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Sitapur (UP), April 5 Two women were killed and a seven-year-old girl sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out in a house and spread to nearly a dozen adjoining dwellings amid strong winds in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Sunday.District Magistrate Rajaganapathi R...

New Delhi, April 4 – The Supreme Court has formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge Constitution Bench, which will commence hearing from April 7 in the long-pending Sabarimala review matter.According to the cause list published for April 7 on the apex court's official website, the...

Chandigarh, April 4 Enforcement agencies are focusing on building legally robust cases that ensure drug traffickers are not just caught, but punished in Punjab, according to a statement on Saturday.They said the ongoing anti-drug drive, 'Yudh Nashean Virudh', is increasingly being defined not...

Hyderabad, April 4 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will lay the foundation stone for the construction of the Telangana High Court's Zone-II building in Rajendranagar on Sunday.High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, state government Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao, and other...

Chandauli (UP), April 4 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a minor here, police said on Saturday.According to police, the victim's mother filed a complaint against the accused and stated that he lured his daughter to his house and raped her.Station House Officer (SHO) of Balua police...

Islamabad, April 4 – Human rights lawyers and advocates have sharply criticised the recent ruling by Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court, which upheld the marriage of a minor Christian girl, Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man accused of kidnapping her, while rejecting a habeas corpus petition...

New Delhi, April 4 A 14-year-old boy sustained serious injuries to his face, allegedly after he was attacked with a blade during a quarrel with two to three people in Sultanpuri, a suburb of outer Delhi, police said on Saturday.The incident took place in Sultanpuri, where the victim got into...

Jaipur, April 4 A division bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Saturday upheld a single bench order cancelling the sub-inspector (SI) recruitment exam 2021, following allegations of paper leakage and "impersonation."Justice Samir Jain had cancelled the exam on August 28, 2025, stating that...

Jaipur, April 4 – In a major decision affecting thousands of candidates, the Rajasthan High Court’s Division Bench has upheld the cancellation of the Sub-Inspector (SI) Recruitment-2021, affirming the earlier order passed by the Single Bench.The Division Bench, headed by Acting Chief Justice...

Kochi, April 4 A court on Saturday granted three days' police custody of Malayalam director Ranjith, who was arrested in connection with an alleged sexual harassment incident on a film shooting set.Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Selmath RM allowed the petition filed by the police seeking...

Kolkata, April 4 Amidst the controversy over the accidental death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee during an outdoor shoot near Digha in Purba Medinipur district, the West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum on Saturday lodged a police complaint against the producers in connection with the...

Lucknow/Hathras (UP), April 4 The chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh State Women Commission, Babita Singh Chauhan, said on Saturday that the panel can consider the acquittal of a college professor accused of sexually exploiting female students if the complainant or the aggrieved parties approach...

New Delhi, April 4 A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order on taking cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate's chargesheet against businessman Robert Vadra for April 15.The ED had earlier filed its chargesheet against Vadra, the husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a money...

Kochi, April 4 – Film director Ranjith was taken into police custody on Saturday and will remain in custody until Monday in connection with a sexual assault complaint filed by a young actress. Investigators are expected to begin detailed evidence collection in the coming days after his bail plea...

New Delhi, April 4 Supreme Court Judge Justice K V Viswanathan has recused himself from hearing a case in which the apex court had reserved its verdict last month, after it came to his notice that he had previously appeared as counsel for the appellant.Justice Viswanathan was directly elevated...

Kochi, April 4 A court granted three days of police custody to director Ranjith, who was arrested in connection with an alleged incident of sexual harassment on a film shooting set.Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Selmath RM allowed the petition filed by the police seeking custody of...

Thane, April 4 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane district of Maharashtra has awarded a compensation of Rs 21.5 lakh to the family of a 45-year-old woman who was killed by a speeding tempo in 2020.The tribunal, presided over by K P Shrikhande, held the tempo driver solely...

Prayagraj (UP), April 3 The Allahabad High Court has directed the immediate release of a man who was sentenced to 22 months in a civil prison by a family court in Jhansi for failing to pay maintenance to his wife as per the court's order.The husband, Tahir alias Babloo, had been in jail since...

Hyderabad, April 3 The EAGLE force in Telangana on Friday said it raided a pub here and apprehended seven people for alleged consumption of narcotic drugs.Based on credible information, during the night between March 2 and 3, the Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) raided the...

Kushinagar (UP), April 3 A woman died from her injuries at AIIMS Gorakhpur several days after her brother-in-law attacked her with a spade over money in Hata Nagar's Sahbajpur, police said on Friday.The incident occurred on Wednesday evening when the accused, identified as 32-year-old...