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NEW DELHI: For a second time in the past week, Union minister Maneka Gandhi has come out with a view contradictory to that of her government. Expressing opposition to the proposed amendments to the anti-dowry Act, Maneka said the legislation was women-friendly and should remain unchanged. TOI had reported that the ministry of home affairs […]

LAHORE: A Pakistani court on Friday reserved its judgement on the plea of LeT operations commander and 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi against his detention under a security act. “Lahore high court judge Mahmood Maqbool Bajwa heard the arguments of Lakhvi’s counsel advocate Raja Rizwan Abbasi and a law officer and reserved its decision,”

The late Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna’s live-in partner Anita Advani on Thursday alleged before the Bombay High Court that his family members had felt no concern for the actor till they were informed about his ‘sinking’ condition. Advani, who has grievances against the late actor’s family including wife Dimple, daughters Twinkle and Rinke and actor

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought explanation from UP government for arresting 11th standard student for putting objectionable post on Facebook against Azam Khan. The court issued notice to the state government and directed it to file its response within four weeks. READ ALSO: Teen arrested for Facebook post attributed to Azam Khan

National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued notices to Haryana and West Bengal governments asking them to send reports on desecration of an under-construction church in Hisar (Haryana) and the alleged gangrape of a nun in West Bengal respectively. According to an official statement released on Wednesday, the commission has issued notices to the Chief

Dealing with the issue of sedition and freedom of speech, the Bombay High Court in an order passed Tuesday said the charge cannot be invoked whenever the government is criticised unless such censure leads to violent public disorder. The issue was raised before Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice N M Jamdar during the hearing

Scrapping the Centre’s March 2014 notification to include Jats in the central list of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in nine states, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that “caste” and “historical injustice” cannot blind a state in according backward status to a community and that new emerging groups such as transgenders must be identified

A Pakistani court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the government’s plea for cancellation of bail to Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind, till March 26 as his counsel did not turn up. “The Islamabad High Court today adjourned the hearing till March 26 as Lakhvi’s counsel did not turn up. His counsel

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a decision to include Jats in the central list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in nine states for providing reservation benefits. The notification included Jat community in OBC list in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan (two districts of Bharatpur and Dholpur), Uttar Pradesh and

A Myanmar court has sentenced a New Zealand bar manager and his business associates to two years and six months in prison for insulting Buddhism over a flyer that showed a psychedelic depiction of Buddha wearing headphones. Blackwood, 32, Tun Thurein and Htut Ko Ko Lwin were given two years of hard labor for insulting