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- India
Court acquits Thane man accused of stepson’s murder
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a man accused of killing his 4-year-old stepson, noting that the prosecution failed to establish the chain of circumstances to prove the guilt of the accused…
- India
Youth gets five-year jail term for sexually harassing 14-year-old girl
Thane: A special POCSO court in Thane has sentenced a 21-year-old man to imprisonment for five years for sexually harassing and threatening a teenage girl after befriending her on social media while…
- India
Bomb threat poster triggers panic in Shimla; SDM office, court evacuated
Shimla: Panic erupted here after a poster warning of a bomb threat targeting the local court and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) office in Rohru was discovered, police said on Wednesday, May 6.…
- India
Plan to brainwash victim: Court denies Nida Khan bail in TCS case
Mumbai: A court in Nashik noted that there seems to be a “systematic plan” to brainwash the victim with “organised attempts” and send her to Malaysia, while refusing pre-arrest bail to Tata…
- India
Two arrested for raping woman in Amethi
Amethi: Two men were arrested on Monday, May 4, for allegedly raping a woman from their village here, officials said. The incident took place under the Gauriganj police station area on Saturday.…
- India
Court grants divorce to man citing wife’s conduct as mental cruelty
Jaipur: A family court here has granted a divorce to a man on the grounds of mental cruelty from his wife, including her conduct on social media and her behaviour during the…
- World
Elon Musk, Sam Altman move court in high-stakes showdown over AI
Oakland: Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires’ once-shared…
- India
Allahabad HC to hear bail plea in Ganga Iftar party case on Monday
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court will hear on Monday, April 27, the bail application of those who organised the Iftar party in the Ganga river and consumed chicken biryani and allegedly threw…
- India
Defamation case against Rahul: UP court reserves order for May 2
Sultanpur: Arguments were heard on Wednesday, April 22, in a defamation case involving Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, with a local MP-MLA court reserving its order…
- India
SC issues pan-India directions for road safety
New Delhi: Observing that expressways must not become corridors of peril due to administrative lethargy or infrastructural gaps, the Supreme Court has issued a slew of pan-India guidelines for enhancing road safety,…
- India
HC sends girl to shelter home, orders custody for male companion in protection plea
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday, April 18, directed authorities to shift a girl to Nari Niketan in Haldwani, and ordered the custody of her male companion while hearing a protection…
- India
Assam govt moves SC against anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera
New Delhi: The Assam government has moved the Supreme Court against the Telangana High Court order granting one-week transit anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in a case registered against him…
- India
SC agrees to hear plea challenging validity of Rajasthan’s anti-conversion law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 13, agreed to hear a plea challenging the validity of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025. A bench of Chief…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man sentenced to 20 years in jail in rape attempt case
Hyderabad: A court has sentenced a man from Madhapur, Hyderabad, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in a rape attempt case, which was registered in 2018. The man who is identified as…
- India
SC sets aside Patna HC orders suspending sentences of 2 in murder case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 10, said parameters governing suspension of sentence post-conviction are qualitatively distinct from those applicable at the stage of pre-trial bail. The observation came from…
