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"The way they talk about women is highly atrocious": Tamilisai Soundarajan
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The 10th Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Egmore sentenced Krishnamurthy to three years in prison for making derogatory remarks against Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi and BJP leader Khushbu Sundar in 2023. Metropolitan Magistrate P Revathi on Sunday found the 65-year-old guilty in the case.
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China accused of extending abuse as Tibetan Activist A-Nya Sengdra leaves
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Tibetan environmental campaigner and anti-corruption whistle-blower A-Nya Sengdra has been released from a Sichuan prison in fragile health, but fresh reports indicate that Chinese authorities continue to keep him under tight surveillance and restrict his access to medical care. Sengdra retu
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Mika Singh pledges Rs 11 Lakh to support Rajpal Yadav amid jail term in ch
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
In a significant show of solidarity, singer Mika Singh has pledged Rs 11 lakh in financial assistance to actor Rajpal Yadav, who surrendered at Tihar Jail on February 5, 2026, to begin serving a six-month sentence in a series of cheque dishonour cases.
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Journalist Ravi Nair convicted in defamation case filed by Adani Enterpris
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A Judicial Magistrate First Class court in Mansa, Gandhinagar, has convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) and sentenced him to one year of simple imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 5,000.
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Delhi HC sets aside jail term in 25-year-old Yamuna pollution case, impose
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The High Court granted the relief after imposing an additional penalty of Rs 10 lakh, citing the latest amendment to ofthe Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, which has done away with custodial punishment.
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Bangladesh court hands 10-year sentence to ex-PM Sheikh Hasina over Purbac
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in two corruption cases. Her relatives also received jail terms. The verdict comes after trials linked to land allocation, amid ongoing legal action under Bangladesh's interim government.
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Delhi HC to pronounce judgment on Kuldeep Sengar's bail plea in custodial
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court is set to pronounce the judgment on the suspension of sentence (bail) of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao custodial death case. He has been in custody since April 13, 2018 and is serving ten years jail term in the Unnao rape victim's father's custodial
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Assam assembly passes bill to prohibit polygamy; strict penalties, jail fo
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Assam Legislative Assembly passed 'Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025' on Thursday with strict punishment such as jail-term upto 10 years on second marriage.
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tables Bill proposing up to 10-year jail term
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, is aimed at prohibiting and eliminating practices of polygamy and polygamous marriage in the state of Assam and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
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Delhi HC sentences one month jail term to an individual for intimidating c
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court has held an individual guilty of criminal contempt of court and sentenced him to one month of simple imprisonment, along with a fine of Rs 2,000, for obstructing and threatening a court-appointed Local Commissioner during the execution of judicial orders.
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Nitish Katara murder case: SC declines to extend interim bail of convict V
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
He added that traders would now meet with their representative body that held talks with the government. "If its members were able to give a satisfactory justification regarding yesterday's agreement, traders would deliberate on whether to continue the protest," Hussain said.
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Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court declines to extend interim bail o
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant further extension of the interim bail to Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year-long jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case.
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