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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday remanded four students to two-day police custody and sent 13 others to one-day judicial custody for allegedly raising pro-Maoist slogans during last week’s anti-pollution protest at India Gate.Also Read | Hidma slogans raised, pepper spray used: FIR alleges pre-planned Delhi pollution stir; WhatsApp group under police lensWhile being…

Screengrab from viral video (Image/Instagram@lisbon_ferrao) NEW DELHI: A video showing an environmentalist confronting a man dumping plastic waste into the ocean has gone viral on social media, sparking widespread outrage.The clip, posted by environmentalist Lisbon Ferrao on Monday, shows the man throwing plastic bags into the sea. When Ferrao asked him who would clean the…

2026 Bengal battle: A fight for space, or a fight for existence? “The river Ganga flows to Bengal via Bihar. And the victory in Bihar, like the river, has paved the way for our victory in Bengal,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared after the NDA’s thumping victory in recently-concluded Bihar elections. The message left little…

NEW DELHI: Jammu Police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old teen for allegedly planning and attempting to carry out a terror attack, amid suspicions of links to Pakistan-based handlers.Police identified the accused as a resident of Reasi district who had been living in the Bathindi area of Jammu. He has emerged as a key suspect in…

Stand-up comedian Samay Raina (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed comedian and YouTuber Samay Raina, along with three other comedians, to host shows on their platforms featuring specially-abled individuals who have inspiring success stories. The top court said the events should be used to raise funds that would support the…

NEW DELHI: Segregating petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala from the challenge to the constitutional validity of the pan-India SIR, Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from EC, state ECs and state govts while posting these pleas for hearing on different dates.For the Election…

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for its comments on the flag-hoisting event in Ayodhya, saying that instead of delivering hypocritical homilies, Pakistan would do better to turn its gaze inwards and focus on its own abysmal human rights record.Pakistan had earlier expressed deep concern over the event and called it a “deliberate attempt…

NEW DELHI: NHRC has issued a notice to railways on a complaint alleging that “only halal-processed meat” is served in non-vegetarian meals which creates an “unfair discrimination” and amounts to “violations of human rights”.It is further alleged in the complaint that the practice in trains excludes people from Hindu Dalit communities, who traditionally work in…

NEW DELHI: For the first time, Supreme Court on Wednesday assembled a global bench as chief justices and the most senior judges of six countries joined CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi to watch first-hand how the highest court in India conducts its proceedings.Chief justices and judges from foreign countries sitting as guests on…

BENGALURU: A local court in Chitradurga on Wednesday acquitted Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru and two others in a Pocso case registered in Aug 2022. The seer, however, faces another Pocso case filed on Oct 13, 2022, in which Karnataka HC has stayed the investigation.Two girls from a hostel run by the mutt had…