Three people – two from Punjab and one from Haryana – were arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan on Monday.Haryana police’s Mewat unit arrested Mohammad Tareef of Kangarka village, and said he “confessed” to sharing sensitive information about military and other agencies with two Pak high commission officials. Police alleged that he got cash and…
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri, during a meeting of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, categorically stated that the call for pause in Indo-Pakistan hostilities was taken after DGMO-to-DGMO talks, rebutting Trump’s claims about brokering the end of hostilities on May 10 – the subject making for animated questions from…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday agreed to list on Tuesday or Wednesday a petition challenging Ashoka University associate professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad‘s arrest by Haryana Police for his posts on Operation Sindoor. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal had requested a bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justice A G Masih for an urgent hearing, saying…
Five close friends were having a party in Dehradun when one of them accidentaly fired a bullet at another while toying with an unlicensed pistol after removing its magazine, unaware that a round was still in the chamber. The victim, a DJ, was rushed to hospital where doctors declared him dead. Source link
MUMBAI: A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded compensation of around Rs 1 crore, including interest, to a 34-year-old from Nalasopara who lost a leg after his outstation bus overturned near Pune in 2021, reports Rebecca Samervel. The amount will be paid jointly by the owner of the bus, M/s RN Cabs Pvt Ltd, and insurance…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court recently set aside a sessions court conviction in a Pocso case, holding that the prosecution tried to falsely implicate the accused to save the actual culprit, who may be a close relative of the survivor. HC allowed the accused to file a case of ‘malicious prosecution‘ and seek compensation. The…
Written by renowned Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz in 1979, just two years after the country came under martial law under Gen Zia-ul-Haq, ‘Hum Dekhenge (We shall see)’ is often used in anti-establishment protests both in India and Pakistan. The nazm of dissent and resistance gained larger recognition after singer Iqbal Bano defied the law…
NEW DELHI: The tendency of probe agencies to somehow crack a sensational case and the “overzealous approach” of courts to convict someone to impart justice sent a man to the gallows in a 2013 rape-cum-murder case of a four-year-old girl in Thane in Maharashtra. The Supreme Court held there was nothing to even cast a…
Home minister Amit Shah Monday launched the revamped portal for overseas citizens of India, which will offer the existing five million OCI cardholders as well as fresh applicants a user-friendly experience in accessing services and facilitating their stay in India. PM Modi on X hailed the initiative, saying that “with enhanced features and improved functionality,…
GUWAHATI: Manipur’s Shirui Lily fest is set to return Tuesday after a two-year pause, signalling efforts toward peace in a state scarred by ethnic unrest.The fest, set from May 20-24, celebrates the state flower Shirui Lily found only in Shirui Hills of Tangkhul Naga-majority Ukhrul district. The fest marks the 75th anniversary of Lilium mackliniae‘s…
