Kulendra Sharma, a retired Indian Air Force junior warrant officer, was arrested in Tezpur, Assam on allegations of sharing defence-related documents with Pakistani operatives. Police in Assam have arrested a retired Indian Air Force officer on suspicion of links with Pakistani intelligence operatives and of sharing defence-related documents, police said on Saturday. Kulendra Sharma was...
In a video recorded before his death, Hussain said the assailants asked his name, pulled him off his bicycle, robbed him of 18,000 rupees and assaulted him. A Muslim cloth vendor died from injuries after he was assaulted by a mob in India’s eastern state of Bihar, after attackers allegedly asked about his religious identity,...
Most of Gaza’s population remains homeless, with many living in damaged buildings or tents and with no access to winter supplies as a result of Israel’s war on the territory. Storm Byron has swept across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 14 people, including children, and injuring others, as heavy rains, strong winds, and collapsing...
The top court questioned whether the High Court should have made factual findings while the matter was pending before the tribunal. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Kerala High Court order declaring that the 404.76-acre Munambam property is not waqf land and directed that status quo be maintained until January 27, Live Law reported....
Court calls killing “extremely heinous”, as judgment cites Manusmriti to underlining the role of the punishment in preserving social order. A court in Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man to death and handed life imprisonment to nine others for their role in the killing of a 22-year-old man during a Durga...
Ziauddin, 36, of Ambedkar Nagar, died from injuries he allegedly sustained as a result of torture while in police custody. The National Human Rights Commission has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to compensate the family of a man who died after being taken into police custody in 2021, directing a payment of Rs 10 lakh,...
Adhikari said he stood by the accused “as a Hindu” doing his duty, vowing that “the fight to protect religion will continue … I stand with every Hindu, along with countless supporters of Hindutva.” West Bengal Leader of opposition and BJP state head Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday publicly honoured three men who had been arrested...
Bhatt been a prominent critic of former Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. In a 2011 petition, he accused Modi of encouraging the 2002 communal violence. The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to suspend the 20-year prison term handed to former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1996 drug-planting case, Live Law reported. Bhatt, who is...
The assailants allegedly demanded the vendors’ names, accused them of being “Bangladeshi infiltrators” and discarded their food. Three Muslim food vendors have alleged they were assaulted for selling non-vegetarian items at a mass Gita recitation event in Kolkata on Sunday, according to police complaints filed this week, reported The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. The vendors...
The court said it would deliver its order before the winter vacation beginning December 19 and asked all parties to file compiled documents by 18 December. The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its decision on the bail petitions filed by activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and several others accused of involvement in an alleged “larger...