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New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that it has the jurisdiction and the right, via judicial review, to decide whether a religious practice is superstition but what will follow is for the legislature to decide. The observation was made by a nine-member bench examining legal and constitutional questions touching upon religious practices. The bench headed by CJI Surya Kant resumed the second day (final) hearing of petitions relating to discrimination against women at religious places, ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, and on the ambit and scope of religious freedom practised by multiple faiths.A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it has the right and jurisdiction to hold what is a superstitious practice in a religion. This came in response to the Centre's submission that a secular court cannot decide the issue as judges are experts in the field of law, not religion. A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it has the right and jurisdiction to hold what is a superstitious practice in a religion. This came in response to the Centre's submission that a secular court cannot decide the issue as judges are experts in the field of law, not religion. A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sabarimala temple ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: An Assam Police team searched Tuesday the New Delhi residence of Congress neta Pawan Khera in connection with a case filed by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, escalating a political clash over alleged multiple passports and foreign assets.Khera was not found at his Nizamuddin residence during the search carried out with assistance from Delhi Police, officials said. "We will trace him wherever he is," said DCP Debajit Nath.Police seized electronic devices during the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday lashed out at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after a police team visited party leader Pawan Khera's residence here in connection with a case related to the allegations he levelled against the BJP leader and his family, saying this is a "witch hunt" with a "bully" using state machinery to muzzle Opposition's voice. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the deployment of a full army of police officials to ar ...Read More >
New Delhi: Padma Viswanathan, a Canadian-American author of Indian origin, has earned a place on the 2026 International Booker Prize shortlist for her English translation of Brazilian writer Ana Paula Maia's Portuguese novella 'On Earth As It Is Beneath.' Described by judges as a "brutal, haunting and hypnotic novella set in a remote Brazilian penal colony, where the boundaries between justice and cruelty collapse," the book is among six global entries for the prestigious award. The £50,000 pr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Padma Viswanathan, a Canadian-American writer of Indian-origin, has made it to the 2026 International Booker Prize shortlist as the English translator of a Portuguese language novella. "On Earth As It Is Beneath" by Brazilian author Ana Paula Maia, described by judges as a "brutal, haunting and hypnotic novella set in a remote Brazilian penal colony, where the boundaries between justice and cruelty collapse", is among the six worldwide contenders for the coveted literary ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board shutting down the studio hosting Kannada Big Boss reality show, which is housed inside an amusement park at Bidadi in the Bengaluru outskirts has raked up a politician controversy. While the opposition BJP and JD(S) have targeted the Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar of 'witch hunting' Kannada actor Sudeep. Sudeep is anchor of Big Boss Kannada reality show. In March, during the inauguration of the Bengaluru International Film Festival, ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Sep 30 (PTI) More than 8,900 incidents of violent crime were reported in Gujarat in 2023, a little less than the previous year's figure, as per the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The state's rate of violent crimes per lakh of population was almost half of the national rate. A total of 8,976 incidents of violent crime were reported in 2023, a decrease of 39 compared to the 2022 tally of 9,015. The figure translates into 12.5 incidents per lakh population, based ...Read More >
The company that won the contract to operate the tourism facility argued that equating an investor's 'passive' shareholding with collusion was misleading. Balkrishna, the co-founder and managing director of Patanjali Ayurved, was a shareholder in all three companies that bid to operate a tourism project in Uttarakhand, The Indian Express reported on Friday. One of the firms was awarded the tender. The firm that won the contract denied allegations of wrongdoing, arguing that equating an investo ...Read More >
Tura (Meghalaya), Aug 4 (PTI) An official of the Meghalaya Agriculture Department was swept away by strong currents of the Ganol River in West Garo Hills district while attempting to cross the water body during a family picnic, police said on Monday. The missing official, identified as Teseng M Sangma, was posted at Ampati in South West Garo Hills district and resided in staff quarters near Dolampong in Araimile police station area in Tura. Teseng had gone to Sella Wari near Ganol River for a ...Read More >
BERHAMPUR: In a grisly crime, a 37-year-old man was tortured and murdered brutally over witchcraft suspicion at Rataguda village within Mohana police limits in Gajapati district on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Gopal Mallik. Police on Sunday recovered Gopal's mutilated body with missing organs from Harabhangi dam and arrested 14 villagers of Rataguda for their involvement in the chilling murder. Gajapati SP Jatindra Panda said on Saturday, the deceased's sister-in-law inform ...Read More >
Puri, August 4: A shocking incident has come to the fore from Odisha, where a 35-year-old man was brutally killed and his genitals mutilated by a group of villagers in Malasapadar in Gajapati district on Saturday night, August 2. According to a report, the victim was allegedly attacked over suspicions of practising witchcraft. His body was later dumped in the nearby Harabhangi Dam. The victim was identified as Gopal, and his body was recovered by police on Sunday morning, August 3, according to ...Read More >
Berhampur: A 35-year-old man was allegedly throttled to death and bobbitised by a group of villagers on the suspicion of practising witchcraft at Malasapadar in Gajapati district on Saturday night, police said.After killing Gopal Mallick near the Harabhangi dam, the accused tied a stone slab to his body and dumped it in the reservoir, police said."A police team rushed to the spot and recovered the body with the help of firefighters on Sunday," said inspector in-charge of Mohana police station, B ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will hold a two-day camp sitting here on Monday and Tuesday. NHRC chairperson Justice V Ramasubramanian, members Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, Vijaya Bharathi Sayani, and Priyank Kanoongo will hear the cases from 10am at the state guest house on Monday. NHRC secretary general Bharat Lal, registrar (law) Joginder Singh, and other senior officers will also attend the sitting and open hearing.A range of serious issues will be addressed during th ...Read More >
