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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 27 (ANI): A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside a law college in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday evening. The police have arrested all three accused within 24 hours. The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college. Also Read | Student Gang-Raped at South Kolkata Law College: Police Arrest 3 Youths for Sexually Assaulting Young Woman Inside Law College. According to the police, the accused named in the FIR will be produced before the A.C.J. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Easing inflation and favourable monsoon boosted rural demand in India in the April-June period this year, outpacing urban consumption once again, according to a new report. According to the report by global research firm NielsenIQ, rural markets and small manufacturers propelled the packaged consumer goods sector in Q2 2025. Rural markets grew twice as fast as cities, as urban areas showed signs of recovery, particularly in smaller towns. According to the report, e-commerce also rose significantly, led by increased shopper penetration and spending, especia ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave anticipatory bail to cartoonist Hemant Malviya who is accused of sharing allegedly objectionable cartoons of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS workers on social media. Noting that he has apologised on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria gave the police liberty to seek cancellation of his bail in case the cartoonist did not cooperate in the probe. During the hearing, Malviya's counsel Vrinda Grover informed the court that an apology was given and that the petitioner had not yet been ...Read More >
AMRITSAR, India (AP) -- A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants arrived in a northern Indian city on Wednesday, the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, airport officials said. The Indians who returned home had illegally entered the United States over the years and came from various Indian states. The move came ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington, which is expected next week. U.S. President Donald Trump and Modi discussed immigration in a phone call last week and Trump stressed the impo ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has asked high courts to ensure day-to-day trial in criminal cases, especially important and sensitive cases, saying it has become imperative in the prevailing social, political and administrative scenario, including the style of functioning of police.Expressing disappointment over discontinuance of day-to-day trial, which was the norm three decades ago, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan said once the examination of witnesses commences in a trial, the ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday opposed before the Delhi high court, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's application seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing its appeal against the trial court's order discharging him and 22 others in the Delhi excise policy case, describing the development as "something serious" that had taken place in the national capital. Justice Sharma took Kejriwal's application on record and listed it for hearing on April 13. Even as Justice Sharma issued notice on the application, solicitor general (SG) Tusha ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 1: Recently, the Bombay High Court ordered Yes Bank to pay INR 50,000 to compensate Microfibers Pvt Ltd for delaying opening a bank account after insisting on an Aadhaar card. It is learned that the private bank insisted on an Aadhaar card despite the interim relief granted by the Supreme Court at the time. Although the private bank had complied and opened the account in January 2019, the bench of Justices MS Sonak and Jitendra Jain said that they had failed to do so between April and September 2018, a period during which Aadhaar was not mandatory. The Bombay HC made these observ ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday inaugurated the 11th edition of the India Maize Summit, organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with (IIMR) Indian Institute of Maize Research. Speaking at event, Chouhan emphasized that 'Farmers' sewa is our mool mantra,' reaffirming the government's commitment to farmer-centric policies. He outlined a multi-pronged strategy to boost maize production, and increase farmer incomes, while ensuring environme ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14: Medulla Communications Pvt. Ltd., one of the world's most awarded healthcare-specialist advertising agencies, has announced the launch of its new hub in Singapore. With over 15 years of experience in solving complex healthcare challenges, Medulla is now looking to create a super-specialist category as the first digital healthcare advertising agency in Asia. New Hub to Deliver Scalable, Specialist Healthcare Marketing Solutions Across APAC. Also Read | New Cheque Clearing System: Banks To Clear Cheques Within Few Hours Starting October 4, Announces RBI. ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " against the Left parties. The minister was responding to allegations of voter fraud in Thrissur consti ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Easy Ship fees by over 20 per cent for products priced below Rs 300. Easy Ship allows sellers to stor ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): Rani Kapur has spoken out about the ongoing dispute, calling it deeply painful and personal. She said that after the loss of her son, she now feels she is being pushed into a battle to protect what she and her husband created over decades. According to her, the situation is not just a legal fight but an emotional struggle over her family's legacy. She shared that the family had moved to Delhi as the business was based there, and she had played an active role in building both the home and the company's foundation. She said everything was stable unti ...Read More >
