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For caste census, mere self-declaration cannot be enough: SC

File photo NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday recorded its agreement with a petitioner that mere self-declaration of caste identity by an individual during the proposed caste enumeration in 2027 could not help in accurate determinat Read More

Rottweiler attack leaves Bengaluru woman with over 80 stitches

Representative photo BENGALURU: What should have been an ordinary, even joyful, phase of life has been violently upended for 31-year-old Shalini Kumari Dubey, a Bengaluru professional and mother to a 17-month-old toddler. Read More

Parents to be blamed for allowing minors to drink & drive: SC

Pune’s Porsche crash claimed 2 lives NEW DELHI: Noting that there have been frequent cases of drunk minors snuffing out innocent lives while driving cars, SC Monday said their parents are to be blamed for allowing them to drink and Read More

SC notice to govt as church body challenges anti-conversion laws

File photo NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from Centre and states on a petition by National Council of Churches alleging freedom of religion laws enacted by states violate citizens’ fundamental rights by criminal Read More

Wangchuk tried to create Nepal and Bangladesh-like unrest: Govt tells SC

Sonam Wangchuk (File photo) NEW DELHI: Justifying detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk under National Security Act, govt on Monday told Supreme Court that he was trying to create political and social unrest in Ladakh and wa Read More

Manipur set for govt, BJP MLAs to elect leader; Biren to be replaced

File photo NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday moved to install a popular govt in Manipur, where President’s rule will complete one year on Feb 12, with its legislative party set to elect a new leader. Read More

TMC vs EC: Poll body red flags abusive language by Trinamool MLAs

Mamata Banerjee at EC office in New Delhi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Election Commission, in its meeting with TMC president Mamata Bannerjee on Monday, red-flagged the repeated use of abusive and threatening language by party MLAs agai Read More

Bengal SIR row: Didi storms out of meet with CEC, claims being ‘humiliated’

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday stormed out of a meeting with CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the SIR of electoral roll issue in her state, alleging EC “humiliated and insulted” Read More

Gen Naravane’s memoir: Rules bar retired officers from publishing classified info

Former Army General Manoj Mukund Naravane NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s insistence on reading purported extracts from the yet-to-be published book of former Army General Manoj Mukund Naravane has shone the spo Read More

12-yr-old lured into trading Rs 85L jewellery for ‘unlimited momos’

Generative image LUCKNOW: Gold buys food. In eastern Uttar Pradesj, food brought gold. For a 12-year-old schoolboy, an offer of unlimited free momos was worth more than the metal locked in a family cupboard. Read More

Rahul quotes from ex-Gen’s unpublished book on China row, gets Shah, Rajnath rap

Rajnath Singh, Rahul Gandhi and Amit Shah NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha was adjourned thrice on Monday, and finally for the day, after Opposition and Treasury benches clashed over Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi insisting on raising Read More

AI Boeing fuel switch cuts off again, this time at UK airport

File photo MUMBAI: In a development with direct implications for the investigation into the June 12 fatal Air India Boeing 787 Ahmedabad crash, another Air India Dreamliner saw a fuel control switch move from “run” to “cut-off” after Read More