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The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday decided to lift the ban on social media websites. The restrictions were put in place after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 last year. In a fresh order, the Jammu and Kashmir administration today said that people would now be allowed […]

will be hanged this month, after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the case. “He has one option left — that is to challenge the mercy plea in Supreme Court as the others have done. […]

Seventeen Indians have been infected with coronavirus abroad, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday. Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said 16 cases were reported from Japan on the cruise ship and one from the UAE. He further […]

Tihar jail authorities will move Delhi’s Patiala House Court today seeking a fresh date of execution of death warrant for all four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case. The move comes after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected convict Pawan Kumar’s mercy petition earlier in the day. “In view of the rejection of […]

Shiv Sena took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his tweet about giving up social media accounts. In an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana on Wednesday, the Sena advised PM Modi to emulate Ratan Tata and use the social media platforms positively by taking up issues of the […]

Seven hundred people are still missing in Delhi following last week’s riots, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Wednesday, continuing her tirade against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government for the third consecutive day over the clashes in the national capital. “The situation in Delhi is pathetic. […]

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday addressed the media over coronavirus outbreak and said that the administration is concerned about the situation. “There is no need to panic,” he said. The chief minister stated that a task force has been formed under his leadership which will include all concerned […]

President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Gupta, one of the four convicts in the Delhi gangrape case. The Delhi government had earlier recommended rejecting Gupta’s mercy petition. He was the only one out of the four convicts to not have exhausted all the legal remedies. […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked for the transcript of the remarks reportedly made by petitioner Harsh Mander that he doesn’t have faith in the top court. The order came during the hearing in a case seeking FIRs against politicians for making hate speeches. Besides Mander, another petition has also […]

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar and 6 other guilty for the custodial death of the Unnao rape survivor’s father. The woman’s father died on April 9, 2018, in judicial custody. District judge Dharmesh Sharma said Sengar had no intention of killing the victim’s […]

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said that India will now be screening international from all countries as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus outbreak. Vardhan’s comments came during his press address on coronavirus in the national capital today. New Delhi had earlier put passengers from 12 countries under […]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that people from Bangladesh who have been living in West Bengal and exercising their electoral rights in the state need not apply from fresh citizenship. The chief minister was addressing a public meeting at Kaliaganj in West Bengal and said that she […]

Fifteen of the 24 Italian nationals taken to the quarantine facility of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Chhawla near Delhi, have tested positive for coronavirus, officials familiar with the matter said. The 24 (21 Italian nationals and three Indians) tourists were in the same group as the Italian national who had […]