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Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) Maha panel to frame law on ‘love jihad’MUMBAI: Maharashtra govt on Friday set up a special seven-member committee headed by the DGP to frame a law against ‘love jihad.’A government resolution (GR) said that apart from the DGP, the panel would have six other members from various departments: one member each…
NEW DELHI: Influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, in the eye of a storm for his recent alleged offensive comments on social media, on Friday moved Supreme Court objecting to Assam Police registering an FIR against him for his unsavoury remarks despite Mumbai Police already inquiring into it.For Allahbadia, whose petition was e-filed before SC at 2.37 am,…
BHOPAL: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Friday asked how CJI can get involved in executive appointments, and said it was time to “revisit” such rules. “How can, in a country like ours or in any democracy, by statutory prescription, CJI participate in selection of CBI director! Can there be any legal rationale for it? I can…
PANAJI: A special court Friday discharged former Goa chief minister and BJP’s Margao MLA Digambar Kamat in the Kadnekar Mines cases for the alleged condonation of delay in the renewal of its mining lease, which resulted in a loss of Rs 135 crore to the state exchequer. Fifteeen others were also discharged in the case.An…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 36,000 children are missing without a trace across India since 2020 even though the state and central police have recovered majority of the nearly 3 lakh children who went missing in the last four years, Centre informed SC on Friday.Appearing for petitioner, senior advocate Aparna Bhat told a bench of Justices B…
Miracle recovery for dumped baby Throat slit & dumped in bin, newborn makes miraculous recovery after a month at hospitalBHOPAL: They named her Pihu. When she wails, it’s music to their ears. A month ago, when the newborn was brought to them in a little blood-soaked bundle, her throat slit, they cried. On Friday, they…
CEC Rajiv Kumar (File photo) PM, Shah, Rahul to meet next week to select new poll panel chief NEW DELHI: With chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar retiring on February 18, govt has initiated the process of appointing his successor, besides appointing the third election commissioner, a vacancy that will occur after Kumar’s exit.The meeting of…
AHMEDABAD: An insurance company is liable to pay compensation in an accident case involving a truck driver without a proper licence if it fails to establish negligence on part of the vehicle owner in verifying the driver’s licence, Gujarat high court has ruled.The observation came while dismissing a petition by ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co…
Pinarayi Vijayan (File photo) Facing flak, Kerala restores full funding for minority scholarships THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The LDF government in Kerala decided on Friday to restore full funding of nine minority scholarships that had been slashed by 50% last month, triggering allegations about students from marginalised communities being forced to bear a disproportionate share of cuts purportedly…
RJD MLA Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad (X @SyRuknuddinRJD) PATNA: Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad, an RJD MLA from Baisi in Bihar’s Purnia district, has been booked for kidnapping a local JD(U) functionary, thrashing him and forcing him to drink urine.Rehan Fazal, now in hospital with fractures, has told policehe was allegedly abducted by the MLA’s henchmen Wednesday night…