The NHRC has notified Delhi's police commissioner over allegations of a man's suicide following alleged physical torture in custody. Injury marks and electric shocks were reported. The deceased was involved in a theft complaint investigation, and the incident raises serious human rights concerns. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) addressed a serious issue on Friday, asking for a report from Delhi's police after allegations emerged that a man committed suicide as a result of being tort ...Read More >
Gorakhpur: In a disturbing incident from Gorakhpur, a newlywed bride was allegedly humiliated and assaulted by her husband just three days after their wedding. According to the bride, her husband spat on her face and insulted her appearance, saying, "You look like a witch." He further demanded a car, claiming he agreed to the marriage only in expectation of receiving it as dowry, police said.A young woman, resident of AIIMS police station area, lodged FIR late Wednesday evening against her husba ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Aviation safety consultant and founder and CEO of Martin Consulting, Mark D Martin, on Sunday called for a fair and unbiased investigation into the recent Air India flight 171 crash, emphasising that the preliminary investigation report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) tried to put the blame deliberately on the pilots and exonerate the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer). During an interview with ANI, Martin criticised the report ...Read More >
New Delhi -- Police have arrested three people suspected of brutally murdering five members of a family who were accused of witchcraft in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Police said the victims were hacked to death and their bodies then burned by a mob of dozens of residents in the village of Temta on Sunday night. Three women were among the victims, said the police, who recovered the charred remains of the family on Monday evening. Residents reportedly suspected the family of causing a loca ...Read More >
Purnea (Bihar) [India], July 8 (ANI): Bhartiya Janta Party MLA Vijay Kemaka expressed shock over the killing of five people from the same family in Purnea's Tetgama tribal village over suspicion of witchcraft. He called the incident 'tragic' and 'shocking'. Kemaka while talking to ANI said, "The killing of five family members in Purnea's Tetgama tribal village is a tragic and shocking incident... Yesterday, I was at the scene with active police, including the DIG SP, DM, and other officers. Wit ...Read More >
Purnia (Bihar) [India], July 8 (ANI): Three main accused, including a minor, have been arrested after five members of a family were allegedly burnt alive on July 6 in Titgaon village of Bihar's Purnia district, in a suspected case of witchcraft-related violence. Purnia District Magistrate Anshul Kumar visited the village following the incident. He told ANI, "This incident happened on 6th July. At night, five people were beaten up and burned alive. Yesterday, the police and administration recove ...Read More >
PATNA: A tribal mob assaulted and burned to death late on Sunday five members of a family in a village of Bihar's Purnia district over suspicions of "witchcraft", as the lone survivor, a 15-year-old boy, watched the carnage from a distance, reports Kshitiz.Three of the victims in the mob attack at Tetgama village under Muffasil police station were women, including the family's 70-year-old matriarch. Sonu, whose mother Sita Devi (45) was seemingly the mob's primary target, fled to his maternal gr ...Read More >
Chennai: Trumpeting his agricultural roots and claiming familiarity with the woes of the pastoral community. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami kicked started his State-wide election tour on Monday by offering prayers at the Vanabadrakaliamman temple in Mettupalayam and raising the slogan 'Save People, Redeem Tamil Nadu' (Makkalai Kaapom, Tamilagan Meetpom). After invoking divine blessings, Palaniswami's maiden rendezvous was a group of farmers, weavers and brick makers, who were w ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Five persons of a family were burnt alive in a village in India's eastern state of Bihar on Monday over the doubt that the deceased were involved in witchcraft, or black magic, said the local police. The incident was reported from Bihar's Purnea district. The local police recovered the dead bodies and detained at least three persons allegedly involved in the killings. It was believed that most residents of the village were involved, either directly or indirectly, ...Read More >
Patna, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five members of a family were brutally killed in Bihar's Purnea district after being attacked by a group of villagers who suspected them of practising witchcraft, police said on Monday. The victims, identified as Babulal Oraon, Sita Devi, Manjeet Oraon, Rania Devi, and Tapto Mosmat, were blamed by the villagers for recent incidents of deaths in Tetgama village, leading to a violent scuffle. Police found the dead bodies of four individuals near a pond on Sunday, w ...Read More >
Purnea/Nalanda (Bihar), Jul 7 (PTI) At least seven people were killed in two separate incidents in Bihar over the last 24 hours, police said on Monday. In Purnea district, five members of a family were killed and their bodies set on fire by villagers on suspicion of practising witchcraft. In a separate incident in Nalanda district, a 22-year-old woman and another person were shot dead after a dispute between children from two neighbouring families escalated into violence. Police said that ini ...Read More >
Patna, Jul 7 (PTI) A day after five members of a family were killed on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Purnea district of Bihar, opposition RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday claimed that law and order has completely collapsed in the state. Yadav also listed a number of other murders that have taken place in Bihar recently. Five members of a family were allegedly killed and their bodies burnt on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Purnea district on Sunday night. Two persons were arre ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) After combating gods, titans, sorcerers, and multiversal threats, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has a new villain in the form of Galactus. The latest installment in the MCU, "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" introduces us to one of the most horrific forces to date - Galactus. Galactus also known as the Devourer of Worlds, is a cosmic entity even older than most galaxies. Unbothered by common sentiments such as revenge or power, Galactus must consume planet ...Read More >
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