NEW DELHI: Flagging a worrying trend of criminalisation of a soured consensual physical relationship, the Supreme Court has said a woman in an extramarital relationship for years cannot level rape charges against the man claiming that he had sex with her on the false promise of marriage.Quashing a seven-year-old FIR lodged by one Vanita S…
NEW DELHI: India is learnt to have tested a nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), designed for a strike range of 3,500-km, from the newly commissioned nuclear-powered submarine INS Arighaat on Wednesday, reports Rajat Pandit.There was, however, no official word on the missile test that took place off Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal in the…
NEW DELHI: The measure of hunger used in the Global Hunger Report-2024 index is “flawed” and doesn’t reflect India’s true position, govt told LS on Wednesday, while asserting it is making serious efforts to address the issue of malnutrition. India has been ranked 105 out of 127 countries in the study released by Concern Worldwide,…
Congress MP Hibi Eden (L) confers with BJP MP and Waqf Amendment Bill JPC chairman Jagdambika Pal at Parliament House on Wednesday NEW DELHI: After protests by opposition members on the panel, the Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed a resolution seeking extension of time for presentation of its report till the…
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Adani Green Energy said Wednesday that Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain have not been charged with any violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) on the counts mentioned in the criminal indictment of the US Department of Justice (DoJ) or the civil complaint of the…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would direct persons accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to give an undertaking that they would not seek adjournments as a condition to grant them bail, in order to ensure they do not misuse the liberty by resorting to delaying tactics in trial…
Asked if he was disappointed that he would not get a second term, Shinde said, “There is no such thing. You must remember BJP supported my tenure as CM.” Outgoing Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said he would not be an obstacle to govt formation and would accept any decision taken by PM Narendra…
Indonesia has reportedly rejected Apple’s $100 million investment proposal, deeming it insufficient to meet the country’s “fairness” principles. The government is seeking further negotiations before lifting a ban on iPhone 16 sales.Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita criticized Apple’s investment disparity between Indonesia and Vietnam. While Apple has poured billions into Vietnam’s manufacturing facilities, its investment…
NEW DELHI: Strongly denouncing the arrest of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh, senior members of the organisation on Wednesday demanded the Indian and Bangladeshi govts intervention for his immediate release, while also strongly condemning a Bangladeshi SC lawyer dubbing it a radical fundamentalist outfit.“It is outrageous to make baseless allegations that Iskcon has…
NEW DELHI: Launching a nationwide campaign- “Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan” with the aim to free the country of the menace of child marriage, minister for women and child development Annpurna Devi on Wednesday highlighted that available data shows that about two lakh child marriages were prevented in the past one year.“In our country today,…
