19 Oct, 2024 11:55 PM
Agartala, Oct 19 (IANS) The Tripura Human Rights Commission (THRC) has asked the Director General of Police Amitabh Ranjan to submit an interim report within 15 days on the death of a 34-year-old man, who died at his residence on October 17 allegedly due to injuries sustained from the "torture in police custody", rights body officials said on Saturday.
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18 Oct, 2024 5:57 PM
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Issuing a slew of directions for effective implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, the Supreme Court on Friday said that child marriage deprives children of their agency, autonomy, and right to fully develop and enjoy their childhood.
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17 Oct, 2024 10:50 PM
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) Thousands of women on Thursday took out a protest rally to the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) Special Crime Unit office at the Central government office (CGO) office complex at Salt Lake in northern Kolkata, demanding a "logical" conclusion of the probe by the central agency in the ghastly rape and murder of a lady junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in August
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17 Oct, 2024 9:15 PM
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Priyank Kanoongo, Chairman of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), expressed satisfaction upon the successful completion of his tenure.
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17 Oct, 2024 12:08 AM
Chandigarh, Oct 17 (IANS) The farmers of Haryana have expressed happiness after the Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decided to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all essential Rabi crops for 2025-26.
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16 Oct, 2024 9:01 PM
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) In an initiative shedding the colonial imprint and traditional attributes, the statue of Lady Justice, in the judges' library of the Supreme Court, now holds a copy of the Indian Constitution, instead of a sword, and the blindfold has come off to leave her with open eyes.
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15 Oct, 2024 7:59 PM
Kochi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Kerala High Court has held that having sexual intercourse and exhibiting any part of the body with the intention that it would be seen by a child would amount to sexual harassment and be punishable under the Pocso Act.
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15 Oct, 2024 7:30 PM
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that disability above 40 per cent should not disentitle a candidate from securing admission in a medical course under the PwD category.
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15 Oct, 2024 5:42 PM
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has nominated a nodal officer to pull down the offending content revealing the identity of the victim in West Bengal’s R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital incident.
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14 Oct, 2024 8:47 PM
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking criminalisation of non-consensual unnatural sex and bestiality.
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