SC RAPS PATNA HC OVER “GRABBING BREASTS NOT ATTEMPT TO RAPE” RULING
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Patna High Court for holding that attempting to remove a woman’s salwar and pressing her chest did not amount to an attempt to rape, with the Chief Justice of India expressing concern over the “lack of thorough research” before such judgments are delivered. The issue […]
RESIDENTS ESCAPE NOIDA BUILDING BLAZE USING MAKESHIFT BAMBOO BRIDGE
(Photo) Courtesy : Free Press Journal NEW DELHI: Desperate residents made a makeshift bridge with bamboo sticks and a wooden ladder to escape a massive fire that engulfed their four-storey building in Noida’s Sector 66. The fire, which started on the ground floor, soon spread upwards and dense smoke engulfed the upper floors of the […]
FRANCE SHUTS ITS 3 NUCLEAR REACTORS
NEW DELHI: France switched off three nuclear reactors and cut output at several more this week, after rivers meant to cool them grew too warm to use safely. India’s coastal and inland reactors face a different risk. Somewhere on the banks of the Garonne, the Rhone and the Meuse, three French nuclear reactors have gone […]
SACHIN PILOT TO BE CM FACE IN RAJASTHAN
NEW DELHI: Even though the next Rajasthan Assembly election is still more than two years away, Congress leader Sachin Pilot’s two-day tour of the Mewar-Vagad tribal belt has triggered fresh political discussion. Over two days, Pilot, who is one of the AICC general secretaries, travelled through Banswara, Dungarpur, Salumber and Udaipur, met Congress workers, attended […]
SHARAD PAWAR’S MOVE IN LATE NIGHT MEETINGS WITH CM DEVENDRA FADNAVIS
NEW DELHI: Late-night meetings in Mumbai between senior leaders from both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday reignited speculation over Sharad Pawar’s next move, with both camps simultaneously grappling with questions over their political future. NCP (SP) state president Jayant Patil first met Sharad Pawar at his […]
CABINET SECY’S HANDBOOK FOR BABUS
NEW DELHI: “Saheb meeting mein hain” is perhaps the most familiar refrain in the corridors of India’s bureaucracy. Walk into a government office, call a secretariat or try reaching a senior official, and chances are the response will be the same—the officer is in a meeting. For generations, the government has measured activity not merely […]
ROW OVER PUNJAB BJP LEADER’S VIRAL “DELETE VOTES”
NEW DELHI: A political controversy has erupted in Punjab after a video purportedly showing BJP State Secretary and Dinanagar Assembly constituency in-charge Renu Kashyap went viral on social media. In the clip, Kashyap is allegedly heard saying, “Get the SIR done, get 20,000-25,000 votes deleted, and get your own MLA elected.” The remarks have triggered […]
PRASHANT KISHOR HAS ASSETS OF RS 96 CR
NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor, a candidate for the Bankipur bypoll in Bihar, has assets worth Rs 96 crore, according to his election affidavit. In the affidavit filed before the Returning Officer, Kishor declared movable assets worth Rs 22.19 crore and immovable assets to the tune of Rs 73.87 crore. His wife, Jahnavi Das, a medical […]
SEX EDUCATION COMING TO INDIAN SCHOOLS SOON
NEW DELHI: India may be on the verge of a significant shift in the way schools teach children about health, safety and relationships, with the Centre informing the Supreme Court that comprehensive sex education will soon be introduced in schools and colleges across the country. The move comes nearly two years after the apex court […]
SC QUESTIONS DELHI POLICE ON ASSAULT ON A LAWYER
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Police to inform it about the status of investigation into a recent assault on a lawyer inside his residence in the national capital. The Court said that a status report on the investigation be filed by an officer not below the rank of a Deputy […]
