NEW DELHI: Opposing criminalisation of marital rape, the Centre on Thursday told Supreme Court that a husband and wife share a unique multifaceted relationship which is not exclusively centred on sex and stressed if Parliament has thoughtfully carved out an exception for marital rape in the penal provisions (in Sec 375 of IPC), it should…
Under attack for her comments on the divorce of actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya, forest minister Konda Surekha on Thursday withdrew her remarks that triggered strong reactions from political leaders and the Telugu cinema with actor Akkineni Nagarjuna suing her for defamation. The minister said her intention was to only highlight how BRS…
On Sept 18, a small village in Chhattisgarh‘s Sakti woke up to find that a ‘SBI’ branch had sprung up overnight. It sported the logo, and cashiers and a manager who looked busy and business-like. Chhapora village felt like it had arrived.The trusting villagers had no way of knowing it was an elaborate fraud. Even…
Families of the two hostages at Imphal police station for their handover GUWAHATI: Two Meitei men held hostage by tribal Kuki village volunteers in Manipur‘s Kangpokpi for five days were freed Thursday in a purported exchange involving “safe passage” till their native district for 11 undertrial Kuki prisoners, all of whom got bail a couple…
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao‘s remarks on Hindutva ideologue and freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, claiming that Savarkar consumed meat and was not opposed to cow slaughter have sparked outrage across political circles. The controversy erupted on Thursday, a day after Rao’s comments during the launch of the Kannada version of ‘Gandhi’s…
NEW DELHI: Seeking to avoid duplication and ensure better implementation, govt on Thursday approved rationalisation of all agri-related centrally sponsored schemes into two umbrella schemes, having 18 components, with total proposed expenditure of over 1 lakh crore.One of the umbrella schemes – PM Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY) – will promote sustainable agriculture, while the…
BENGALURU: Police on Thursday arrested a Pakistani couple and detained their daughter, 17, in a crackdown on foreigners living illegally in Bengaluru under assumed Hindu names. Police seized 3 mobiles, Aadhaar cards, passports, a PAN card, and two voter IDs – all obtained using fake documents.Syed Tariq, 53, and his wife Anila, 48, were arrested,…
NEW DELHI: Government is working on guidelines for films and serials shown on OTT (Over the Top) which will require the platforms to “beep out profanity and blur explicit scenes,” sources said. The proposed guidelines are likely to ask for alternative ways of depicting scenes, intimate relationships and changing clothes, besides insisting on toning down…
NEW DELHI: Union cabinet on Thursday approved granting classical language status to Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi.The classical language category was first created on Oct 12, 2004, when Tamil was declared a classical language. Subsequently, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia were…
NEW DELHI: CJI D Y Chandrachud on Thursday took strong exception to a plea made by an advocate asking for some change in a court order which had not been signed by judges.As the lawyer pleaded for modification in the order dictated in an arbitration matter, a bench headed by the CJI asked how come…
