NEW DELHI: Government on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that 864.5 km of the total 4,096.7 km India-Bangladesh land border, is yet to be fenced, which includes 174.5 km of non-feasible gap, in a written reply to question by Trinamool Congress MP Deepak Adhikari.The MP from West Bengal, which shares the longest border with Bangladesh,…
Hug Day is on the 12th of February; it is celebrated as a crucial part of Valentine’s week to show warmth and love that brings comfort through simple hugs. Love, care, support, security, and such feelings are transmitted silently through hug. This is the day to give a romantic hug to your partner, a warm…
NEW DELHI: Amid the outrage over influencer Ranveer Allahbadia‘s objectionable remarks on parents and sex on a comedy show, members of a parliamentary panel have planned to take up the issue, asserting the need for enacting regulations and laws to cover social media and Over-the-Top platforms. The issue was also raised in Lok Sabha on…
AHMEDABAD: A special CBI court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old teacher to life imprisonment “till his last breath” for raping a student and impregnating her, after eloping with her on the pretext of marriage.This is the second time the accused, Dhaval Trivedi, has been awarded life sentence. A repeat offender, he was already…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court hearing a Rs 2,435 crore bank fraud case pulled up CBI for its failure to produce the crime files, as directed earlier, saying the act of “clear-cut defiance and recalcitrance” indicated the agency wanted to keep the truth hidden under a “veil of secrecy“.“It appears that CBI has something material…
NEW DELHI: Remarriage after the death of a spouse cannot be a stumbling block to claim custody of a child from the first marriage, Supreme Court has said while allowing a father to take back custody of his minor son who was taken away by in-laws after the death of his first wife.A bench of…
NEW DELHI: Any foreigner who enters India without a valid passport or visa could invite a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh. In case entry and stay in or exit from India by a foreigner is with a forged passport or travel document, the imprisonment…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that investigating agencies are duty-bound to inform grounds of arrest to the accused while taking them into custody and failure to comply with it would render the arrest illegal. It said the requirement to inform the grounds of arrest is not a “formality but a mandatory constitutional requirement”.A bench…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Centre cannot impose service tax on sale of lotteries as the lottery business comes under the State List.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N K Singh said service tax was not leviable on transactions between the purchaser of lottery tickets and the state govt…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha member from Baramulla, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who is out on parole from Tihar jail to attend the budget session, on Tuesday demanded a “full investigation” into the recent death of two civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, an Independent member from…
