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MUMBAI: In a development that brings hope to children with disabilities, recently deprived a ‘writer’ during examinations, the Bombay high court Chief Justice Mohit Shah suo motu turned a letter in to public interest litigation and issued notice to Central HRD Ministry, the NIOS director in Pune and others on Tuesday. The letter written to […]

A division bench of Kerala High Court Tuesday ratified the new liquor policy of the Congress-led government, which had envisaged the closure of all liquor bars except those in the five-start category. The division bench also nullified the single bench order which allowed liquor licence for four-star and heritage hotels. However, the court ratified the

VADODARA: An accused in the 2002 Best Bakery carnage died at a hospital in Mumbai on Sunday. Jayanti Gohil, a resident of Vadodara, who was admitted to a hospital died on Sunday. The Panigate police was informed about the death on Sunday. “We got a call on Sunday evening that Gohil was in a critical

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday said children must be taught how to respect the national flag in their schools, while urging creating awareness rather than penal action against violators. A bench of Justice Naresh Patil and Justice V L Achilya heard a PIL to enforce an August 2007 state circular banning the use,

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected plea of Jat students seeking reservation in admission to PG medical and dental courses. Rejecting the plea, the Supreme Court said that at the time of All India counselling these Jat students were treated as OBCs. READ ALSO: SC quashes Centre’s decision to include Jats in OBC

Pakistan on Monday said India should “not jump the gun” as the case related to Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi is “sub-judice”. India had conveyed its outrage after a court in Islamabad had earlier this month ordered release of Lashkar terrorist Lakhvi, who is responsible for 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, though he

CHENNAI: The Madras high court has directed police to register a first information report (FIR) against an IAS officer accused of cheating a doctor of Rs 50 lakh after promising an MBBS seat for his daughter. According to Dr MA Nizar Ahammed of Nungambakkam, IAS officer Mohanraj, who is at present deputy secretary in the

Amanda Knox, who maintained that she and her former Italian boyfriend were innocent in her British roommate’s murder through multiple trials and nearly four years in jail, was vindicated Friday when Italy’s highest court threw out their convictions once and for all. “Finished!” Knox’s lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova exulted after the decision was read out

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who appeared in a Mumbai Sessions Court today in the 2002 hit-and-run case, told the court that neither was he driving the car, nor was he drunk, when the accident took place. The actor told the court that his driver Ashok Singh was driving the car at the time of mishap.

MUMBAI: Acid attack victim Aarti Thakur may have to wait a little longer for her next round of surgery. Aarti’s advocate Gayatri Singh on Wednesday told the high court that she has learnt that the plastic surgeon, who was supposed to operate on Aarti, will not be available in the city for over a month.