NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday spurned the Union govt’s invitation to direct application of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) to citizens irrespective of their religion and personal laws but suggested that Parliament should consider outlawing child betrothals as well.Delivering a 141-page judgment on a PIL highlighting the persistence of child marriages on…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday said the “multi-dimensional assault of child marriage” was not only oppressive to heterosexual girls and boys but also to all genders and sexual minorities as it robbed them of vital autonomy in choosing their sexual orientation and choice of partner.A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices…
NEW DELHI: A drive to identify children at risk of child marriage, conducted on the directions of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, shows that more than 11.5 lakh children in 27 states and seven UTs, most of them girls, were found “vulnerable” as they had either dropped out of school, were out or…
GUWAHATI: An IAF personnel and his son were swept away by the strong currents of Kameng river in Arunachal and have been missing since Thursday, said disaster management authority officials on Friday.The family of sergeant Bappi Ghosh, stationed at the IAF base in Tezpur, had ventured to Bhalukpung. The son, Hritik Ghosh, went to play…
NEW DELHI: In yet another case of threat being received on social media, Vistara‘s Delhi-London flight of Oct 18 was diverted to Frankfurt late on Friday night. Flight tracking sites show the Boeing 787 landed Frankfurt at 9.02 pm (local time). After being thoroughly checked and getting security cleared, it took off from there 2.5…
MUMBAI: Mumbai police on Thursday received an anonymous ransom message purportedly from an associate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang demanding Rs 5 crore “to end the feud” with actor Salman Khan.The message said that if the actor did not agree to pay up, he would face the same fate as that of slain former minister…
NEW DELHI: Sugar content in packaged baby foods, safeguarding consumer rights in the banking sector and rising prices of medicines are some of the issues that have come under the scanner of the parliamentary panels.The parliamentary standing committee on consumer affairs, food and public distribution, chaired by DMK leader Kanimozhi, has decided to examine issues…
The toll in the hooch tragedy in Siwan and Saran districts in Bihar has risen to 35, with eight more deaths confirmed on Friday, even as two deaths were reported in Baikunthpur in adjoining Gopalganj district due to consumption of spurious liquor. Six from this area have been hospitalised, reports Kshitiz.Gopalganj SP Avadhesh Dixit confirmed…
NEW DELHI: In a rare instance, Supreme Court on Friday recalled its Aug 2022 judgment striking down key provisions of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988, finding force in Union govt’s argument that the SC had erroneously ruled on the validity of the provisions even though no party had challenged them.Solicitor general Tushar…
GUWAHATI: A prominent private school was set ablaze in Manipur’s Jiribam district Friday amid escalating tensions in certain regions of the strife-scarred state in recent days, reports Kangkan Kalita.The attack on Blooming Flower School in Jiribam town – an area predominantly inhabited by tribal groups – came three days after NDA legislators representing Meitei, Kuki…
