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Bhubaneswar, March 30 A special court for crimes against women and children (POCSO) here on Monday convicted a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a 13-year-old girl in August 2020.Saroj Kumar Sahoo, additional sessions judge, POCSO court, Bhubaneswar, pronounced the...

New Delhi, March 30. Registrar General and Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan will address a press conference on Monday at noon to outline the roadmap for the country's upcoming census exercise.During the briefing at the National Media Centre in New Delhi, the Commissioner is expected...

New Delhi, March 29 Observing that being held in jail without a trial constitutes punishment, the Supreme Court granted bail to a resident of Punjab in an attempt-to-murder case, noting that he had spent two years in jail without the trial even beginning.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and...

Latehar (Jharkhand), March 28 A court in Latehar district of Jharkhand sentenced six people to life imprisonment on Saturday for the gang rape of a minor.The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Second) cum Special Judge (POCSO), Sanjay Kumar Dubey, sentenced Kariman Ganjhu (38)...

Fatehgarh Sahib, March 28 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Saturday that the state will make stricter laws regarding sacrilege, and anyone found guilty of "beadbi" (sacrilege) of the Guru Granth Sahib will face imprisonment up to life.The Mann government will convene a special...

New Delhi, March 27 The central government has proposed changes to the fines for violating norms under the Delhi Development Act, 1957, which governs the functioning of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, was introduced by Minister of...

New Delhi, March 27 The government has proposed to reduce the jail term for interfering with seized items, such as food and vehicles, under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, from a maximum of six months to three months.On Friday, the government introduced the second edition of the Jan...

Pratapgarh (UP), March 27 A court here has sentenced five people to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of a Dalit man in 2001.Additional District and Sessions Judge (SC/ST Act) Hemant Kumar pronounced the verdict after finding the accused guilty based on the evidence presented...

Agartala, March 27 A man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripura for murdering his wife.Additional District and Sessions Judge of West Tripura, P P Paul, convicted Mithu Das and sentenced him to rigorous life imprisonment on Thursday.Mithu, a daily wage laborer, had been...

New Delhi, March 26 A court here has sentenced a 72-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor last year, stating that despite the victim addressing him as "grandfather," he exploited her to satisfy his lust.Highlighting the betrayal of trust and the erosion of...

New Delhi, March 26 A Delhi court has convicted a man in a 2015 attempt to murder case, stating that the prosecution has proven the case against him beyond a reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Vandana Jain was hearing a case against Surender Jain alias Vicky, who was accused of...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A local court in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday awarded the death penalty to a 22-year-old man for raping and murdering a minor, delivering the verdict in a swift trial under the POCSO Act.Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act)...

Mumbai, March 25 The Maharashtra legislative council on Wednesday ordered the implementation of a motion that recommended a five-day jail sentence for a youth from Akola for publishing false news against NCP MLA Amol Mitkari on a YouTube channel.Ankush Gawande, a youth from Akola, was asked to...

Mumbai, March 25 The Maharashtra legislative council on Wednesday unanimously passed the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill 2026 to include provisions in the Shakti Bill to protect the identities of victims of acid attacks and ensure imprisonment for online sexual harassment...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A court in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in 2020, officials said on Wednesday.The court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) and Additional Sessions Judge Dinesh Kumar also imposed a fine of...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 CPI(M) leader and Vellanad village panchayat president, 'Vellanad' Sasi, who had been on the run in connection with a case of allegedly killing a porcupine, surrendered to forest officials on Tuesday.He surrendered at the Paruthipally forest office in the evening...

New Delhi, March 24 The Lok Sabha passed a bill on Tuesday to amend a law protecting and safeguarding the rights of transgender persons. The bill aims to exclude social orientations from the scope of the law and provides for graduated punishment based on the severity of harm inflicted on such...

Mumbai, March 24 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a girl in 2017, and ordered a fresh trial as he had not been represented by a lawyer during the earlier proceedings.A division bench of Justices...

Mirzapur (UP), March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a rape case involving a woman with hearing impairment, police said.The court also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict.On March 28, 2018, a complaint was lodged at the Chunar police...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), March 23 A local court on Monday found all nine accused police officers guilty in the case of custodial torture of a man and his son, leading to their deaths at Sathankulam in Thoothukudi district in 2020.The First Additional District and Sessions Judge G Muthukumaran...