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Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes face backlash as Chiefs offence struggles

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.
Updated on Sept 15, 2025 04:27 am IST

‘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 on Jul 14, 2025 06:59 pm IST

ICC warns against 'retaliation threats'

ICC warns against 'retaliation threats'
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 12:01 pm IST

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 on Feb 11, 2024 08:02 am IST

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 on Feb 03, 2024 05:12 am IST

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 on Jan 07, 2024 02:13 am IST

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 on Nov 01, 2023 06:18 am IST

An outdated provision

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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 on Aug 07, 2023 08:03 am IST

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 on May 06, 2023 03:48 pm IST

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

British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab.
Published on Apr 21, 2023 03:12 pm IST

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 on Apr 20, 2023 09:46 pm IST

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 on Apr 19, 2023 09:35 pm IST

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 on Apr 14, 2023 11:44 pm IST

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 on Apr 13, 2023 05:09 pm IST

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 on Apr 12, 2023 01:02 pm IST

Theft at doc’s house in Kharar

A case under Sections 380 and 454 at the Kharar Sadar police station on Sunday. (iStock)
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 03:58 am IST

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 on Apr 10, 2023 09:04 pm IST

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 on Apr 06, 2023 09:41 pm IST

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

Odisha’s first-elected chief minister Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:59 am IST

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 on Apr 05, 2023 03:06 pm IST

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 on Apr 05, 2023 03:22 am IST

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 on Apr 04, 2023 01:58 pm IST

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 on Apr 04, 2023 12:44 am IST

ED opposes Chidambaram’s bail plea in High Court citing gravity of offences

File photo of former finance minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Nov 02, 2019 05:31 pm IST

Crossing makeshift railway bridge in Vaitarna an offence

Residents of Wadhiv, however, expressed their displeasure at WR for blocking their only route to Vaitarna station, located 1.4km from their village.
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 04:05 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Polling officials in Gurugram booked for electoral offences

In another incident in Rozka Meo police station, a case was registered against presiding officer Mohammad Shahid, who was arrested from the spot.
Updated on May 13, 2019 04:25 am IST