kashmir has been arrested by the Army after he crossed over into the Indian territory along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, an Army official said on Saturday. Army strongly suspects that he was sent by the Pakistan Army

Around 475 girl students were hospitalised on Saturday after inhaling poisonous fumes that spread due to chemical leak at a container depot near two schools in southeast Delhi's Tughlaqabad area. Most students were discharged after a few hours, while four of them were kept under observation in th

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the NIA and Maharashtra on a plea of accused Shrikant Purohit, seeking bail in a case pertaining to the 2008 Malegaon blast. A bench of Justices RK Agrawal and AM Sapre issued notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Maharashtra go

MUMBAI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which operates a weekly flight between Mumbai and Karachi, will suspend its service from May 11. The national flag carrier of Pakistan operates the flight on every Thursday. "Pakistan International Airlines, in a communication to authorities conce

“She was an object for their enjoyment... for their gross, sadistic pleasures... for the devilish manner in which they played with her dignity and identity.” These were the final words with which Justice Dipak Misra concluded the pronouncement of the Supreme Court judgment confirming the death pe