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New Delhi, March 20 A Delhi court has acquitted six persons accused of kidnapping and forcing a minor girl into marriage, holding that the prosecution failed to prove that the girl was taken away from lawful guardianship or was compelled to marry against her will.Additional Sessions Judge...

New Delhi, March 20 – The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a petition seeking recognition of alleged hate speech targeting the Brahmin community, described as "Brahmophobia," as a punishable form of caste-based discrimination.A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan...

Guwahati, March 20 The prosecution completed its arguments during the charge framing process before a local court here in the Zubeen Garg death case, the deceased singer's wife said.Speaking to reporters after attending the hearing, Garima Saikia Garg said, "On the second day of the charge...

New Delhi, March 20 The CBI questioned industrialist Anil Ambani for over six hours on Friday in connection with a Rs 2,929-crore fraud case, registered against Reliance Communications Ltd and him on a complaint by the State Bank of India, officials said.On the second consecutive day, Ambani...

Bengaluru, March 20 – Karnataka JD(S) MLA Swaroop Prakash has expressed strong outrage over the inclusion of the names of party workers in the chargesheet filed in the Prajwal Revanna obscene video case, alleging that the move is aimed at derailing the investigation.Addressing a press...

New Delhi, March 20 – The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man from Gujarat, who was accused of abetting suicide due to alleged harassment over loan repayments, holding that simply demanding repayment of debt cannot constitute abetment.Allowing the appeal filed by...

New Delhi, March 20 A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded over Rs 61 lakh in compensation to the family of a man who suffered severe brain injuries in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh in 2013.Presiding Officer Vijay Kumar Jha was hearing a claim petition filed by Satya Veer Singh...

New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday granted regular bail to Muppidi Avinash Reddy, a key accused in the multi-crore Andhra Pradesh liquor policy scam.The case involves alleged large-scale irregularities and a structured kickback network that operated between 2019 and 2024.A bench...

New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere with the Bombay High Court order that allowed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to remove over 45,000 mangroves for the Versova-Bhayander road project in North Mumbai.A three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice...

New Delhi, March 20 The Delhi High Court on Friday criticized the Centre for failing to provide a "timeline" for completing the process of filling the vacant positions of chairperson and members in the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).Noting that it had previously sought an affidavit...

New Delhi, March 20 The CBI questioned industrialist Anil Ambani for the second consecutive day in connection with a ₹2,929-crore fraud case, registered against Reliance Communications Ltd and him on a complaint by the State Bank of India, officials said.Ambani arrived at the agency...

New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition alleging that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had orchestrated threats to seize a property.The lawyer representing the petitioner informed a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that the petitioner was unable...

Varanasi, March 20 – The controversy surrounding the Iftar party in the Ganga River escalated on Friday, as Rajat Jaiswal, a leader of the BJP’s youth wing, who first raised concerns about the “offensive and disrespectful” act and filed a police complaint seeking appropriate action, has started...

Kolkata, March 20 – Despite the Election Commission of India (ECI) having decided to release the first supplementary list of voters whose cases were submitted for judicial adjudication on Friday, uncertainty persists over the action.The earlier decision of the ECI was that the first...

Nainital, March 19 R. Meenakshi Sundaram, the Principal Secretary (Energy) of the Uttarakhand Government, appeared before the Uttarakhand High Court via video conference on Thursday during the hearing of a contempt petition.This contempt petition was filed regarding the non-compliance with a...

Chandigarh, March 19 Rapper-musician Badshah joined the investigation in Panchkula in connection with an FIR related to alleged use of objectionable lyrics and visuals in his recently released music video "Tateeree", the Punjab and Haryana High Court was informed here on Thursday.The court was...

Lucknow, March 19 The Allahabad High Court heard a case regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's citizenship on Thursday and directed the petitioner to include the Centre as a party in the matter.As soon as the hearing began, senior advocate S B Pandey, representing the Centre, requested the...

Prayagraj (UP), March 19 The Allahabad High Court has directed that a recently discovered Jain idol, unearthed during the construction of an overhead water tank in Etah on June 22 last year, be placed in the custody of the Allahabad Museum in Prayagraj.The idol, believed to date back to the...

Prayagraj (UP), March 19 The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay a sum of Rs 50,000 to a man after the police submitted incorrect information about his criminal record to oppose his bail plea, resulting in a 15-day delay in his release.Justice Arun Kumar Singh...

Prayagraj, March 19 Holding that there was ample time to rescue Noida techie Yuvraj Mehta before he drowned in a water-filled trench in January, the Allahabad High Court has asked the NDRF and the SDRF to inform it about the steps taken by their teams to save him, which had reached the spot.A...