NEW DELHI: To ensure that adolescents don’t get sent to jail under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso) for being in romantic relationships, Supreme Court has directed the Centre to consider decriminalising such consensual relationships and frame a policy for sexual and reproductive health education in the country.A bench of Justices…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has violated the spirit of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) by inflicting three wars and thousands of terror attacks on India since the treaty came into effect in 1960, India said at the UN to counter what it described as disinformation being carried out by Pakistan over New Delhi’s decision to put…
MOSCOW/TOKYO/MANAMA: The all-party delegations from India to Russia and Japan on Saturday concluded their visits with “constructive meetings” with diplomatic leaderships discussing global fight against terror as a third similar team reached Bahrain to highlight New Delhi’s response to cross-border radicalism.The delegations that exchanged views on furthering cooperation in counter-terrorism and combating radicalism are part…
JAMSHEDPUR: A Jamshedpur man died along with his wife and two minor daughters in a suspected suicide pact at their home in Chitragupt Nagar Friday night, reports B Sridhar. The family of Krishna Kumar (40) allegedly made the suicide pact after he was diagnosed with blood cancer on May 8.Kumar’s father Shubhendra Tiwary said, “My…
AGRA: Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition challenging its May 15 verdict that allowed Uttar Pradesh government to go ahead with a Rs 500 crore redevelopment plan for the Shri Banke Bihari temple corridor in Vrindavan.The review petition, filed by a member of the temple management, said the decision was made without consulting…
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) has arrested a contractual health worker from Kutch for allegedly sharing sensitive information about BSF and Indian Navy establishments with a Pakistani spy, ATS officers said on Saturday.They identified the accused as Sahdevsinh Gohil (28), who was apprehended in Lakhpat taluka. According to an ATS release, Gohil was “lured by…
CHANDIGARH: The Chief Justice (CJ) of Punjab and Haryana high court has withdrawn a case from its judge “in the interest of the institution” and to “protect the reputation” of the judge after receiving “oral and written” complaints, according to an order from the CJ.The court also asserted that the power of the Chief Justice…
NEW DELHI: Pressing for early action on the scandal about cash haul at the residence of high court Justice Yashwant Varma, Congress MP Vivek Tankha expressed concern with the Rajya Sabha chairman that parliamentarians have not been provided with the inquiry report of the case, even though Parliament is the sole authority to decide the…
BUXAR: A long-running dispute over sand dumping turned deadly in Ahiyapur village of Buxar, Bihar, leaving three brothers dead and two others critically injured on Saturday. The gunfight triggered widespread outrage and heightened tension in the region.Mantu Singh Yadav, 35, sustained serious bullet wounds to the stomach and leg and remains in critical condition at…
NEW DELHI: Chief ministers of five states, including Mamata Banerjee, Pinarayi Vijayan and Siddaramaiah, did not attend the 10th governing council meeting of govt’s policy think tank Niti Aayog Saturday. The other two CMs who skipped the meeting were Bihar’s Nitish Kumar and Puducherry’s N Rangasamy, both NDA allies.Niti Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam told reporters…
