Tom, Dick... or Larry?

British politics, they say, needs feline intervention

Ban Isn’t Enough

Outrages like two-finger test for rape survivors won't stop until a central law criminalises such conduct

What Lula’s Thin Win In Brazil Tells The World

To take on the Right, the Left should always move towards the Centre

Don't Just Move On

Morbi'’s tragedy is a symptom of weak urban local bodies. Strengthen these, fix accountability

China: Forever No.2

Implications of its growth slowing to 2.5% haven't been fully digested anywhere, including Beijing

Less than 6 months of service left? Can make pension a/c withdrawals

New Delhi: The Employees Pension Fund Organisation on Monday decided to allow withdrawal of accumulations in Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) for subscribers who have less than six months of service left.

Don’t use my pic in Bharat Jodo literature, says Diggy

Bhopal: A letter has surfaced in which senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has asked former chief minister and PCC chief Kamal Nath not to use his photographs in literature that will be distributed during the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo march in Madhya Pradesh.

‘Had Patel been ist PM, country wouldn't have suffered as much’

Protect Native Language: Shah Urges Students

Bitterness in Punjab over Dera chief’s parole, satsangs

Jalandhar: With bitterness brewing in parts of Punjab over the grant of parole to rape and murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the head of Sirsa-headquartered Dera Sacha Sauda, political parties and their leaders are maintaining a stoic silence, barring a few exceptions.

Marriage age bill: Parl panel gets 4th extension

New Delhi: The parliamentary panel scrutinising the proposed amendment to the law to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years has been given yet another extension to submit its report. The October 24 deadline for presentation of the report has been extended till January 24.

Hyd woman suffers stroke during hair wash at salon

Hyderabad: A recent trip to the salon almost turned fatal for a 50year-old woman from Hyderabad, who suffered a stroke while getting her hair washed before a haircut, reports Donita Jose.

Bihar man thrashed to death at Chhath ghat by lover’s kin

Patna: A 24-year-old man was allegedly thrashed to death when he went to meet his girlfriend at a Chhath ghat in Bhimalpur village in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Sunday evening, reports Faryal Rumi. His friend was also assaulted by the group and was admitted to SKMCH.

Centre writes to states against filing cases under sedition law

New Delhi: Seeking to defer the hearing on the controversial sedition law, AG K Venkataramani told an SC bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi that the issue was “engaging the attention of the relevant authority”.

Is law denying voting rights to prisoners valid? SC to examine

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of Section 62(5) of Representation of the People Act, 1951, which bars prisoners from voting in polls, and sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission.

HC seeks update on security at ex-MP Swamy’s private home

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday sought a “comprehensive affidavit” from the Centre on the security arrangements at the private residence of Subramanian Swamy, the former BJP MP who has “Z category” cover.

PIL: Quash law allowing Aadhaar-voter ID linking

May Need Some Clarification From Court: SC

What steps taken after probe report on hosp fires, SC asks Gu govt

13 Covid patients were charred to death in the 2020 hospital fires in Ahmedabad and Rajkot

HC to edu orgs: Take capitation fee and lose charitable tag

Chennai: Educational institutions collecting capitation fee will lose their status as charitable trusts, Madras high court has ruled, reiterating collection of capitation fees is illegal and punishable.

Bengal villagers celebrate’ woman’s death at 122

HONOURING HER WISH

Engg student gets 5-yr jail for celebrating Pulwama killings

Bengaluru: A special court in Bengaluru on Monday held a 23-year-old engineering student guilty of celebrating on Facebook the Pulwama suicide bombing of 2019 and awarded him five years’ simple imprisonment, besides a fine of Rs 25,000.

PM: Enemies trying to brea India’s unity, need to be firm

Slams Cong For No Mention Of Patel In Adverts

MU recalls final-yr law marksheets over PRN error

Mumbai: A technical error in programming has forced Mumbai University (MU) to recall all marksheets of final year law students from the 2021-22 graduating batch.

Cong team meets Guv, calls for dismissal of state govt

Mumbai: A Congress delegation led by MPCC president Nana Patole and former revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat on Monday called on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to demand the dismissal of the four-month-old Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government for what it termed as “failure on all fronts.”

2 Malegaon blast witnesses dead, NIA tells court

Mumbai: The NIA informed the special trial court on Monday, that two witnesses who were to depose in the Malegaon blast case are dead. They died from natural causes and their death certificates were submitted before the court. One of the witnesses had made controversial statements about Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, and certain payments it made in India.

Body-in-dump case: Police told to produce panchanama Court Gives Accused Hubby Chance To Defend Himself

Mumbai: Observing that the accused should get every opportunity to defend themselves, a sessions court has ordered the police to produce a list of documents not being relied on by it, including an inquest panchanama and the incident report related to the death of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found in a dumping ground at Kurla in 2018.

Revamped GA terminal for pvt jets opens today

Mumbai: The city airport’s revamped general aviation (GA) terminal in Kalina, which handles about 750 flights and 2,400 passengers per month, will unveil on Tuesday, said Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL).

Trust chief booked for outraging modesty

Mumbai: The Dongri police on Sunday booked the chairman of an educational trust for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman teacher of the school.

EEH widening work in Kopri to finish in 3 months: MMRDA

Thane: The widening work of the Eastern Express highway above the railway tracks at Kopri from four lanes to eight will be completed in the next three months, MMRDA commissioner SVR Srinivas informed, on Sunday.

25 tourists drown at Raigad beaches over past 7 years

Navi Mumbai: Twenty-five tourists drowned on popular picnic spots — Kashid and Chikni beaches in Murud over the past seven years (2015-2022), While 22 tourists drowned off Kashid beach, three drownings took place at Chikni beach, data released by Raigad district police shows.

Only 41% of Maha’s electorate fink voter ID card with Aadhaar

Below 10% Coverage In Mum, Pune, Thane; Response Better In Rural Areas