President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday accepted MJ Akbar’s resignation as Minister of State in External Affairs a day ahead of the hearing of his criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani at Delhi’s Patiala House court. Kovind accepted the resignation of Akbar from the Union Council of Ministers with immediate effect. Akbar, who was Read More…
Trouble mounts for Akbar – More than a dozen women bonds with Priya Ramani
In a dramatic development that could upset BJP Minister Akbar’s strategy more than a dozen women journalists fused as a force and have urged the court to hear their testimonies against MJ Akbar, claiming many of them suffered sexual harassment by the minister and others have been a witness to it. A group of current Read More…
Judge’s wife shot dead by personal guard and Judge son still critical
Additional Sessions Judge Krishan Kant’s wife Ritu (45) and son Dhruv (18) had gone for shopping in the Arcadia market on Saturday when they were shot at by their personal security guard Mahipal. They were admitted to a hospital in critical condition. Regional Medical Officer, Gurgaon Civil Hospital, Pawan Choudhary confirmed the death of Ritu Read More…
Godman Rampal convicted in two murder cases, punishment on Oct 16 & 17
Rampal Singh Jatin , the self-styled godman who heads the Satlok Ashram in Haryana, was found guilty of murder in two separate cases today. Rampal was convicted on the charges of murder in a 2006 case relating the death of a woman supporter. Rampal was also convicted on the charges of murder in a 2014 Read More…
Nakkheeran editor Gopal arrested, but court set him free
Initial report suggests that the action follows a complaint that he had published stories allegedly linking the office of the Governor with lecturer Nirmala Devi R.R. Gopal, editor and publisher of Tamil biweekly Nakkheeran, was arrested by police at the Chennai airport on Tuesday morning on the charge of publishing defamatory content against Tamil Nadu Read More…
Bangladeshi arrested for faking as temple priest
A Bangladeshi national who worked as a temple priest at the famous Mahalakshmi Temple at Dahanu, located off the Mumbai Ahmedabad NH 8, was convicted by the Dahanu court and sentenced to 2 years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for staying in India without passport and any other documents . The Additional Sessions Judge JR Mulani also Read More…
Twin bomb blast convicted gets death and life term sentence
Hyderabad court on Monday awarded death sentence to two men convicted in the Hyderabad twin blasts case of August 2007 which killed 44 people and injured over 50 others. On September 4, the judge convicted the first two accused and kept in abeyance the verdict on the third accused. “The convicted can appeal in the Read More…