Shahjahanpur With a special SC/ST court in Jodhpur all set to pronounce its verdict in a 2012 rape case against self-styled godman Asaram, the district administration here has stepped up security around the house of the victim. “The security of the victim’s family is continuously being monitored…Five policemen have been deployed at the house and […]
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday wrote a strongly-worded blog on the judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya death case, calling it an instance “that almost created a judicial mutiny”. The Union minister posted the blog on his Facebook page on Friday afternoon, a day after the Supreme Court of India rejected a batch of petitions […]
New Delhi The CBSE today informed the Delhi High Court that the decision not to conduct re-examination of the Class 10 mathematics paper, which was allegedly leaked, was taken after doing a trend analysis of Science, Maths and English papers. The CBSE said it was a considered decision and they cannot put lakhs of students in difficulty just […]
New Delhi A 12-year-old boy from Surat, Gujarat, son of a Diamond merchant has taken a unique decision to quit the luxuries of material life and become a Jain monk. Bhavya Sachwani, son of a diamond merchant, is all set to receive Diksha and join the order of Jain monks in Surat on Thursday. The […]
New Delhi Legendary Indian boxer M C Mary Kom, who is also a sitting Rajya Sabha MP, said the alarming increase in the number of rapes in the country has left her feeling “hurt and helpless” while star shuttler Saina Nehwal condemned the “ghastly crimes”. After the 2012 Nirbhaya case, the Kathua and Unnao rape […]
Condemning the Kathua rape and murder case, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said that it is shameful that such incidents are taking place even 70 years after Independence. “After 70 years of independence, such an incident occurring in any part of the country is shameful. We have to think what kind of society are […]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has confirmed the death of all four members of the Indian family that had gone missing during a road trip between Oregon to California in US. Taking to Twitter, Sushma expressed grief over the tragic deaths of Sandeep Thottapilly and his family. She further confirmed that all the four bodies […]
Stockholm Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived here in the capital of Sweden, the first bilateral visit by an Indian premier to the Nordic nation in 30 years. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven received Modi at the airport. Modi is on the first leg of his five-day foreign tour which will also take him to […]
Hyderabad A special anti-terror court on acquitted right-wing activist Swami Aseemanand and four others in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove charges against them. A massive blast had ripped through the Mecca Masjid on May 8, 2007, during Friday prayers, killing nine people and wounding 58. Aseemanand’s counsel, […]