Kapur has spoken out about the ongoing dispute, calling it deeply painful and personal. She said that after the loss of her son, she now feels she is being pushed into a battle to protect what she and her husband created over decades. According to her, the situation is not just a legal fight but an emotional struggle over her family's legacy. Mumbai: RKapur has spoken out about the ongoing dispute, calling it deeply painful and personal. She said that after the loss of her son, she now feels she ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lamenting the display of "money and muscle power" in the ongoing DUSU election campaign, Delhi High Court on Monday warned that the violations of rules would amount to contempt of court."If required, we will countermand your elections; we will act stricter than before. People are travelling on JCBs, tractors and luxury vehicles. Money and muscle power are the last things that should be flowing in the students' union elections. Something has to be done about this display. This just cannot creep into student politics. If there are still infractions or violations, it has to be taken to ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A 73-year-old grandma, who lived in US for 30 years, "did everything right, worked, paid tax, and never missed any immigration check date" is heartbroken after being deported in cruel manner -- denied access to even her medicines on flight and once handed a plate of ice as food during her detention."After living there for so long, you are suddenly detained and deported this way, it is better to die than to face this. In such a situation, one should not live," Harjit Kaur said with anguish. Choking up while speaking to TOI on Thursday evening, she said: "Look at my feet, they are sw ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed late Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur to file the list of his assets in a sealed cover and suggested the parties involved in the property dispute before it, not to share details with the media. Justice Jyoti Singh took note of the consequent undertakings from the counsel appearing for all the parties, including Priya, aside from Sunjay's children with former wife and actor Karisma Kapoor. "Mr Rajiv Nayar (counsel for Priya Kapur) submits that neither he nor any other lawyer on his side nor his clients will give any press statement ...Read More >
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania: A judge ruled on Friday that an Indian citizen, who was taken into custody by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last year after his Pennsylvania murder conviction was overturned following four decades in prison, could be released. The decision came a day after a four-hour hearing. During the hearing, Subramanyam Vedam said he did not kill Thomas Kinser in 1980. A lawyer from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security questioned him. Vedam joined the hearing online on April 1 from a detention center in Pennsylvania. Vedam said he made mistakes when he w ...Read More >
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others previously accused in the excise policy case have moved a recusal application before Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma in the Delhi High Court, the party said in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, Kejriwal will also argue the case on Monday. This comes after the Delhi High Court on March 16 granted Kejriwal and others more time to respond to the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI's) pl ...Read More >
India - Agri Minister assures hailstorm-hit Shopian farmers of multi-channel compensation In the wake of the recent devastating hailstorm that caused significant damage to crops in Chitragam area of south Kashmir's Shopian district, Minister for Agriculture, Javed Dar on Tuesday visited the affected fields to assess the situation firsthand and to express solidarity with the distressed farming community. Speaking to reporters, the minister said the government is making all possible efforts to implement a weather-based crop insurance scheme at the earliest to shield farmers from recurring natu ...Read More >
MUMBAI: In a relief to former Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that his arrest on August 13, in connection with the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money laundering probe into the construction of 41 now-demolished illegal buildings in Vasai East, was illegal. A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad said the ED did not have "tangible material" required for his arrest under section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, which pertains to reasons to believe that a person is guilty ...Read More >
An Indian national Nimisha Priya -- who is on death row after being convicted for the murder of a Yemeni national -- will be executed on July 16. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) sources informed that the ministry is closely following the matter. "We have been in touch with local authorities and her family members and rendered all possible assistance. We continue to closely follow the matter," sources said. Priya, who hails from Kollengode town in Kerala's Palakkad, worked as a nurse in UAE. Her death sentence was approved by Yemen's President on December 30 last year. She is married ...Read More >
