Justice delivered to Uttarakhand’s daughter; Ankita Bhandari’s killers sentenced to life imprisonment, court imposes fine too

Justice delivered to Uttarakhand’s daughter; Ankita Bhandari’s killers sentenced to life imprisonment, court imposes fine too

Kotdwar: After nearly two years and eight months, the Kotdwar Additional District and Sessions Court has pronounced its final verdict in the Ankita Bhandari murder case, sentencing Pulkit Arya, Saurabh Bhaskar, and Ankit Gupta to life imprisonment. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each convict and directed them to pay Rs … Read more

Operation Sindoor: SC extends interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad till further orders

Operation Sindoor remark: Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad granted interim bail by SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 28) extended the interim bail earlier granted to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was earlier arrested in connection with cases registered over his social media post over Operation Sindoor, till further orders and said the scope of probe will be restricted to First Information Reports … Read more

MP Minister Vijay Shah calls remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi ‘linguistic mistake’

MP Minister Vijay Shah calls remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi ‘linguistic mistake’

Bhopal: The Minister for Tribal Affairs of Madhya Pradesh, Vijay Shah, who is under fire for his disparaging remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi issued a video apology. The leader is facing a Supreme Court ordered enquiry for the remarks he made against the soldier, who played an important part in India’s anti-terror operation against Pakistan, … Read more

Allahabad HC allows withdrawal of PIL seeking SIT probe in Sambhal violence

Allahabad HC allows withdrawal of PIL seeking SIT probe in Sambhal violence

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday (December 4) allowed petitioner to withdraw a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking an independent probe by a Special Investigating Team (SIT) headed by a retired High Court judge into the alleged incidents of police atrocities during the violence that erupted in Sambhal during a protest against a court-ordered … Read more

SC dismisses plea seeking pan-India regulation on ‘prasad’ quality in temples

SC dismisses plea seeking pan-India regulation on ‘prasad’ quality in temples

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (November 29) refused to examine a petition seeking a pan-India regulations to ensure that safe quality of “prasad” is distributed at religious places, saying the prayers in the petition were within the domain of the state. A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan said that … Read more

Tirupati Laddoo Prasadam row: Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking CBI probe

Tirupati Laddoo Prasadam row: Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking CBI probe

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (November 8) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the allegations of substandard material in preparation of Tirupati temple prasadam during the previous YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led state government of Andhra Pradesh, A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai … Read more

Kerala temple mishap: State government forms SIT to probe the fire accident

Kerala temple mishap: State government forms SIT to probe the fire accident

Thiruvananthapuram: Nearly 12 hours after the horrific fire mishap that took place at the Veerarkavu temple in Nileswaram, the Kerala government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe a fire accident that injured over 154 people. The accident, which happened late Monday night, was triggered by an explosion of firecrackers stored near the … Read more