Rumita Patel
NAGPUR: The Nagpur Court of Bombay High Court has ruled that holding a minor’s hand and unzipping her pants does not fall within the scope of ‘sexual assault’ or ‘aggravated sexual assault’ of the Child Protection of Sexual Offenses Law (POCSO). The observation was made by a single bench of Judge Pushpa Ganediwala on January…
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NEW DELHI: On Thursday, 16 opposition parties decided to boycott the presidential speech on Friday, January 29, the first day of Parliament’s budget session. They also reaffirmed their demand for a complete rollback of the Center’s new agricultural laws. In a joint opposition statement, the parties claimed that the Modi government was “insensitive” to the…
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NEW DELHI: One lakh of cadets from the National Cadet Corps (NCC), who are being trained by the Army, Navy and Air Force, will serve in coastal and border areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing the NCC Rally at Cariappa Ground in Delhi on Thursday. “On August 15 of last year, it was…
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MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena alleged on Thursday that the BJP-led central government wanted farmers to be provoked and turn violent so that their ongoing protest against three new farm laws is defamed. He was referring to the violence that broke out in Delhi during the parade of farm tractors on Republic Day. The party said…
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NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Thursday issued a Watch Notice (LOC) against agricultural leaders who have been appointed to the FIR in connection with violence during the Republic Day tractor rally. Sources say the Interior Ministry also ordered the Delhi Police to ask the accused farmer leaders to present their passports to prevent them from…
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NEW DELHI: Up to 16 heads of state / government and 11 foreign ministers sent their best wishes to India on the occasion of Republic Day, according to official sources. Many other foreign ministries also officially expressed their solidarity with the government and people of India. In Brazil, President JM Bolsonaro himself participated in the…
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NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 case count crossed 1.07 crore with 11,666 new coronavirus infections reported in one day, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease has risen to 1.03, 73,606, bringing the national recovery rate to 96.94 percent, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health updated Thursday. The total…
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NEW DELHI: Paying tribute to Lala Lajpat Rai on her birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that her contribution to the fight for freedom is indelible and inspires people for generations. Born in 1865, Rai was a prominent Punjab freedom fighter and came to be known as Punjab Kesari. The prime minister tweeted:…
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WASHINGTON: The election of US President Joe Biden to United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Wednesday did not explicitly pledge the new administration’s support for India to be a permanent member of the security council. Three previous administrations – George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump – had publicly said that the United States…
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HYDERABAD / PUNE: India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, effectively neutralizes the most infectious UK variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, reducing the chance that the mutant virus will escape from the body’s defense system. This was stated by Covaxin developer, Bharat Biotech, on Wednesday after research conducted by the company together with experts from the…
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