New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday fixed September 5 for hearing pleas filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged excise policy scam.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the West Bengal Police not to disrupt the peaceful protests in the wake of the horrific incident at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered earlier this month.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Urging the medical professionals across the country to return to work, the Supreme Court on Thursday assured the resident doctors and interns that no adverse action will be taken against them for participating in protests in wake of the horrific incident at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a junior doctor was raped and murdered earlier this month.
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the influence of the anti-talks faction of the ULFA led by Paresh Baruah in the state "is very much there, although it has considerably declined over the years", asserting that the outfit has as many as 400 cadres in its camp in the neighbouring nation of Myanmar.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) As many as 295 eminent persons from different walks of life issued a joint letter on Wednesday seeking justice for the junior doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata earlier this month.
New Delhi, August 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court, which has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata earlier this month, will resume hearing the matter on Thursday.
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) A day after protests were staged against the sexual assault on two four-year-old minor girls at a school in Maharashtra's Badlapur city, the state government on Wednesday issued a resolution to ensure the safety of students in general, and the girl students in particular, in the schools.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has allowed extension of the interim bail of businessman Amit Arora, an accused in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy case, till August 30, on account of his "precarious medical condition".
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Amid a wave of demonstrations and protests by the doctor fraternity over Kolkata medic’s rape and murder, close to 300 eminent citizens of the country wrote an open letter on Wednesday, blaming Mamata Banerjee government for ‘series of lapses’ in the gruesome case and also took strong objection to cover-up attempts by the hospital authorities as well as state administration.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) on Wednesday urged a complete and effective ban on public viewing of online pornography and unfiltered obscenity on OTT platforms across the country.
