New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) In an interim direction, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered authorities should decide on, within three days, the applications seeking to hold public meetings where blanket prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC are in force due to the Lok Sabha polls.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) In an interim direction, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a decision of the Allahabad High Court which had struck down the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 as unconstitutional and violative of the principles of secularism.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to safeguard the vital personal information of complainants in missing persons cases.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) While politics is peaking over the grant of citizenship to persecuted minorities under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a reality check of the ground situation shows that a 'life of dignity' for migrants from the neighbourhood may still be far-fetched in the national capital, but the Rohingyas are getting access to all basic amenities including water, food, medication and education.
United Nations, March 12 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the critical urgency of protecting women's rights, now endangered by regressing achievements, escalating violence, and a widening digital gender divide.
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Writer-producer Kanika Dhillon says the way Indian cinema views female empowerment, female characters end up getting stuck in a narrow spectrum.
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday observed that a case of domestic violence could be filed even after a marriage is declared 'void'.
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Nearly eight hours after his arrest, Naushad Siddique, the lone All India Secular Front (AISF) legislator was released by Kolkata Police on Tuesday evening.
Kochi, Feb 22 (IANS) A woman has moved the Kerala High Court seeking directions to the Director, Pre-Natal Diagnostic Division and Additional Director, Family Welfare, to conduct an investigation and take appropriate action against her husband and in-laws for allegedly giving her instructions on how to conceive a male child.
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Fresh tension erupted in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal on Thursday afternoon as angry villagers burnt down a property owned by Sheikh Sirajuddin, the younger brother of the absconding Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan.
