The US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West called the Taliban regime's ban on women attending universities as "indefensible" after marking one year since the ban was imposed, Khaama Press reported.
Deputy Chief Minister Pathak who, also holds the Health and Medical Education portfolio visited the trauma centre on Thursday and declared that the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) will be imposed if such strikes occur again.
Additional Session Judge Tripti Pandey convicted the accused, Rahul Mehra, under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 364A and also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000.
"The state government has imposed a ban on open sale of meat and fish. To ensure that their vendors do not face any problem, urban bodies should necessarily construct buildings for the meat-fish market. Until the buildings are constructed, a place for selling meat and fish should be earmarke
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the plea of Kunwar Mahendra Dhwaj Pratap Singh. The high court has imposed Rs 10,000 in costs on Singh. The high court termed the petition an abuse of process of law and wastage of judicial time.
Lai, detained since December 2020, appeared in court facing charges of conspiring to collude with foreign powers under China's national security law imposed on the territory in June 2020.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that the central government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has halted funds for various social welfare programs, alleging a desire to impose a "saffron" hue on the state's initiatives.
The MP/MLA court here has sentenced gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to five and a half years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 in the case related to threatening a witness in the coal businessman Nand Kishore Rungta murder case.
The Hong Kong police on Thursday accused five activists based overseas of breaching China-imposed national security law and issued bounties worth USD 128,000 for information leading to each of their arrests, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of IAS Saumya Chaurasia in a money laundering case, and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on her for misrepresenting the facts to get a favourable order.
The order was passed by a bench led by Justice Surya Kant. The court, however, allowed Afzal Ansari to attend the proceedings but imposed various conditions. Ansari's conviction will remain suspended till the final disposal of his plea, the court clarified. A detailed order is awaited.