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NEW DELHI: In a case reflective of relationship issues that are unique to today’s times, Supreme Court has come to the relief of an 80-year-old man and his 78-year-old wife and ordered eviction of their 61-year-old son from two rooms owned by the man in Mumbai after he failed to provide them with maintenance, as…
GUWAHATI: An Assam police SIT investigating the death of singer Zubeen Garg questioned his drummer in Guwahati and searched several homes Thursday, as chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recapped his warning from six years ago that the music icon had long been exploited by those around him.“I have been saying that Zubeen is an asset,…
Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates with teammates (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson urged his players to concentrate on cricket ahead of their historic first-ever Asia Cup final against India on Sunday in Dubai, following heightened tensions during their previous two encounters since the May military conflict between the nations.Pakistan secured their place…
Slamming India for backing former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, chief adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that Dhaka’s ties with New Delhi are strained also because India didn’t like last year’s student protests that led to her ouster. “They (India) are hosting Hasina who created all these problems and killed young people,” Yunus said during…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC said drunk driving cannot be viewed in isolation as a mere act of mischief as it is a grave menace to public safety and “strikes at the very root of societal order”, and denied bail to a trucker accused of crushing an MBBS student while driving under the influence two…
NEW DELHI: IRS officer and former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit in Delhi high court against the makers of the Netflix drama series ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’.The suit filed on Thursday seeks an injunction and Rs 2 crore in damages for misleading and negative portrayal of anti-drug…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has said that criminal law cannot become a platform for initiation of vindictive proceedings to settle personal scores and vendettas, and derided the increasing resort to lodging of FIRs to settle civil disputes.While quashing an FIR lodged more than two decades ago for the offence of cheating in a land transaction…
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry cancelled Thursday the licence issued under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 to Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s NGO, Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh, over alleged violations. Wangchuk had alleged that the govt was building a case to put him behind bars.The cancellation came hours after MHA attributed Wednesday’s…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: After aggressive advocacy of caste census, removal of 50% ceiling on reservations and private sector quota, Congress has asserted its new branding as a “social justice” platform by slamming UP govt’s ban on caste-based political rallies.In a little-noticed statement, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, at a CWC meet in Patna,…
NEW DELHI: Dubbing India’s “silence” on the issue of Palestine as abdication of humanity and morality, Congress’ Sonia Gandhi said Modi govt’s actions in the wake of Israel’s “genocide” are dictated by “personal friendship” between Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and PM Modi, and not by India’s constitutional values or strategic interests.In a media article, Sonia…
