NEW DELHI — An average of 82 people were murdered daily across India in 2021, while more than 11 kidnappings were reported every single hour during the year, according to latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The rate of murder per one lakh population was highest in Jharkhand, while that of kidnapping and abduction […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dropped the contempt proceedings against Uma Bharti, MM Joshi, Sadhvi Ritambara, Vinay Katiyar, and others and ordered the closure of all the proceedings arising out of the demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992. This has put a complete closure to the legal battles regarding the Babri […]
MORADABAD (UP) — The Moradabad police have booked 26 people for holding a mass gathering to offer namaz in a house without prior permission from local authorities. Superintendent of Police (rural), Moradabad, Sandeep Kumar Meena, said, “Scores of people assembled at the house of two local villagers in Dulhepur village in Chhajlet area without any […]
LUCKNOW — A teenager has been arrested in Lucknow for stalking a 14-year-old girl and then holding her hostage near a commercial complex. The accused, Arshiyan, 19, followed the girl who lives in the same locality. The girl’s father, in his complaint to the police, stated that “Arshiyan held the girl to a place behind […]
NEW DELHI — More than 130 former civil servants on Saturday wrote an open letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) against the premature release of 11 men who were jailed in the gangrape case of Bilkis Bano and requested him to rectify this “horrendously wrong decision”. They asked the CJI to rescind the […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court ruling that wearing Hijab was not an essential practice in Islam. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Hemant Gupta and also comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear on August 29, Monday, the batch of appeals against […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan who was booked by the Uttar Pradesh government under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and other charges in the alleged Hathras conspiracy case. A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat […]
CHANDIGARH — A local court in Chandigarh acquitted 20 persons on August 26, 2022, twelve years after Hurriyat Conference Chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was allegedly roughed up and manhandled at a seminar in Chandigarh. Among the accused is former Mayor Asha Jaiswal. According to a report published by The Tribune, the prosecution has failed to […]
NEW DELHI — The President of India Droupadi Murmu on Saturday administered the oath of office to Justice U.U. Lalit as the Chief Justice of India. Justice Lalit took the oath in the name of God in the ceremony held at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan, which had the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President […]
NEW DELHI — Adani group firms on Tuesday made an offer to acquire 26 per cent stake of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) following indirect acquisition of 29.18 per cent shareholding in the media and news broadcaster. Three firms, Vishvapradhan Commercial Pvt Ltd along with AMG Media Networks and Adani Enterprises Ltd, have offered a […]