Leopardess beaten to death by villagers in UP's Pilibhit

IANS | May 10, 2024 6:54 AM

Pilibhit, May 10 (IANS) A three-year-old leopardess in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district was killed by village locals with sticks and sharp-edged agriculture tools after it attacked them while they were working in their agricultural fields, a forest official said.

'Right to campaign not fundamental', ED files affidavit in SC opposing Kejriwal’s interim bail plea

IANS | May 9, 2024 6:48 PM

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A day before the Supreme Court is set to pronounce its order on the interim bail plea moved by incarcerated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday opposed the grant of interim relief saying that a politician can claim no “special status” higher than that of an ordinary citizen and is as much liable to be arrested and detained for committing offences as any other citizen.

K’taka sex scandal: NCW says three men claiming to be cops forced one 'victim' to lodge false complaint

IANS | May 9, 2024 5:57 PM

Bengaluru, May 9 (IANS) In a twist to the sex video scandal in Karnataka involving Prajwal Revanna -- the sitting JD-S MP who has been renominated from Hassan -- the National Commission for Women (NCW) said on Thursday that one of the woman complainants in the case has claimed that she was forced by a group of people to lodge a false complaint after being threatened with harassment.