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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sentenced YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja, who runs the channel "Fight 4 Judicial Reforms", to six months’ simple imprisonment in two criminal contempt cases for making derogatory and scandalous remarks against the judiciary and judicial officers. A division bench of...

Oslo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral ties in areas such as trade and renewable energy during separate meetings with his counterparts from Iceland, Finland and Denmark. PM Modi held the meetings ahead of the 3rd India-Nordic Summit. During his...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, for the first time, allowed euthanasia for rabid, incurably ill, or demonstrably dangerous stray dogs to curb the threat to human life. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria issued a slew of directions to deal with...

New Delhi: Amid complaints of technical glitches by students in the CBSE Class 12 re-evaluation portal, the board on Tuesday claimed that the system is functioning properly and only a few login-related issues were reported earlier in the day. However, several students took to the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to consider a PIL as a representation seeking a robust mechanism to recover or destroy the personal data of Indians allegedly stolen and stored on foreign servers. A bench comprising...

New Delhi: An inquiry committee investigating allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma -- against whom removal proceedings were initiated over the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash from his official residence -- has submitted its report to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The report, which was presented...

Kolkata: The sleuths of Kolkata Police Tuesday morning arrested Faridul Islam, the mastermind behind the violence at the minority-dominated Park Circus area in central Kolkata Sunday afternoon. Protesters pelted stones and bricks, injuring several police personnel, while the latter attempted to prevent a violent demonstration...

Dehradun: Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and senior BJP leader, Major General (Retd.) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri passed away Tuesday at Max Hospital in Dehradun after a prolonged illness. A former Army officer who transitioned into politics, Maj Gen Khanduri served two terms as the Chief Minister...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notices to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and other party leaders in criminal contempt proceedings initiated over alleged attempts to scandalise...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said the right to live with dignity encompasses the right to live freely without threat from dogs as it dismissed all applications and petitions seeking recall of its earlier directions on relocation and sterilisation of strays. A bench of...