NEW DELHI — Intelligence agencies warned of more terror attacks in Punjab before elections and asked state police to intensify the safety of sensitive installations and close watch on social media, ANI reported. A senior officer said that several security advisories were already issued to the state police anticipating terror activity. Keeping a close watch […]
LUCKNOW — The Allahabad High Court on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission (EC) to look for ways to “postpone” the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh by a couple of months and ban all political rallies in other poll-bound states amid rising cases of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 […]
SRINAGAR — Prominent members of India’s defence community have joined a growing chorus of people across the country in demanding legal action against organisers of a Hindu religious event held last week, after several speakers there reportedly issued calls for killing Muslims. Admiral (retired) Arun Prakash, former chief of the Indian Navy, and General (retired) […]
LUDHIANA — Two people have died in a blast inside a court complex in Ludhiana in Punjab. Four people have also been reported to have suffered serious injuries in the explosion. The blast is reported to have taken place around 12:22 pm in a bathroom on the second floor of the building. The intensity of […]
HYDERABAD — A 21-year-old college student was arrested for sexual assault three days after a schoolgirl died by suicide in Chennai, leaving a letter that claimed, “a girl is safe only in the mother’s womb or the grave.” The mother of the Class 11 student saw her hanging in their home on the outskirts of […]
NEW DELHI — 20 YouTube channels and two websites on Monday were taken down by India after the Union government, for the first time, invoked the emergency powers under the intermediary guidelines and digital media ethics code in the IT Act that was notified recently, according to a report. The YouTube channels and the websites […]
KOHIMA — Nagaland Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution demanding the Centre to repeal the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, (AFSPA), 1958 from the state and rest of the Northeast “to strengthen the ongoing efforts to find a peaceful political settlement to the Naga political issue.” The Assembly also called for an apology […]
NEW DELHI — Noting that law graduates in this country are only accustomed to considering legal problems in a theoretical manner, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday stressed the need to introduce courses that are more practical. Speaking at the 18th Annual Convocation of Nalsar law University near here he cautioned the graduating […]
NEW DELHI — A Tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Monday sought the stand of Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in proceedings to consider the Union government’s decision to declare it as an unlawful association. The one-member Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, comprising Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel, issued […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday, December 17, 2021, asked the Delhi High Court to decide within three months a petition for an FIR to be registered and investigation started against BJP leaders who had allegedly made hate speeches capable of inciting crowds ahead of the 2020 Delhi riots. A bench comprising Justices […]