It said that the issue falls in the policy domain, and the high court should not have passed the order which will ensure cutting of fruit-bearing trees. The top court, however, said that action can be taken by the state government as far as encroachment on forest land is concerned. It said the state government can formulate a proposal keeping in view the objective of the welfare state and place it before the Centre for necessary compliance. The top court was hearing a plea of the state governm ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): Rani Kapur has spoken out about the ongoing dispute, calling it deeply painful and personal. She said that after the loss of her son, she now feels she is being pushed into a battle to protect what she and her husband created over decades. According to her, the situation is not just a legal fight but an emotional struggle over her family's legacy. She shared that the family had moved to Delhi as the business was based there, and she had played an active role in building both the home and the company's foundation. She said everything was stable unti ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to the fourth-year law student of Symbiosis International University in Pune who was arrested for a video that she had posted online that hurt religious sentiments. The court cautioned her and asked her to be careful while commenting.The HC asked the social media influencer to submit her passport to the Alipore court, help investigations and not to leave the country without the court's permission, even if she needed to go abroad for her education. The student's lawyer told the HC that the girl, who had been in a Kolkata jail sin ...Read More >
New Delhi: U.S. President Donald Trump calls it his "Big Beautiful Bill". Behind the grand name lies a controversial piece of legislation. It mixes tax cuts, deep spending shifts, new defense boosts and changes to healthcare and social aid. The Senate passed it after a marathon session. Now, it heads to the House, where the debate could get even more intense. Here's a breakdown of what the bill actually does and why it is causing so much uproar. At the centre of the bill lies Trump's push to extend the 2017 tax cuts. Those cuts were due to expire in 2025. This bill makes most of them permane ...Read More >
New Delhi: A single missile. Thirty seconds. That is all Pakistan had when India's BrahMos slammed into the Nur Khan Airbase - just minutes from Islamabad. No early warning. No clear warhead signature. No time to guess whether it carried a conventional payload or a nuclear one. Rana Sanaullah Khan, special assistant to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, went public. He said that 30-second window nearly sparked a nuclear chain reaction. His words were not laced with bravado. They carried the tremor of a nation that found itself facing the unthinkable. "The Pakistani government had just ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre, Tamil Nadu Governor's office, and others on a plea by the TN government challenging a Madras High Court order that stayed its power to appoint vice-chancellors at state universities. Besides the two, a bench of justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan also issued a notice to the University Grants Commission on a plea against the May 21 interim order passed by a vacation bench of the high court. The provision of the law for which the stay has been granted was originally among the bills that were given deemed assent b ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Star Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar clinched the title with a leap of 7.75m at the Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto in Maia, Portugal, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze-level meet. The Asian Games silver medallist registered his best effort in the second round on Saturday night. Sreeshankar opened with a 7.63m jump, followed it up with his winning leap of 7.75m in the second round, and then recorded a solid 7.69m. His third attempt was a foul, while his final two jumps were measured at 6.12m and 7.58m. Poland's Piotr Tarkowski matched Sreeshankar's 7.75 ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Wednesday appointed an expert committee to consider the impact that pigeon feeding and their droppings have on public health. The second point of reference for the panel is that if it is "found that the feeding of pigeons adversely affects public health, whether the activity can be permitted in a regulated manner without compromising public health or places to be designated and the nature of the regulations?""It is eminently in the larger public interest that such an expert committee is constituted," the HC said. It continued its interim orders against the feeding ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A city court on Monday permitted the CBI to formally close its probe into the disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, nearly nine years after he went missing under mysterious circumstances. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari accepted the closure report filed by the CBI but granted liberty to reopen the investigation if any new evidence emerges in the future. The court's order marks a development in the long-running case that began with Ahmed's disappearance from JNU on October 15, 2016. Ahmed, a first-year Master's student, was last seen at the Mahi-Mandvi h ...Read More >