New Delhi: Underlining the right to reproductive autonomy, Delhi high court has permitted the extraction and preservation of sperm of a comatose Army soldier, paving the way for his wife to undergo an IVF procedure to try for a child.The soldier is in a persistent vegetative state with no foreseeable scope of neurological recovery. In…
Mumbai: The sessions court on Wednesday framed charges against IIT-Bombay student Arman Khatri of abetting suicide and criminal intimidation in the 2023 death of college mate Darshan Solanki. Additional sessions judge G G Bhansali also framed a charge under provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the accused.Khatri…
BENGALURU: Parts of Kalaburagi district recorded a maximum temperature of 44°-45°C, while Bengaluru experienced a high of 35.8°C on Wednesday, with the mercury testing new levels this summer. The maximum temperatures in several places in the state over the past couple of days have topped previous records for April.The maximum temperature in Bengaluru is expected…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin raised a black flag and burned a copy of the delimitation bill in Namakkal to show his protest against the proposed delimitation bill, which is set to be tabled in the Parliament special session commencing today. The protest follows the “stern warning” issued to the BJP govt at the…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday refused to close a contempt case against finance secretary Sandeep Sultania over alleged delay in paying compensation to men and women displaced by the Mallannasagar and other reservoirs under the Kaleshwaram project.Though compensation amounts were released on April 14, the court questioned the absence of the official despite a…
Kolkata: Bengal governor RN Ravi chose a Poila Baisakh programme in Lok Bhavan on Wednesday to urge the state’s youth to be a “part of change” and underline Bengal’s “decline” over the years, prompting CM Mamata Banerjee to hit back with a “laatsaheb” barb.“Our share in the national capital has gone down from 10.6% to…
Noida protest (File Photo) NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh government issued a statement on Wednesday, stating that as many as 45 of the 66 people arrested in connection with the unrest in Noida were not workers, with “external elements” playing a key role in inciting violence and arson during the protests. The government said it acted…
Panaji: After videos surfaced of a woman soliciting at Baga and a foreigner being offered drugs at Candolim, chief minister Pramod Sawant said that action would be taken in such instances.While backing Goa police’s efforts against drugs and prostitution, the chief minister hinted that officers could face disciplinary action if activities such as drug peddling…
Varanasi: An elderly man was killed allegedly by his son at Natthupur village in Rasra police station area of Ballia district on Wednesday. Police detained the accused after receiving a complaint from his brother. Police received information that body of Mahendra Chauhan (75) was found lying near Natthupur village. Local police reached the spot and…
Ahmedabad: An Ahmedabad woman has filed a police complaint against her brother-in-law, accusing him of a persistent campaign of harassment and intimidation conducted through family WhatsApp groups. According to the FIR registered at the local police station, the accused flooded the shared digital groups with obscene language, vulgar slurs, and explicit death threats directed at…
