Abdul Rashid Sheikh, alias Engineer Rashid, is an accused in a case linked to the conspiracy of stone pelting in Jammu and Kashmir. He has been in custody since August 2019. This case was lodged by the NIA in 2017.
"My faith in justice is restored," the mother of the 11-year-old survivor welcomed the Supreme Court judgement that set aside an Allahabad High Court order on Thursday. The High Court's previous ruling had diluted charges against two men accused of sexually assaulting her daughter.
Senior activists from Uyghur, Tibetan and Chinese Christian communities used the platform of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy to sharply criticise China's human rights record, accusing the Chinese government of intensifying repression across multiple regions and faith groups
Addressing a press conference in Madurai, Vaiko said, "The Union Govt of India is treating our fishermen as second-rate citizens. I condemn the Union government for this step-motherly treatment. The fishermen are also citizens of India, but the govt is betraying them. If Sri Lanka is serv
Leader of Opposition and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday accused the state government of misleading people by presenting "wrong figures" in the Assembly over the discontinuation of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), alleging that the ruling dispensation was
The accused, Gagan Bhushan, son of late Shishu Pal and resident of village Bejori, post office Seema, tehsil Rohru, district Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, was taken into custody and sent to jail for three months after repeatedly being found involved in heroin ("chitta") trafficking despite mu
The vigilance team on Thursday informed the Kerala High Court that 33 individuals, including three temple special officers and 30 counter staff, have been arrayed as accused in the Sabarimala ghee scam involving the alleged misappropriation of approximately Rs. 21.39 lakh from the sale of
According to officials, six of the inmates are accused of the murder of TMMK functionary Farooq. The transfers were carried out as part of routine administrative measures, authorities added.
Dwarkapuri Police Station ACP Shivendu Joshi said that the accused had been taken on remand and produced before the court after completion of the necessary procedures.
DMK MLA Ezhilan Naganathan criticised the central government's approach to state autonomy, labelling the concept of a unitary approach as a "colonial hangover". Naganathan emphasised that federalism is a basic tenet and fundamental structure of the Indian constitution, citing Supreme Cour
In a press conference in Bengaluru, Karnataka, BJP leader R. Ashok alleged the state government has failed to provide food to over 23,000 orphans and withheld ₹75 crores in aid for the last seven months. Ashok claimed the funds, intended for children who lost parents due to Covid and othe
Accused Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru on Wednesday walked out of the Poojappura Central Prison after securing bail from the Kollam Vigilance Court in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft case.