NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal in an alleged money laundering case. The ED arrested the IAS officer after questioning her in connection with alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in Khunti and other charges. The probe agency had earlier also questioned her businessman husband Abhishek Jha. The questioning … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalising ‘marital rape’. Justice Rajiv Shakdher held Exception 2 to Section 375 (rape) of the Indian penal Code, which exempts husband from the offence of rape for forcible sex with wife, as unconstitutional. Meanwhile, Justice Hari Shankar said he … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed all proceedings in sedition cases and directed the Centre and states to not register any fresh FIR invoking sedition charges until the government re-examines the colonial era penal law. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said all pending cases, appeals and proceedings with respect … Read more
Shiv Kumar Sharma, who reshaped the personality and identity of santoor elevating the instrument’s profile and stature across the globe, and who composed a bunch of dulcet melodies in tandem with renowned flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia in Yash Chopra romances and thrillers, passed away following a heart attack in Mumbai on Tuesday morning. He was 84. … Read more
VISAKHAPATNAM/BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA: A red alert has been sounded in Guntur, Krishna, Visakhapatnam and West and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh as severe cyclonic storm Asani changed route on Tuesday to move southwards from north coastal AP and Odisha coast. Andhra district administrations kept rescue and relief teams on standby, and cautioned people living in low-lying … Read more
NEW DELHI: Holding that the constitutional mandate of holding elections before expiry of the five-year tenure of local bodies is inviolable, the SC directed initiation of the poll process for the 23,263 local bodies in Madhya Pradesh which has been due since 2019 and rejected the state government’s plea for more time to fulfill the … Read more
MOHALI/CHANDIGARH: The launcher used to fire a rocket-propelled grenade at the building housing the headquarters of Punjab police’s intelligence wing in Mohali’s Sector 77 was traced on Tuesday, coinciding with Gurpatwant Singh Pannu of the banned outfit Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) purportedly claiming responsibility for the attack through an unverified voice message. Punjab police rounded … Read more
NEW DELHI: A day after being informed that the government intends to re-examine Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond by Wednesday morning whether it could ask the states not to slap sedition charges on anyone and ensure protection of rights of those booked under … Read more
NEW DELHI: Separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges under the stringent anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), before a Delhi court in a case related to terrorism and secessionist activities in Jammu & Kashmir in 2017. Malik pleaded guilty to charges under Sections 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday conducted raids at 40 locations linked to NGO representatives, their middlemen and home ministry officials for allegedly facilitating violation of foreign funding rules. The CBI said that hawala transactions worth Rs 2 crore have been detected so far in the raids. It has been detected … Read more