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Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes face backlash as Chiefs offence struggles

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.

Updated 305 days ago

‘Citizens must know value of freedom of expression’: SC urges self regulation

The petitioners issued the response ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the Waqf Act's validity.

Updated 367 days ago

Sugarcane-cutters kill leopard to make locket with animal’s nail

After the dissection of the dead leopard, it was seen that 3 toenails and claws of the leopard were cut with a sharp weapon. (HT PHOTO)

Updated 886 days ago

Law panel recommends to retain criminal defamation as offence

The report has come close on the heels of the Parliament approving the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, which aims to replace the existing Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and was passed in the recently concluded winter session (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated 895 days ago

Absence of law can’t give blanket immunity to adulterer, says HC

Delhi high court said it was crucial to legally protect those partners who have committed to the sanctity and values of marriage.

Updated 922 days ago

Possessing wildlife items with ancestral history not a crime: Karnataka MLA

MLA AS Ponnanna stresses importance of recognising the historical importance of heritage items. (Facebook/ AS Ponnanna)

Updated 989 days ago

An outdated provision

There are two main points to note. One, the offence is broadly drafted — a feature that helped the British government throw Indian freedom fighters in jail on vague charges — and hence proceedings can be easily instituted.

Published 1074 days ago

Mumbai diamond trader cheated of ₹2.7 cr in property deal; developers booked

In 2019, one of the accused informed the complainant that the said flat had been sold to another buyer and he was offered another flat in the building. (HT Photo/ Representative image)

Published 1167 days ago

Why did British Deputy Prime Minister apologise in his resignation letter?

British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab.

Published 1182 days ago

Cinematograph Act, 1952 amendments approved: Film pirates beware, you are in for a big scare

Cinematograph Act, 1952 amendments approved: Film pirates beware, you are in for a big scare

Updated 1183 days ago

Indian courts can hear domestic violence case even if happened abroad: Bombay HC

The court recently rejected a plea by an Indian man who claimed that a magistrate's court in Nagpur can not act on a complaint of domestic violence.

Published 1184 days ago

Panchkula: Man to spend two years behind bars for running over pedestrian

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Updated 1185 days ago

Delhi trial for rape, bigamy in Afghanistan

Metropolitan Magistrate Sonika of Karkardooma District Court cited a Delhi high court order to establish that an Indian court has the jurisdiction to conduct the trial in such a case. (Represetative image/Shutterstock)

Updated 1189 days ago

Police launch manhunt for two men for robbing elderly rickshaw drivers

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Updated 1190 days ago

Kerala HC restores culpable homicide charge against IAS officer for journo’s death

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Updated 1190 days ago

Delhi court seeks ED response on Satyendar Jain’s plea seeking transfer of case

Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain is presently lodge in Tihar Jail in money laundering case being probed by ED (File Photo)

Updated 1190 days ago

Darbhanga man gets 20 years in jail for kidnapping minor girl to marry her, rape

APolice said the man was booked under section 366 of the Indian Penal Code which relates to kidnapping or compelling a woman to marry (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated 1191 days ago

Theft at doc’s house in Kharar

A case under Sections 380 and 454 at the Kharar Sadar police station on Sunday. (iStock)

Updated 1193 days ago

Court refuses relief to man who made ‘objectionable’ FB post against Hindu God

According to the case, the language of the post has ‘hurt religious sentiments’ of the Hindu community. (HT Photo)

Updated 1193 days ago

Court denies anticipatory bail to Atiq’s wife in Umesh Pal murder case

The court observed that ‘she has been named as an accused in the FIR’. (HT Photo)

Updated 1197 days ago

Dress code debate: Statue of 1st Odisha CM redone 2 times

Odisha’s first-elected chief minister Nabakrushna Choudhuri

Updated 1198 days ago

Air India pilot forgery case: Delhi HC asks authorities to explain offences

On January 19, 2017, the Air India pilot flew a Delhi-Bengaluru flight without going through the mandatory breathalyser test (Representative Photo)

Updated 1198 days ago

SC quashes HC verdict reducing sentence in fatal road accident case

The top court delivered its verdict on an appeal filed by the state of Punjab against the HC judgment that had upheld the conviction of a fatal accident accused but reduced the sentence from two years to eight months. (HT File Photo)

Updated 1199 days ago

Bihar excise team goes on a raid, gets beaten by villagers

Police said the villagers threw stones at the six-member excise team led by inspector Alok Kumar Saigal, forcing them to charge at the mob with their lathis to disperse the crowd. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated 1199 days ago

Richard Gere kissing case: Court upholds Shilpa Shetty’s discharge from the obscenity case

** FILE** Hollywood actor Richard Gere, left, kisses the hand of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty as he greets the audience with a traditional Indian greeting of folded hands, during an event for HIV-AIDS awareness in New Delhi, India, in this Sunday, March 15, 2007, file photo. Judge Dinesh Gupta, a magistrate in Jaipur who issued an arrest warrant against Gere for violating obscenity laws by publicly kissing Shetty, has been transferred from his job, a media report said Thursday, May 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File) (AP)

Updated 1200 days ago

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