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Top court stays HC order quashing CBI probe against Corbett official

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the Uttarakhand high court scrapping the ongoing CBI probe against a senior bureaucrat in the case related to irregularities in ... Read More


Dalit boy's suicide: SC panel chief orders suspension of IO

Shimla, Oct. 16 -- Taking strict note of laxity in investigations into the death of a 12-year-old boy who allegedly killed self after being harassed owing to "caste discrimination" in Rohru, Shimla di... Read More


Toll in Jaisalmer bus fire rises to 21: Officials

Barmer/Jaisalmer, Oct. 16 -- A day after a private bus travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur went up in flames, the toll reached 21 on Wednesday as a 10-year-old boy undergoing treatment at Mahatma Gan... Read More


No marital rape on minor wife conviction in cases before 2017

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 16 -- The Allahabad high court, in its recent order, has held that a man can be convicted for having sexual intercourse with a minor wife of over 15 years age, only after Supreme Court... Read More


Rajnath doubles financial aid to non-pensioner ex-servicemen

NEW DELHI, Oct. 16 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday approved the doubling of financial assistance provided to non-pensioner ex-servicemen (ESM) and their families, with the welfare measu... Read More


India, EU's first joint drill eyes drone threat

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- After two days of allegations from actor Karisma Kapoor's children, it was Priya Kapur's turn on Wednesday to defend herself, pushing back against claims that she had forged the ... Read More


India, EU's 1st joint drill eyes drone threat

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to consider whether a condemned prisoner could be given the option of choosing between hanging and lethal injection, obs... Read More


Late IPS officer Kumar's wife, three others booked

Rohtak, Oct. 16 -- A day after assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Sandeep Lathar was found dead with a gunshot wound along with a purported suicide note accusing of corruption late inspector general Y Pura... Read More


Youth at large after slitting 85-yr-old grandmother's throat in Dera Bassi

Mohali, Oct. 16 -- A 26-year-old jobless youth allegedly murdered his 85-year-old grandmother by slitting her throat at the family's house in Dera Bassi's Gulabgarh village on Wednesday afternoon. The... Read More


HC imposes Rs.50k fine on UT, MC

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs.25,000 each on the Chandigarh administration and the municipal corporation in a petition involving legacy was... Read More