BENGALURU: Facing public outrage over the harassment by microfinance companies over unpaid debts leading to suicides and the exodus from villages, Karnataka govt on Saturday decided to amend existing laws through an ordinance to regulate the sector and establish district helplines to protect debtors.CM Siddaramaiah announced that the state would introduce new legislation based on…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court rejected a petition to quash a dowry death case despite the victim’s suicide note not naming anyone.Justice M Nagaprasanna’s verdict, on plea filed by a Bengaluru man and his parents, cited prima facie evidence of harassment. Court said the victim’s final note cannot override substantive allegations of matrimonial cruelty. The victim…
NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Saturday that NEET-UG for 2025 will revert to its pre-Covid pattern. There will be no optional questions, and the test duration will return to three hours. The exam will now consist of 180 compulsory questions to be attempted within 180 minutes. Additionally, NTA clarified in another notice…
RAIPUR: This Republic Day will come in Tricolour for at least 30 villages in the erstwhile Maoist strongholds of Bastar, once dominated by Hidma’s PLGA Battalion 1. For the first time since the Maoist insurgency erupted in Bastar over two decades ago, tribals in these villages will see the unfurling of the national flag instead…
NEW DELHI: A groom’s greed for dowry gold tore apart his marriage within three days, entailed dowry harassment prosecution for 19 years, incarceration for three months, and now the Supreme Court has asked him to pay a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the bride, who has since married another and settled abroad.The marsriage took…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday strongly advocated for the ‘One Nation One Election‘ plan, saying the proposed reform “promises to redefine the terms of good governance“. She said it has the potential to promote “consistency in governance, prevent policy paralysis, mitigate resource diversion, and reduce financial burden” on the exchequer.In her address to…
Tahawwur Rana (File photo) NEW DELHI: “Mujahideens involved in the Mumbai attacks should receive Pakistan’s highest posthumous military honors,” reads the transcript of an intercepted conversation which Tahawwur Rana had with David Coleman Headley. The disturbing transcripts were cited by US justice department as crucial evidence in Rana’s conviction order way back in 2013.A physician,…
Tahawwur Rana (File photo) NEW DELHI: US Supreme Court has refused to entertain Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana’s plea against extradition to India, clearing the way for Indian investigators to bring him to the country. The review petition was turned down on Jan 21, removing the last hurdle in the extradition of Pakistani native and…
NEW DELHI: India’s second-highest gallantry medal Kirti Chakra has been awarded to Major Manjit and posthumously to Naik Dilwar Khan for displaying conspicuous bravery during fierce anti-terror operations in J&K, while 14 military and CAPF personnel have been conferred with Shaurya Chakras on the occasion of Republic Day this year.In all, 93 armed forces and…
NEW DELHI: The Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan has been granted a licence by Union home ministry under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) so that it can receive funding from abroad, sources said Saturday. The temple is currently managed by a court, which has constituted a management committee.The current management committee had applied for the…
