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HM who failed to report sexual abuse gets no Pocso relief
HOLDING a school headmaster responsible for failing to report an offence of sexual assault of a student, the Madras High Court refused to quash the case pending against him in a special court for trial of cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.
HC orders stay against dispossession of land for Madurai airport expansion
THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday ordered an interim stay against the dispossession of parcels of land from 130 residents of Chinna Udaippu village for the Madurai Airport expansion.
Rohit makes bold call, to bat in middle at Adelaide
AND there it was. About 24 hours after KL Rahul told the media in Adelaide jokingly that he had been informed about his batting position but asked not to reveal it, captain Rohit Sharma cleared the air by announcing that he will be moving down the order to pave way for the 32-year-old at the top in the second Test against Australia beginning Friday.
Samsung union: TN told to take call in 6 weeks
THE Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu labour department to pass appropriate orders on the application submitted by the Samsung India Workers Union for registering the trade union within six weeks.
A rapidly growing new glacier discovered in Uttarakhand
A group of scientists have discovered a new glacier in Uttarakhand that is rapidly growing in size.
Flood fiasco: Villagers flag lack of sufficient alerts
THE unanticipated and sudden release of water to the tune 1.8 lakh cusecs from Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai district on Sunday night may have triggered the flooding in many areas along the Thenpennai river in Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, and Cuddalore districts, but lack of specific details about the level of flooding or pointed instruction to move to designated relief shelters, during the initial hours of the calamity, may have put the residents in avoidable trouble.
Uproar in LS over Oppn-Soros link
LOK SABHA proceedings were on Thursday disrupted after the Opposition and Treasury Benches clashed over the latter's allegation linking Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other leaders with US-based multi-billionaire George Soros.