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Senior lawyer, Fali Nariman may represent Jayalalithaa in Supreme Court this Friday, to seek suspension of the sentence imposed on her and to present her bail plea. Former MP and TN public prosecutor, Shunmugasundaram who has been DMK’s lawyer, however, says that if Fali Nariman does eventually appear Jayalalithaa, it will be unethical. His reasoning […]

Three students from Manipur were allegedly beaten up by three persons for not speaking in Kannada at a restaurant here on Tuesday night. All the three accused have been arrested. According to the FIR, the three Manipuri students — T Michael Lamjathang Haokip, 26, Ngamkholen Haokip, 28, and Rocky Kipgen, 25, — were dining at

Taking right-wing activism to the Bhopal district court, a few advocates and Sanskriti Bachao Manch (SBM) joined hands to prevent a marriage between a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl, both major, forcing the police to intervene and restore the girl to her relatives on Monday. Reena Uikey, 22, and Shoaib Khan, 25, were looking for

The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested three persons from Rohini area for allegedly murdering and setting ablaze one 18-year-old boy in Haryana’s Murthal area on October 11. Police said the prime accused, a minor, was the victim’s friend who committed the murder over a fight between them earlier. “Shiva Kalra (18) was reported missing on

A case of assault and threatening to murder has been registered against the parents of the 22-year-old girl who was at the centre of the ‘love jihad’ controversy and has gone back on her statement that she was gangraped and forcibly converted. Two days after the girl claimed that there is a threat to her

Shares in India’s largest real estate developer DLF on Tuesday plummeted 28.46 per cent to Rs 104.95 on the Bombay Stock Exchange after the Sebi barred the company and six of its top officials, including chairman K P Singh, from the capital market. DLF shares plunged by 28 per cent to Rs 105.80 on the NSE.

Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he had, with authority and justification, “suggested” to Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi that he should consider resigning on his own since his actions were not “behoving the status of the Governor” and showed the constitutional office in “very poor light” apart from “bringing it

A Delhi court Tuesday convicted five men for the abduction and gang rape of a call centre executive that took place in the Dhaula Kuan area in 2010. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat convicted Shamshad alias Khutkan, Usman alias Kale, Shahid alias Chhota Billi, Iqbal alias Bada Billi and Kamruddin under charges of abduction and

A four-year-old girl, who accidentally fell in an open borewell at an agricultural field in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district on October 12, was found dead this afternoon, police said. The decomposed body of Girija was located at a depth of 45-feet, deep inside the borewell in water, and efforts were on to retrieve it, they

GANDHINAGAR: Offering a pre-Diwali bonus for women, chief minister Anandiben Patel decided on Monday to increase the quantum of reservations for women in state government jobs by 3% — now, the quota stands at 33%. The decision follows the CM’s announcement of 33% reservation for women in the police force. Though the current rise in