AGRA: A Mathura court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering their 23-year-old friend in 2018 for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh. Additionally, a fine of Rs 15,000 each was imposed on them. Anuj Sharma, a resident of Anand Ghat area in Vrindavan, went missing on the evening of Dec…
NAGPUR: Nagpur bench of Bombay high court upheld the conviction of four men for gang rape, clarifying that direct participation in the sexual assault was not necessary to establish guilt. If there was evidence of shared intent, it was sufficient for conviction, the court said.Justice Govinda Sanap dismissed the appeals filed by the four accused,…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that he has not been able to visit his former parliamentary constituency of Wayanad even after the devastating landslides killed over 100 due to ‘adverse weather‘. Rahul said that he along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were scheduled visit Wayanad on…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his “Double A and A1,A2” jibes at the BJP-led NDA government as she reminded the Congress leader about the recent milestone reached at Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala which welcomed its first mothership, ‘San Fernando’. Rahul, who…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the state will be relocated to detention facilities, and the government will take the required steps to send them back to their country of origin. Parmeswara said that the Bangladeshi high commission or ambassador will be informed if any…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Niramala Sitharaman, replying to the opposition on the Union Budget on Tuesday, took a veiled dig at senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, saying the “Harvard and Oxford educated” leaders failed to contain the inflation as they adopted “reckless policies”.Sitharaman said the nation witnessed double-digit inflation during the UPA era as the…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed a massive face-off between the treasury and opposition benches after BJP leader and former Union minister Anurag Thakur targeted leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi over caste census and used a remark, which was later expunged by the Speaker.“OBC ki baat, janganana ki baat bahut ki jati hai. Jiske…
NEW DELHI: There is conspiracy to break this society into compartments behind asking questions about how many SC/ST or OBC officials are part of the halwa ceremony and the making of the Budget, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday during her reply on the 2024 Budget.Sitharaman was reacting to comments made…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday strongly rejected the charge of favouring only two states – Andhra Pradesh and Bihar – in her Budget speech and accused the opposition of spreading misinformation for political gains. Andhra Pradesh and Bihar are allies states of the BJP-led ruling NDA and their support is crucial…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday passed a bill to amend an anti-conversion law, making punishments harsher for those found guilty.Yogi Adiyanath-led state government passed an amendment to the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act in the assembly — the bill that parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna introduced on Monday.The anti-conversion…
