New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that mere use of abusive language such as the word "bastard" during a heated altercation would not amount to an offence of obscenity under Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri...
Madurai: In a major verdict in the 2020 Sathankulam custodial deaths case, Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has sentenced nine Tamil Nadu policemen to death after convicting them of murder and related charges. The court termed the crime “rarest of rare,” citing extreme...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday exercised its plenary power to transfer cases related to gherao and attack on seven judicial officers engaged in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Malda district to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant...
New Delhi: Two more Indian-flagged LPG tankers have safely crossed the war-hit Strait of Hormuz and are headed for Indian ports even as 16 other vessels remain stranded in the Persian Gulf, officials said Monday. LPG vessel Green Sanvi carrying 46,650 tonnes of LPG is...
Dubai: Israel and the United States carried out a wave of attacks on Iran Monday, killing more than 25 people and hitting the South Pars natural gas field, and Iran responded with missile fire on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbours. US President Donald Trump's...
Dubai: Israel said it killed the intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Monday. Defence Minister Israel Katz made the announcement. Iranian state media also reported the death of the head of intelligence. "The Revolutionary Guard are shooting at civilians and we are eliminating the leaders...
Chaibasa/Ranchi: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was critically injured Monday after he stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during an anti-Naxal operation in the dense Saranda forest of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, officials said. The incident occurred amid an ongoing search operation...
Tehran: India has stressed the importance of restoring stability and security in West Asia, and expressed support for ongoing efforts aimed at stopping the war, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart,...
Patna: A joint operation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Bihar Police is underway at multiple locations in Nalanda, targeting a suspected arms trafficking network. The raids began around 4.30 a.m. Monday and are being conducted at nearly 10...
New Delhi: NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule Monday urged the government and the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to provide urgent repatriation support to 41 Indians from Maharashtra's Bhokardan, stranded in Riyadh after their flight to Mumbai was cancelled. Sule, NCP Working President and Lok...
The ongoing conflict between Iran and the US-Israel combine is beginning to tell a story far removed from the early...
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By Aakar Patel We are in the second month of what is settling in to become a long war and...
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By Dilip Cherian There’s a familiar outrage cycle in India: a project stalls, costs spiral, and we instinctively reach for...
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It is the fifth week running since US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the war...
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