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A couple in Indonesia’s Aceh province were publicly caned 140 times each for having sex outside marriage and consuming alcohol, in what is believed to be one of the severest punishments since the region implemented Sharia law, AFP reported.The man and woman were struck on their backs with a rattan cane in a public park…
Govt may consider reducing its stakes in PSUs from the currently mandatory 51% to 26% and yet keep effective control of management of the company, says the Survey. This could be done through an amendment to the Companies Act, which stipulates that to mark a company as a ‘govt company’, govt must have a 51%…
A 28-year-old Indian man in Australia on student visa, working as an Uber driver, has been arrested and jailed for a calculated fraud in which he impersonated a law firm and created an entity out of thin air to convince a prospective homebuyer to transfer money to him. The Sydney Morning Herald reported the person’s…
NEW DELHI: Union minister of parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday made it clear that the government will not roll back the newly introduced VB–GRAM–G law, stating that the Parliament cannot “reverse gear” on legislation already placed before the nation. The statement comes even as opposition parties pressed for wider debates during the upcoming Budget…
NEW DELHI: Calling the new University Grants Commission (UGC) rules a “black law,” Bareilly city magistrate Alankar Agnihotri resigned on Monday, saying the new rules meant for higher educational institutions could foment caste-based discontent.Agnihotri alleged that the new UCC law would vitiate the academic environment in colleges and should be withdrawn immediately.Agnihotri, a 2019-batch Provincial…
NEW DELHI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Saturday targeted the DMK government and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin” calling him a “puppet”, and further alleging that criminals have “absolutely no fear” of the police and that “law and order has been reduced to a laughing stock,” after a country-made bomb was…
BAREILLY: An FIR has been registered under Section 3 of the stringent Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act against five minor Muslim girls — aged between 15 and 17 — for allegedly getting their 16-year-old Hindu friend to wear a burqa in Moradabad.The incident took place on Dec 12, 2025, but has…
French president Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said Europe would not be intimidated or “give in to bullies,” delivering his strongest rebuke yet of US president Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs if Europe blocks a US takeover of Greenland.Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Macron said France and Europe would not “passively…
BENGALURU: Karnataka DGP (Civil Rights Enforcement) K Ramachandra Rao was suspended on Monday night after the state government ordered a probe into unverified sleaze videos allegedly showing the senior IPS officer in intimate acts with women inside his office. Chief minister Siddaramaiah said disciplinary action would follow a detailed inquiry. “We will take action. No…
NEW DELHI: On the 10th death anniversary of Dalit student Rohith Vemula on Saturday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stressed the need for an anti-discrimination law, saying Dalit youth continue to face discrimination and other challenges on campuses. Vemula, a 26-year-old student of University of Hyderabad, died by suicide on Jan 17, 2016, following alleged harassment.In…
