Prez Murmu flags delay in rape case verdicts, calls for end of 'culture of adjournments'
President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said delay in court decisions in heinous crimes, like rape, forces the common man to think that the judicial process lacks sensitivity, even as she called for a change in 'culture of adjournments' in the judiciary. She said longstanding pendency and backlog of cases is a...
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Won’t sit quietly till govt in Maharashtra is changed in next two months: Pawar
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Time to think of national-level judicial recruitment: CJI D Y Chandrachud
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MHA constitutes central team to assess damage caused by floods in Gujarat
01 September 2024 | PTI -
24 pc rain deficit in Himachal Pradesh despite spells of heavy rain
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On-duty nurse molested by patient in West Bengal hospital
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Delhi Police to procure over 300 red light, over speed violation detection cameras
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70 roads closed in Himachal, Met predicts heavy rain on Sept 2
31 August 2024 | PTI
NIA conducts searches in Chhattisgarh in probe into assembly polls IED blast case
The NIA on Saturday conducted searches at multiple locations in the Gariyaband district of Chhattisgarh in the 2023 state assembly polls IED blast case, it said in a statement. The blast was carried out by CPI (Maoist) cadres while a convoy of polling and security personnel was returning from Badegobra village...
Haryana assembly polls now on Oct 5, counting with J-K on Oct 8: EC
The Election Commission on Saturday deferred the Haryana assembly poll date to October 5 from October 1, saying the decision was taken keeping in mind a centuries-old festival of the Bishnoi community. The counting of votes for Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana assembly polls will now be held on October 8...
School teachers hold protest march in Kolkata against doctor's rape, murder
Teachers of various schools held a protest march in Kolkata on Saturday, demanding exemplary punishment for those behind the rape and murder of the doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. They walked under the banner 'Teachers for RG Kar' from Sealdah station to Shyambazar, near which the state-run hospital...
Chennai-Nagercoil Vande Bharat offers fastest connectivity to Kanyakumari: Railways
Chennai-Nagercoil Vande Bharat Express, one of the three trains which Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off virtually on Saturday, offers the fastest connectivity to Kanyakumari, the country's southernmost tip, a senior railway official said. "The Chennai-Nagercoil Vande Bharat train will cover a distance of 726 km in 8 hrs and 50...
Delhi High Court quashes Centre's 1987 eviction notice to Express Newspapers
The Delhi High Court has held as arbitrary and malafide the Centre's decision to terminate its lease deed with Express Newspapers for the ‘Express Building’ at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg here and quashed the 37-year-old notice seeking ejection of the media house from the premises. Justice Prathiba M Singh, while dealing...
India likely to experience above normal rainfall in September: IMD
After a wetter-than-normal August, India is likely to experience above normal rainfall in September, with heavy to very heavy precipitation expected in northwest India and the surrounding areas. Above normal rainfall is likely over most parts of India, except for some areas in extreme northwest India, many parts of the southern...
Rahul to visit Dallas, Washington DC; hold interactions at Texas university, among others
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit the US from September 8-10 during which he will hold numerous interactions in Washington DC and Dallas, including at the University of Texas. Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitorda shared details of Gandhi's first visit to the US after becoming...
