MUMBAI: Nearly 48 hours after the incident, the intruder who attacked actor Saif Ali Khan and his domestic staff during a burglary attempt remained untraced. Teams formed by Bandra police and Mumbai Crime Branch were yet to disclose details about the investigation when reports last came in, but Maharashtra’s minister of state for home Yogesh…
PRAYAGRAJ: Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad high court, who was summoned by the Supreme Court collegium last month over his remarks on Muslims at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) event has told the Chief Justice of the HC that he stands by his remarks on the occasion and that he did not violate…
NEW DELHI: While 12 Indian nationals serving in the Russian army have been killed in the ongoing war, 16 others are reported to be missing, the govt said on Friday. In all so far, 126 cases of Indians joining the Russian army have come to light, out of which 96 have been discharged.Amid India’s efforts…
NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has ruled that breaking off a relationship or refusing to marry does not constitute abetment of suicide under Section 306 of IPC. Delivering the judgment on Wednesday, Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke discharged the accused, Vaibhav Mawale, who was charged after his former partner died by suicide in 2020.The…
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over misuse of Section 306 of Indian Penal Code pertaining to abetment to suicide, the Supreme Court on Friday said prosecuting agencies should be sensitised not to “mechanically frame charges” to subject people to a totally untenable prosecution just to “assuage the feelings” of the family of the deceased.A bench of…
Sai Varshith Kandula, an Indian American with roots in Hyderabad, was sentenced to eight years in prison for crashing a rented truck into White House barricades in May 2023. Kandula aimed to overthrow the government and establish a dictatorship. He also planned to assassinate the US President. Kandula’s actions caused significant damage and endangered public…
TIRUPATI: Four persons were killed and 15 others sustained injuries in a road accident near Gangasagaram village of Chittoor district in the early hours of Friday.According to Chittoor Taluk police, a private travels bus headed to Madurai and Trichy in Tamil Nadu from Tirupati was involved in the accident. The driver of the bus lost…
NEW DELHI: India needs to strengthen both its offensive and defensive capabilities and responses in view of the turmoil being witnessed in rules-based international order, defence minister Rajnath Singh said Friday.In view of India’s strategic location in Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and its geopolitical situation, Singh also reiterated govt’s resolve to strengthen Navy, stressing the…
NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs (MEA) Friday denied any contradiction between what the Army chief, Upendra Dwivedi, had said this week on disengagement with China in eastern Ladakh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar‘s statement earlier in Parliament on the issue. While MEA has maintained that disengagement at friction points Depsang and Demchok has…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has directed the DGP of prisons and Puzhal Central Prison superintendent to explain how prisoners accessed mobile phones and ganja despite stringent security arrangements in all prisons.A vacation bench of justice S M Subramaniam and Justice V Lakshminarayanan issued directions to this effect on Friday, on a batch of pleas moved…
