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Supreme Court extends stay on Shahi Eidgah Mosque Survey in Mathura

The Supreme Court has announced an extension of its stay order, issued on January 16, which suspended the survey of the Shahi Eidgah mosque situated near the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura.

Delhi HC rejects NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s appeals

As per the court order, Prabir and NewsClick’s HR head will remain in police custody for seven days NEW DELHI: On Friday, the Delhi High Court exacerbated NewsClick’s concerns by rejecting the petitions filed by the founder, Prabir Purkayastha, and the Human Resources head, Amit Chakravarty. These petitions challenged their arrest by the Delhi Police […]

Watching pornography privately no offence, Kerala HC frees man

New Delhi: The Kerala HC quashed criminal proceedings initiated against a man who was arrested by the Police from roadside for watching pornography on his mobile phone.  The court in the order stated, “Pornography has been in practice for centuries. The question to be decided in this case is whether a person watching a porn video […]

Cancer survivor lawyer killed by husband in Noida

NOIDA: A 61-year-old Delhi High Court advocate has been murdered allegedly by her husband – a retired IIS (Indian Information Services) officer – over a property dispute in Sector-30, Noida. Renu Sinha was strangled to death by her husband Nitin Nath Sinha, who hid himself in the store of the house for hours before being caught […]

Illegal Mining Lease Case: SC Grants Relief To Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

It was a big relief for Jharkhand Chief minister Hemant Soren as the Supreme Court set aside the Jharkhand high court’s orders holding Public Interest Litigations (PILs) seeking a probe against Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader as maintainable and decided to proceed with them.

Women’s Reservation: Uttarakhand Govt Will Approach Supreme Court

Uttarakhand state government has decided to approach the Supreme Court after the Uttarakhand high court stayed the state government’s order providing 30 per cent reservation to domiciled women in state government jobs. However, the officials from the state government said that the government is waiting for the order copy and will approach the apex court […]

Scandal Or Error: JEE Answer Sheet Mismatch Baffles Kid, Court Starts Probe

NEW DELHI: It was a rude jolt for 18-year-old B Tech aspirant – Aditya Mittal – when he spotted a complete mismatch in his candidate response sheets (answer sheet) after the result of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) mains came out on August 7. He found that the key answer sheets that he downloaded from the […]

Anees Disowns Pro-Pakistan Grandfather Geelani For Government Job

Srinagar: Anees-ul-Islam, the grandson of pro-Pakistan leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has disowned his grandfather to save his Government job, which he got in lieu melting down of 2016 agitation. Anees was given a Government job when scores of Kashmiri mothers were receiving bodies of their sons covered in shrouds every day on calls of […]

JNUSU-JNU Showdown Over Ram Ke Naam, Will The Screening Happen Inside Campus?

NEW DELHI: Jawahar Lal Nehru university administration and its student union are bracing up for a big showdown after the officials have put their foot down on stalling the screening of Ram Ke Naam, a 1992 documentary that portrays the razing of Babri mosque in Ayodhya by right-wing organizations. ALSO READ & WATCH: 10 Interesting […]