NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed uproar on Monday over the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act. The chaos unfolded after the National Conference (NC)-led alliance government reiterated its intent to bring a resolution opposing the Act, which has now become law following its passage in both Houses of Parliament and Presidential assent.Assembly Speaker Abdul … Read more
Anupamaa actress Rupali Ganguly condemns the deforestation of 400 acres in Hyderabad for an IT park, which has displaced many wildlife species. She supported the protests against the environmental destruction and called for more attention to the issue from celebrities and activists. Anupamaa actress Rupali Ganguly, known for speaking out on animal cruelty and social … Read more
BENGALURU: City police arrested two men for allegedly gang-raping a woman while she was walking home with her cousin from KR Puram railway station after midnight on Wednesday. One of the accused has been identified as Ashif.According to police, the victim arrived in the city on a train from Ernakulam, Kerala and got off at … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea challenging the Allahabad high court‘s order that allowed whitewashing of the outer parts of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal in UP.The SC bench comprised of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and justice Sanjay Kumar. The petition also challenged the high court order allowing … Read more
As the Supreme Court stayed a controversial high court ruling in a Dalit child molestation case, TOI+ visited the survivor’s village in UP — where fear, caste tensions and threats still hang heavy over a family fighting for justice In a remote village about 60 km from Kasganj town in Uttar Pradesh, a pall of … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused urgent mentioning of a plea seeking direction to Delhi Police to register an FIR over the alleged discovery of burnt wads of cash from the official residence of Delhi high court judge Yashwat Varma.The Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna-led bench, however, assured petitioner advocate Mathews J … Read more
NEW DELHI: A day after refusing to hear a plea challenging the Allahabad high court’s ruling, which stated that “grabbing a minor girl‘s breasts, breaking her pyjama strings did not amount to rape or an attempt to rape,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the ruling on its own.A bench of Justices B … Read more
NEW DELHI: Aggrieved by the demolition of his house and shop, allegedly done after his 15-year-old son purportedly shouted an anti-India slogan in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district during the India-Pakistan Champions Trophy match, a man has moved Supreme Court claiming it was done in violation of the apex court’s ruling against ‘bulldozer justice‘. The court is … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has allowed audit regulator National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) to continue its proceedings against chartered accountants and firms where no audit quality review reports have been prepared and final orders are yet to be passed.During a hearing in a case challenging an order passed by the Delhi HC, a bench … Read more
Delhi HC judge Yashwant Varma NEW DELHI: Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma has strongly denied allegations that a large sum of burnt currency was recovered from his official residence after a recent fire incident.In a lengthy letter to Delhi high court’s chief justice, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Justice Varma called the claims “baseless” and “preposterous”, … Read more