An AIIMS-Delhi female security guard has accused the chief security officer of sexual harassment and hurling casteist remarks at her. The medical institute has initiated investigation against the officer, PTI reported on Friday.The institute authorities are yet to comment on the matter.Sources indicate that the female guard has accused the chief security officer of sexually…
The bullet-riddled body was recovered by police on Friday in Jammu & Kashmir’s Shopian district. (Representative photo) A bullet-riddled body of a non-local man was recovered on Friday from the Wachi area of Zainapora in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Shopian district, officials said. The body, found in south Kashmir, bore multiple gunshot wounds, raising concerns over…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday declared all Bangladeshi migrants who entered Assam on or after Mar 25, 1971, as illegal migrants. Given the grave adverse impact they have had on the state’s culture and demography, the Union and state govts must expedite their identification, detection and deportation, SC said.A five-judge bench delivered this verdict…
CHANDIGARH: Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as Haryana CM on Thursday for the second time, at a ceremony at Panchkula, near state capital Chandigarh, attended by PM Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, home minister Amit Shah, several Central ministers and CMs of many BJP-ruled states.A large crowd at the Dussehra Ground watched Haryana…
LAHORE: Describing foreign minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Pakistan for the SCO meeting as a positive development that should provide an opening for more substantive engagements between the two countries, former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif reached out to PM Narendra Modi, saying the latter’s decision to visit Sharif’s home in 2015 was not an ordinary…
CJI DY Chandrachud (File photo) NEW DELHI: In validating Section 6A of the Citizenship Act that conferred citizenship to Bangladeshi migrants entering India before March 25, 1971, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud in his opinion said this cut-off date was reasonable as on that day Pakistan army had launched ‘Operation Searchlight‘ to curb the Bengali…
KOLKATA: The only surviving family member of a fourth-year MBBS student found dead in his hostel room in Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College Hospital in 2001 has demanded a reinvestigation, alleging that his brother’s murder was passed off as suicide to shield the accused, who had links with SFI, report Kamalendu Bhadra, Dwaipayan Ghosh…
NEW DELHI: The labour ministry will soon put in place a framework for social security of gig workers, including health insurance and pension, a move that will benefit drivers with ride-hailing apps and those working with delivery platforms. The decision to roll out the framework in place is seen as a “soft launch” of the…
SC on Thursday began scrutinising petitions seeking to criminalise a husband’s sexual acts with his non-consenting wife by challenging the validity of the exception of marital rape from the offence of rape in Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and its predecessor, IPC, on the ground that women have an inviolable right to say no to sex in…
JAMMU: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court will constitute a special bench to hear a PIL challenging the power vested in the lieutenant governor to nominate five members to the legislative assembly of the Union Territory.Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan agreed to constitute a special division bench on Monday after petitioner Ravinder Sharma, senior…
