A retired railway police officer in Adoor, Kerala, was sentenced to 25 and 50 years in prison for two Pocso cases involving sexual abuse of 11-year-old girls.
The woman's body was found on Feb 15, 2013, in Chikkajala, near Yelahanka. Her husband had earlier filed a missing person complaint. Then Chikkajala inspector, M Paramesh, arrested the husband on May 18, 2015, saying he had killed his wife in the house and dumped the body, on grounds that investigation found blood stains in the couple's residence and a forensic exam revealed they matched with the victim's blood.
Two middle-aged men in Ahmedabad died due to heat stroke. More casualties reported in Gujarat due to intense heat, but not confirmed as 'heat-related deaths'.
NCDC guidelines state that autopsies are not mandatory for certifying heat-related deaths. Diagnosis of hyperthermia, based on investigation scene and circumstances, defines a heat-related fatality. A body temperature above 105°F before death signifies heat stroke or hyperthermia.
Police arrested the absconding owner of Amudan Chemicals Pvt Ltd in Kalyan, Maharashtra, following a reactor blast. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board issued a closure notice to the unit after the incident.
Naveen's assertion comes amid BJP's top BJP leadership raising this issue in election rallies. While PM Narendra Modi said BJP will give the state «a young Odia CM», home minister Amit Shah questioned Naveen's advanced age and health. «Naveen babu is unwell. He doesn't run his govt, a Tamil babu runs it,» Shah had said.
The Supreme Court stayed the order as the high court's directive to shift the HC's principal seat can only be done by the President after a bill is passed by Parliament.
Hans was narrating Thursday's incident when he was stopped by protesting farmers in Sangrur district while on his way to Patiala to participate in a rally to be addressed by PM Modi. The singer-turned-politician said it was a horrifying experience as nearly a 1,000-strong crowd surrounded his vehicle. He said he feared for his life as the protesters behaved badly with him and damaged his vehicle, and that two people were injured.
The film won the first prize among 18 shorts selected from 2,263 entries by 555 film schools all over the world. It is a 15-minute Kannada short-film based on a folklore from Karnataka and directed by doctor-turned filmmaker Chidanand Naik.
Police on Friday arrested Anil Kumar Gupta and Ajay Kumar Gupta, also referred to as the «Gupta brothers of South Africa», on charges of abetment of suicide. The arrest comes after a prominent Dehradun-based builder, Satinder Singh Sawhney (52), named them in a suicide note.
NSA Ajit Doval emphasizes using technology and engaging with border residents to secure India's frontiers for economic growth at BSF event.
A marginal farmer from Dhuvla Karimnagar in UP's Shahjahanpur district, Ravindra told TOI: «I never imagined he would be the gold medallist of the academy.»
As the Supreme Court refused to direct the Election Commission of India (EC) to release voter turnout of each polling station on its website during Lok Sabha elections, it also said the poll body's idea to launch voter turnout app was an «aa bail mujhe maar» (Come bull, hit me) move. The Hindi proverb is used for someone asking for trouble. The remark came during hearing of a plea by an NGO to publish the booth-wise numbers of voter turnout and upload copies of Form 17C (which reflects the votes polled in each polling station) on its website within 48 hours of polling.
The Calcutta high court stayed the probe against a Raj Bhavan staff accused of restraining a woman who accused West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose of molestation.
Marc Miller, Canada's immigration minister, presented a bill on Thursday evening that aims to expand citizenship by descent to include more than just the first generation. The proposed legislation has been met with positive reactions from various immigrant communities, particularly the Indian diaspora. In 2009, the Citizenship Act underwent amendments that introduced a 'first-generation limit' on citizenship by descent.
Hisar Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana will witness a competitive battle in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on 25th May. In the 2019 elections, BJP's Brijendra Singh emerged victorious with a significant margin.
Sirsa, Haryana, includes Fatehabad and Jind districts. Reserved for scheduled caste candidates, it had a population of 1,295,189 in the 2011 census. Kumari Selja of Congress and Ashok Tanwar of BJP are key candidates. In 2019, Sunita Duggal of BJP won with a significant margin.
Karnal Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana is a significant parliamentary seat. In the 2019 elections, Sanjay Bhatia of BJP emerged victorious with a substantial margin.
Kurukshetra, one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Haryana, will have elections on 25th May 2024. Naveen Jindal, chairman of JSPL, is contesting on a BJP ticket against other prominent candidates.
On Saturday, 11.13 crore voters will decide for 58 Lok Sabha seats in the second-last phase of the general election. Polling will begin at 7am and end at 6pm. The second-last phase will see over 11 crore voters seal the fate of 889 candidates including Bansuri Swaraj, Manoj Tiwari, Kanhaiya Kumar, Maneka Gandhi, Sambit Patra and Raj Babbar.
When most of the top opposition leaders flew to Bihar last year to present a 'formidable front' against the ever-strong Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik was one of the few big faces missing at the Patna meeting, which saw the birth of the INDIA bloc. A month before the June 2023 Patna meeting, Patnaik had made it clear that he would go solo in the upcoming elections, calling it a 'principle' of his party, Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
Union home minister Amit Shah accuses Congress of treating Jharkhand as an 'ATM of corruption' and claims a competition of corruption between Congress and JMM. Shah praises PM Modi for addressing tribal issues, increasing budget, and freeing the country from Naxals, including red rebels in Budha Pahad. Shah also highlights the prevalence of cattle smuggling in Jharkhand.
