‘Casual taunts don’t amount to cruelty’: Husband cleared in dowry death case | Delhi News

A court acquitted Anil Kumar of dowry death and cruelty charges. The prosecution failed to prove a direct link to the wife’s death (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) NEW DELHI: “Mere casual taunts or ordinary wear and tear of matrimonial life do not constitute ‘cruelty’,” a court has observed while acquitting a man accused…

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Rakhi diplomacy? Konda Surekha meets Revanth amid disciplinary row | Hyderabad News

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy celebrates ‘Raksha Bandhan’ festival in Hyderabad on Friday. Pic:TOI Hyderabad: Even as the Congress high command weighs disciplinary action against her, endowments minister Konda Surekha on Friday shared a public moment of bonhomie with chief minister A Revanth Reddy, tying a rakhi to him at his residence and signalling…

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Gujaratis raise forced-marriage fears in UK, Canada asylum bids | Ahmedabad News

Young Gujaratis are using marriage disputes as grounds for asylum claims abroad (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) AHMEDABAD: For young Gujaratis who leave India after family conflicts over relationships, marriage is emerging as an unexpected factor in their asylum narratives abroad.Claims centred on forced marriage, family violence, threats over inter-caste relationships and opposition to…

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Larger electorate, more women voters; PU poll arithmetic throws up contrasts | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: Panjab University will head into this year’s student council elections with a larger electorate than last year and a voter profile that highlights some notable contrasts. The tentative electoral rolls show 16,468 voters, up from 16,124 in 2025, with 9,000 women, 7,467 men and one transgender voter spread across 191 polling booths.The rolls show…

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Contempt plea in HC against Pune police chief over failure to curtail noise pollution | Pune News

A contempt petition was filed against the Pune police commissioner for failing to control noise pollution PUNE: Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat and five others on Thursday filed a contempt petition in the high court (HC) accusing Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar of “willful and deliberate failure to comply” with the HC’s binding directions to curtail…

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