Justice Karnan, sentenced to jail, asks for recall of Supreme Court order
Chennai: Justice CS Karnan, who has been missing for two days amid attempts to arrest him, has asked the Supreme Court to recall its order sentencing him to six months in jail for contempt. The Calcutta High Court judge has...
Justice CS Karnan ‘missing’, police of 3 states can’t find him
Chennai: He has switched off his phone and is being chased by the police of three states even as unconfirmed reports suggest he has left the country. The hunt for high court judge CS Karnan has gone from uncharted to...
Rajasthan: Wall of marriage hall collapse, 24 killed; owner booked
Bharatpur: In a tragic incident, 24 people, including four children, were killed and 30 injured when a wall of a marriage hall collapsed during a heavy storm in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan on Wednesday night. The dead included eight women and...
I-T dept launches new facility to link Aadhaar with PAN
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has launched a new e-facility to link a person's Aadhaar with the Permanent Account Number (PAN), a mandatory procedure for filing IT returns now. The department's e-filing website-- https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/-- has created a new link on...
Fugitive Justice Karnan may have crossed Indian border today
New Delhi: Controversial Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan who was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to jail for six months has seemingly gone missing. A five-member team of Kolkata Police is in search Justice Karnans close aide...
Youth hacked to death, severed head thrown inside police station in Puducherry
Representational Pic Puducherry: In a gruesome incident, a 17-year-old youth was decapitated and his head thrown into the premises of a police station here, the police said today. After going through the CCTV footage of cameras near the police station, three...
SC to examine if triple talaq is fundamental to Islam, if it is we would not interfere
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India JS Khehar asks if triple talaq is an enforceable right or a sacrosanct part of Islam. The CJI asked whether triple talaq is in fact a fundamental part of Islam and if so...
Ensure Mallya’s presence on July 10, SC tells Govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the home ministry to “secure and ensure” the presence of embattled businessman Vijay Mallya, who is currently in the United Kingdom, before it on July 10 for the hearing on the quantum of...
Narendra Modi’s foreign trips air travel expense amounts to Rs 275 crore
File Photo New Delhi: The expenses incurred on chartered flights during foreign trips of PM Narendra Modi, from June 15, 2014 till September 8, 2016, amount to nearly Rs 275 crore, according to government data. PM Modi's nine-day trip to France,...
Triple talaq case to be heard at 10:30 am tomorrow
New Delhi: The Supreme Court to hear the triple talaq case at 10:30 am tomorrow. A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India J S Khehar and Justices Kurian Joseph, R.F Nariman, UU Lalit and Abdul Nazeer...
Stone-pelters target Lt Umer Fayaz’s funeral procession
Pulwama: Reports say that stone-pelters on Wednesday targeted the funeral procession of slain Lieutenant Umer Fayaz, who was abducted and shot dead by militants in the Shopian district of Kashmir. Lt Fayaz was later laid to rest at his hometown...
MEA hails Swaraj’s ‘legal’ precision for Jadhav’s execution stay
New Delhi: With the International Court of Justice putting a stay on Kulbhushan Jadhav's execution, the Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday hailed the precision and the legal action taken by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the matter. MoS (External...
About time Election Commission brings in VVPAT machines: Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: Following the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) showing a "live demonstration" vindicating its charge of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tampering, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan called on the Election Commission to introduce the VVPAT machines as quickly as possible. "It's very...
US teacher rips off 8-year-old girl’s hijab, fired
Representational Pic New York: A teacher at a US school has been fired after he ripped the hijab off an 8-year-old girl's head for "misbehaving" in class. Oghenetega Edah, 31, demanded that the girl at the Bennington School, Bronx, take off...
India moved ICJ as Jadhav’s life is in danger: MEA
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs holds a press briefing after the International Court of Justice on Tuesday stayed the hanging of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of...
Sensex soars 315 points to close at record high, Nifty above 9,400-mark
Mumbai: Investors cheered as benchmark indices settled the day at their respectinve closing highs with Nifty ending above 9,400 for the first time ever as IMD’s new monsoon forecast raised prospects of higher agricultural and economic growth, cheering the investors. India...
Liquor worth 2.5 crores seized in Daman in crackdown on Gujarat’s liquor mafia
Daman: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided the illegal warehouse of liquor mafia Ramesh Jagubhai Patel in Daman and also recovered liquor worth over Rs 2.5 crore. The ED has initiated money-laundering investigations under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA)...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches integrated case management system of Supreme Court
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the integrated case management system of the Supreme Court in the presence of the Chief Justice of India. The system will help litigants access data and retrieve information online and will be a...
We will send you Jadhav’s dead body: Footbal Fed website hacked
New Delhi: In an embarrassing incident, the official website of the All India Football Federation`s (AIFF) was hacked on Tuesday by an anonymous group called `Zero Cool`. The hackers posted a message provoking India over Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian, Pakistan has...
Army officer will be cremated with full honours at Pulwama
Srinagar: The young Indian Army officer who was abducted and then brutally killed by terrorists, will be cremated with full honours in Sursun in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. Lieutenant Umar Fayaz from RAJRIF unit in Akhnoor had gone to attend the...
Kapil Mishra on hunger strike demanding travel expenses of AAP leaders
New Delhi: Sacked AAP leader Kapil Mishra sits on 'satyagraha' till he gets the details of international travel expenses of some AAP leaders. Mishra accused AAP leaders of misusing party funds on foreign trips. "if there is nothing to hide, them...
