Special Judge (Pocso Act) and additional district and sessions judge Nitin Pandey pronounced the judgment in a 2021 case Varanasi: A special Pocso court in Varanasi on Thursday sentenced a juvenile offender, tried as an adult, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case involving the rape of a four-year-old girl.Special Judge (Pocso Act)…
Several couples in Gujarat face a similar deadline after delayed marriages, miscarriages, or unsuccessful IVF cycles Ahmedabad: Sabina* remarried at 45 and hoped to start a family with her second husband, Aabid*. But after their first in-vitro fertilization (IVF) attempt failed, a statutory age limit brought the next round of treatment to a halt.Sabina was…
Boxing gold medallist Ankush Panghal poses during a felicitation ceremony by Union sports minister in New Delhi on Tuesday Hisar: A 25-km victory procession, flower showers, drumbeats, folk performances and a community feast marked Commonwealth Games boxing champion Ankush Panghal’s triumphant homecoming to Hisar on Friday after he clinched the 80kg gold in Glasgow, Scotland.Panghal…
An AI-generated editorial illustration shows three corporate employees under police investigation for allegedly stealing and selling confidential company data Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police on Tuesday registered a case of cheating against three former officials of a private company in Khed taluka for allegedly stealing the company’s confidential data and selling it to a…
SMC had removed the area-based water charge/water tax component from property tax bills Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Thursday issued a clarification on water charge and water tax collection system, aiming to resolve confusion that has led to widespread non-payment in recent years.Earlier, SMC had removed the area-based water charge/water tax component from…
Imphal: A 12-member team of the Poumai Naga Naotumai Me (PNNM) visited Makhan village in Kangpokpi district on Thursday to stand in solidarity with the families of six Naga civilians who were killed after being abducted on May 13, and with the internally displaced persons (IDPs) taking shelter in the village.The visit came ahead of…
Flee with Rs 2 Lakh In Cash, Gold ItemsLucknow: Burglars struck a locked house in Gomti Nagar’s upscale Vivek Khand area and decamped with gold jewellery, Rs 2 lakh in cash and documents while the elderly homeowner was away in Hyderabad, police said.An FIR was registered at Gomti Nagar police station on the complaint of…
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) launched a statewide protest campaign Thursday demanding that student union elections in Rajasthan be restored, with police detaining over 30 students during a demonstration at Rajasthan University, Jaipur Jaipur: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) launched a statewide protest campaign Thursday demanding that student union elections in Rajasthan be restored, with…
A few allies argued that opposition should join the discussion if govt puts FCRA bill on agenda NEW DELHI: Briefing the opposition parties about his discussion with parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on the delimitation bill a day earlier, LoP Rahul Gandhi Thursday said he told govt that the opposition stand remains the same, and…
Martha C. Nussbaum is an American philosopher and University of Chicago professor whose work focuses on ethics, political philosophy, education, and the role of the humanities in strengthening democracy When thousands of citizens gathered on the streets of ancient Athens during the Peloponnesian War, they demanded the immediate execution of six victorious generals after the…
