Student-activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha will be out of jail, the Supreme Court said on Friday upholding Tuesday’s Delhi High Court order granting them bail. Supreme Court’s two-judge vacation bench heared the appeal filed by the Delhi Police challenging the Delhi High Court’s order granting bail to the student activists in … Read more
The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended the stay of Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, at a private hospital in the city till July 5 after the medical facility submitted a report saying his health condition remains “critical”. Swamy (84) was shifted to the Holy Family … Read more
File photo of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari many a times, work gets delayed, people have to face troubles and innocent people lose their lives because of such stay orders. PTI Nagpur Last Updated:June 17, 2021, 17:47 IST FOLLOW US ON: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday expressed disappointment over delays in … Read more
PARIS: French police on Wednesday arrested a leading figure in conspiracy circles over the kidnapping of an eight-year-old girl in April, as he returned to the country on a flight from Singapore after living in Malaysia. Remy Daillet, who was travelling on the Air France flight with his pregnant partner and three children, was immediately … Read more
With the pandemic’s end nowhere close in sight, and gyms still closed, many have taken to working out at home to stay fitter. While home workout can be a really good way to not only carve out some much-needed me-time and destress, it has its own share of benefits and gives you the space and … Read more
The coronavirus-induced curfew in Goa was on Sunday extended till June 21 as the positivity rate in the state stood at 14 per cent, an official said. The curfew was first imposed on May 9 and has been extended several times since then, as the state witnessed its positivity rate reaching a high of 51 … Read more
Thirty-eight Sri Lankan nationals have been arrested for illegally staying here for over a month now, police said. The arrests were made by the City Crime Branch from private lodges and houses based on a tip-off from the Tamil Nadu police and intelligence agencies, the police said. The illegal immigrants were said to have been … Read more
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, shall remain admitted in a Mumba-based private hospital till June 18 as he is suffering from COVID-19. Swamy, 84, was on May 28 shifted from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai to the Holy … Read more
The National Green Tribunal has imposed a stay on allotment of a water body Pudukulam Kanmoi in Madurai to certain journalists and sought response from the Tamil Nadu government on the issue. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the water body cannot be dismantled and has to be maintained as … Read more
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted protection to a young couple involved in a live-in relationship, observing that it is not for the courts to judge them if they want to stay together without sanctity of marriage. The order of the single bench came following a petition by a 17-year-old girl and a … Read more