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New Delhi: If sexual acts by a man with his own wife is made punishable as "rape", it may severely impact the conjugal relationship and lead to serious disturbances in the institution of marriage, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. Opposing the criminalisation of...

Hyderabad: Former Indian cricket captain and Congress leader Mohammad Azharuddin Thursday failed to appear before the ED in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), official sources said. The 61-year-old former MP was asked to depose before...

New Delhi: India Thursday trashed a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and described it as a ‘biased’ organisation with a ‘political agenda’. In a strong reaction, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the USCIRF should utilise its time more...

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan has opted out of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology chaired by BJP member Nishikant Dubey. Bachchan will now be a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development...

Kolkata: BJP leader Rupa Ganguly was ‘detained’ Thursday for allegedly obstructing the work of a police station in Kolkata by holding a demonstration there demanding the release of five people arrested on the charge of manhandling the force, a senior official said. Locals in Bansdroni...

New Delhi: In a major setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ashok Tanwar, a political heavyweight in Haryana politics switched loyalties and rejoined the Congress Thursday. Tanwar rejoined the grand old party in the presence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former Haryana CM...

Imphal: Two youths who were held hostage by armed men in Manipur's Kangpokpi district were released and handed over to police Thursday morning, seven days after they were abducted, an officer said. The two youths - Oinam Thoithoi Singh and Th Thoithoiba Singh - were...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Commission for Air Quality Management for failing to control incidents of stubble burning and said it has made no effort to implement its direction to prevent such incidents. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice...

New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Thursday told the Delhi High Court that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and his associates have been released from detention. The senior law officer also said that the Delhi Police order prohibiting assembly and protests in various parts of Delhi...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday set aside caste-based discriminatory provisions of prison manuals of around 11 states while deprecating the practice of distribution of work and segregation of prisoners in separate wards on the basis of their castes. "State has a positive obligation to...