NEW DELHI/RANCHI: Voter turnout among the women exceeded the men’s by almost 4.7 percentage points in Ph-I of the Jharkhand elections, with the trend seen in all but six of 43 assembly constituencies that went to the polls Wednesday.The state witnessed an overall EVM turnout of 66.6%, 2.7 percentage points higher than the 63.9 polling…
For a few hours on Friday morning, a cluster of villages in Maoist-hit Dantewada thought it was a miracle. That they had struck liquid gold, and their wells had magically turned into oil wells overnight.Villagers drew out bucketfuls of petrol. Nearby villages joined in too. There was plenty to go around! The land rates would…
Sukhu-led government has rushed to SC seeking to validate appointment of six parliamentary secretaries NEW DELHI: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government of Himachal Pradesh has rushed to Supreme Court seeking to validate appointment of six parliamentary secretaries based on a 2006 state law that was quashed by high court two days ago for being illegal…
MUMBAI: Standup comedian Munawar Faruqui and Aftab Poonawala, who is facing trial for the gruesome murder of his Palghar-based girlfriend Shraddha Walkar in Delhi in 2022, were on the hit list of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the architect of the murder of former state minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique, police said. This revelation came…
MADURAI: Hugging and kissing between two persons in love is not sexual harassment, rather it is quite natural, observed Madras high court recently quashing a trial court proceedings against a 20-year-old man in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin. Srivaikuntam All Women Police had charged the man with sexually harassing a 19-year-old woman. In 2023, the man filed…
PANAJI: Merely entering a hotel room with a man doesn’t imply a woman’s consent to sex, the high court of Bombay at Goa held while setting aside a sessions court order discharging a rape accused.Noting that the survivor came out of the hotel room crying and immediately filed a police complaint for rape, Justice Bharat…
AHMEDABAD: A magisterial court on Friday sent head constable Virendrasinh Padheria to 10-day police remand in connection with the killing of a second-year MICA student, Priyanshu Jain, on November 10. The prosecution submitted that Padheria is a habitual offender and cited a criminal case registered against him in 2017. Padheria, who was arrested by the…
Panel recommended that health supplements claiming to cure or mitigate diseases be classified as drugs NEW DELHI: In a major shift in policy to regulate manufacture and sale of health supplements in the country, an inter-ministerial committee has suggested that supplements claiming to cure or mitigate any specific disease should be considered a drug and,…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand capital Dehradun grappled with the devastating aftermath of a car crash that claimed six young lives and left one critically injured as horrid details of the accident came in. With the tragedy shaking the city to its core, sparking grief, shock, and a collective determination to tackle the dangers of reckless driving, parents…
Steven Cheung (Picture credit: Reuters) US President-elect Donald Trump‘s transition team announced on Friday that former campaign official Steven Cheung will serve as White House communications director in his upcoming administration.Cheung previously held the position of director of communications during Trump‘s 2016 presidential campaign and served as director of strategic response during Trump’s first term….
