Category: Events

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men posing as police officers NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by three men at Astha Kunj Park near Kalkaji Mandir after the accused allegedly posed as policemen and separated her from her male friend, Delhi Police said.A PCR call regarding the alleged rape...

A Delhi High Court case explores returning an adopted orphan child years later NEW DELHI: Can an orphan adopted legally after following all procedures be “returned” years later if the adoptive parents are unable to handle the truant minor or if the child poses a threat to them?The case of one such child, adopted in...

Image credit: X/ Jaishankar NEW YORK: Slovakia on Monday backed India’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, with foreign minister Juraj Blanár saying India, as a leading country of the Global South and an emerging power in the Indo-Pacific, should have a place at the UN’s top decision-making body.The remarks...

US to reopen Cold War-era base, set up new military presence in Greenland. (Reuters image) The United States plans to reopen a former Cold War-era military base in southern Greenland and establish a military presence at an eastern Greenland outpost currently used by Denmark’s Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, according to report by Reuters.The move is...

White House launches 24/7 ‘TRUMP TV’ amid press access battle The White House on Monday launched ‘TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station’, a 24/7 digital video stream featuring administration announcements, presidential remarks and other content, as the Trump administration faces a legal challenge from CNN, MS NOW and Politico over their exclusion from the White House.The...

Maj Gen Mohit Seth took over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) relieving Maj Gen SS Slaria who has moved to Headquarter Northern Command. JAMMU: Lieutenant General Mohit Seth will take over as the new General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Army’s Nagrota-based White Knight Corps (16 Corps) on Oct 1. He will replace Lt...

People from the Tikuna Indigenous receive aid from an NGO because of the drought triggered by El Niño along the Amazon River in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia. A strengthening El Nino is stirring up a dangerous mix of typhoons and hurricanes across the Pacific, fuelling storms that have killed hundreds, disrupted...

Supreme Court Friday pointed to five “evils” associated with the ban on liquor NEW DELHI: Holding that fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution cannot be interpreted in a restrictive manner, Supreme Court on Monday held that a person’s personal liberty cannot be invaded except in accordance with the procedure established by the Constitution, even if...

Representative image NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday said investigation of a crime was the police’s exclusive domain and should be left to the investigating agency’s discretion, and courts should not interfere to decide when a probe should stop.Quashing a Bombay High Court order which had refused to grant an extension of time to file...

Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Frowning upon grossly inadequate infrastructure and huge vacancies in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and appellate NCLAT, Supreme Court Monday said the situation is unacceptable as these two tribunals have to daily deal with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code matters involving thousands of crores of rupees.“They are govt’s lifeline now. All nationalised...