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FIR against Prashant Bhushan for sharing fake video of Russian minister criticising India An FIR has been registered against senior advocate Prashant Bhushan for sharing a morphed video purportedly showing Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticising India over its internal affairs and oil purchases.The development comes a day after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) … Read more

Indian seafarer Gandhar Nahim Ajij from Gujarat killed after a vessel was struck by an unidentified aerial object near Oman, taking the number of Indians killed in the West Asia conflict to 23 NEW DELHI: An Indian seafarer died in an attack on a commercial vessel near Oman, taking the toll of Indian nationals killed … Read more

SC seeks Allahabad HC’s response to a rape complainant’s plea to suspend a UP judge who has been chargesheeted for rape and heads a POCSO court. NEW DELHI: Can a UP additional district judge, chargesheeted for rape by Delhi police for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman, head a Pocso court which decides criminal cases against … Read more

Indian killed as copters collide during Everest rescue A 47-year-old tourist from Chennai was killed and two others – an Indian-origin New Zealand citizen and a pilot – were injured when two helicopters collided barely about 10 feet above a helipad near Mt Everest on Tuesday. The accident occurred around 8.11am at Pheriche, 12km south … Read more

Nirmala Sitharaman reacts to Rahul’s debate challenge to PM Modi NEW DELHI: While accusing Rahul Gandhi of disrespecting institutions, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked the LoP to debate with PM Narendra Modi in Parliament.“Just yesterday, home minister Amit Shah offered a special session to debate SIR and EVMs. Why not show the same enthusiasm for … Read more

BJP and its allies target AISA’s Neha Bora over remarks on the “Brahmanical system”, accusing Rahul Gandhi and Congress of promoting anti-Hindu views NEW DELHI: BJP and its allies Tuesday lashed out at Neha Bora, of AISA, for her comments targeting “Brahamanical and casteist system” and citing instances of priests allegedly raping women in temples, … Read more

SC sets aside Rajasthan HC’s strictures against a trial judge over inadvertent errors in a judgment, ruling that the remarks were unwarranted as the errors did not affect the case outcome NEW DELHI: Some factual errors in a judgement delivered by her, allegedly due to a ‘cut, copy and paste’ job, had cost a trial … Read more

Amit Shah dares Congress to debate SIR in Parliament as BJP claims public support for the exercise NEW DELHI: As the first phase of BJP’s ‘save democracy, remove anarchy’ campaign winds down, its functionaries are encouraged by what they believe to be substantial support to their defence of SIR and appeared to be moving to … Read more

SC agrees to examine privacy rights of protesters amid concerns over Delhi Police’s use of CCTV cameras and facial recognition technology NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to examine the contours of right to privacy of people when they are part of a public protest as lawyers appearing for recent protesters in the capital claimed … Read more

SC says no group or political outfit can occupy a protest site indefinitely, stresses need to balance the right to protest with traders’ and daily-wagers’ livelihoods NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday said no group, political party, NGO or civil society outfit could occupy a protest site indefinitely.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and … Read more