Time to abolish criminal defamation
The observation by the Supreme Court that political leaders should not take criticism as a personal insult highlights a particular kind of intolerance that is rarely referred to in the ongoing debate...
View ArticleHardik gets reprieve from HC
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday quashed the charges slapped against 22-year-old Patel quota stir leader Hardik Patel of waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against the...
View ArticleFacing criminal case, Kerala Hindu Ezhava leader softens stand
Kochi, Dec 1 (IANS) After a criminal case was registered against him for making a 'hate speech' over an auto driver who died trying to save two workers from a sewage canal, Hindu Ezhava leader...
View ArticleSedition case filed against Aamir Khan
In the middle of a row over his remarks on rising intolerance in the country, Bollywood star Aamir Khan on Wednesday received support from Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh who advised the Centre to...
View ArticleCourt cancels bail plea of land shark
NAGPUR: In a major victory for Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), a lower court has cancelled the bail of Ashok Dhapodkar, who had fraudulently sold off its land. Dhapodkar and...
View ArticleBengaluru: Man held for sexually abusing two minor girls
Bengaluru: The city police have arrested a private company employee for sexually abusing two minor girls at his house by offering them snacks in Mallasandra under Peenya police station limits on...
View ArticleMumbai teen's gangrape comes to light after aunt receives video clip on Whatsapp
MUMBAI: The Malad police arrested four juveniles for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old Class X student on November 8. The crime came to light after the survivor's aunt received the 12-minute clip on...
View ArticleAbandoning cow amounts to cruelty, prosecute owners: High Court
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has said abandoning old cows after they stop giving milk also amounts to cruelty and owners should be prosecuted for it. The court also pulled up...
View ArticleFIR against Aamir Khan, wife Kiran Rao over intolerance remark
An FIR was on Friday lodged against Bollywood star Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on a court directive for their controversial remarks on...
View Article75 held for harassing women on Mall Mile
GURGAON: Police arrested 73 men and two women from the Mall Mile for allegedly harassing women and disrupting peace late on Saturday night as part of Operation Romeo-Free. All the accused were later...
View ArticleKharar woman, sarpanch held for extortion, fraud
Ludhiana: Police here on Sunday arrested a woman from Kharar and the sarpanch of a Moga village, and are on the lookout for her husband and his aide from Mohali, for allegedly extorting Rs 12 lakh from...
View ArticleFour medical students arrested for ragging
KOLHAPUR: Four medical students of the Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj (RCSM) College were arrested late on Saturday night for allegedly ragging a junior in hostel premises earlier in the day. The...
View ArticleMashhadi wasn’t listening to MQM chief’s speech on July 12, court told
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court was informed on Friday that Muttahida Qaumi Movement Senator Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi was left out for lack of evidence in a case of listening to his party chief’s...
View ArticleBengaluru: Man held for sexually abusing two minor girls
Bengaluru: The city police have arrested a private company employee for sexually abusing two minor girls at his house by offering them snacks in Mallasandra under Peenya police station limits on...
View ArticleMumbai teen's gangrape comes to light after aunt receives video clip on Whatsapp
MUMBAI: The Malad police arrested four juveniles for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old Class X student on November 8. The crime came to light after the survivor's aunt received the 12-minute clip on...
View ArticleFIR against MLA, five others
The district police have registered First Information Reports against Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) MLA A. Aslam Basha, representing Ambur Assembly constituency, and five others for...
View ArticleColva p’yat member Calvert surrenders, released on bail
MARGAO: Following his surrender, a local court on Monday evening directed the release of Colva panch member Calvert Gonsalves on bail. He faces an alleged criminal case for making derogatory remarks...
View ArticleCourt to hear Hardik Patel's bail plea tomorrow
Ahmedabad: A local court will hear the bail plea of Patel quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel and two of his aides on Wednesday in a sedition case as the matter was adjourned Tuesday. Additional...
View ArticleGujarat High Court asks government to explain Hardik phone tapping
Ahmedabad/Surat, Dec 9 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to explain why it had needed to tap the phone calls of pro-Patel reservation leader Hardik Patel in a case...
View Article'Sanyasi' held after 24 years, out on bail
PUNE: A 78-year-old 'sanyasi' was arrested in the city more than 23 years after he was booked for making religiously provocative speeches. Swami Durganand Nadkarni, who lives the life of a...
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