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Bengaluru: Kannada film actor Darshan, who was arrested in the Renukaswamy murder case and is presently lodged in Ballari district prison, has said in his bail petition that he is innocent and has been framed. The High Court bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna will...

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found severe lapses in the inquest report in the R.G. Kar rape-murder case, said sources here Friday. Sources said the first lapse was detected when the magistrate's report mentioned that he got only 20 minutes to examine...

United Nations: While most of the leaders speaking at the General Assembly’s high-level meeting have called for reforming the Security Council, three countries, specifically, said that India should get a permanent seat. The Council, struggling to tackle major security and peace issues, highlights the need...

New Delhi: Parliament's standing committees were constituted Thursday with BJP's Bhartruhari Mahtab to helm the key panel on Finance and Congress' Shashi Tharoor to head the panel on External Affairs. The department-related standing committees, which have representation from across party lines, act as mini parliaments...

New Delhi: The Centre Thursday announced a hike in minimum wage rates for workers up to Rs 1,035 a day by revising variable dearness allowance. This adjustment is aimed at helping workers cope with the rising cost of living, a Labour ministry statement said. After...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government Thursday decided to withdraw general consent given to CBI to investigate cases in the State. "The notification granting general consent for CBI to probe criminal cases in Karnataka state, under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, has been withdrawn," Law...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said it will hear January 15 the appeals filed by the Gujarat government and several other convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Rajesh Bindal made it clear that no adjournment...

Itanagar: A special POCSO court in Yupia in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday sentenced a man to death for sexually assaulting 21 children, including 15 girls, at a residential school. The court of special judge (POCSO), west session division, Yupia also sentenced two others to 20...

Kolkata: An Iraqi Airways flight from Baghdad to Guangzhou in China made a medical emergency landing at the Kolkata airport after a passenger on board suddenly fell ill inside the aircraft, officials said Thursday. The passenger, a 16-year-old Iraqi girl, was declared "brought dead" when...

Patna: Altogether 43 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds in separate incidents during the 'Jivitputrika' festival in Bihar, the state government said Thursday. The incidents occurred in 15 districts of the state during...