A 24-year-old Indian national was on Thursday charged in connection with the murder of a post-graduate student from Andhra Pradesh, who was found dead at her private accommodation in a Birmingham suburb. The man, whose surname is said to be Nalloori, was arrested on Wednesday evening. The West Midlands Police told PTI that the woman has been identified as Samrajyo Jyothirmai Vempala from Vijaywada, who was in the UK on a study visa.
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud had on May 11 reserved its verdict on the pleas after a marathon hearing of 10 days.
The woman showed her Aadhaar card to them to prove that she did not belong to the 'traditionally barred' age group of 10-50 years.
Cruelty by the husband (or his relatives) accounted for about 40 per cent of these cases. Delhi reported the highest number of cases of crimes against women (12,552) followed by Mumbai with over 5,000 cases.
Swine flu has claimed 13 lives in Andhra Pradesh in the last 15 days, and a worried state government has assured people that the facility to treat the pandemic will be soon available in all government hospitals and the majority of private hospitals.A woman from Warangal district, who was undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, succumbed to the flu on Tuesday evening, taking the toll to 13."I am reviewing the situation the CM said.
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.'
National Police Academy, the Hyderabad-based alma mater for Indian Police Services officers in the country, could soon get a woman chief for the first time in its history.
The baby has been rescued and sent to a child home.
As Shyam Benegal turns 89 on December 14, Subhash K Jha takes a look at 10 of his best films and tells you where you can watch them.
A special women's court in Mumbai on Tuesday convicted a 29-year-old driver for the rape and murder of Esther Anuhya, an Andhra Pradesh-based woman software engineer in suburban Kurla here last year.
Health officials have said that a woman died of Swine Flu in Hyderabad on Thursday. According to the officials, 28-year-old Vani, a resident of Mehbubnagar district, died of Swine Flu at the city's Gandhi Hospital on Thursday morning.
Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police B Prasada Rao on Monday ordered for initiating disciplinary action against a woman deputy superintendent of police and other policemen in Anantapur district who allegedly thrashed in full public view four suspects arrested for a murder.
'Our Left is squeamish about democracy. They are so mechanical they have only dogma.'
...close to the 2024 general election. The BJP calling the Congress 'seasonal Hindu' is as laughable as the saffron party sparing itself the title of 'seasonal extreme Hindu.'
How else should one describe its election campaigns of the past years?
It was typically obsessive religion and personality cult with economic development for fig leaf, asserts Shyam G Menon.
A 23-year-old woman suffered a miscarriage after she was allegedly beaten up by her husband and in-laws after they came to know that she was going to deliver a baby girl at Tenali town in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, the police said on Tuesday.
Police had earlier said it was verifying the background of the woman, said to be in her late 30s, and a decision regarding her trekking would be taken on Sunday morning.
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At least 16 people have died in flood-related incidents in Odisha, where the situation remained grim even as major rivers were receding on Saturday. Two deaths each were reported from Bhadrak, Jajpur and Nayagarh districts while in worst-hit Ganjam district it remained unchanged at six and four in Jagatsinghpur, Special Relief Commissioner P K Mohapatra told reporters here after the situation was reviewed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
A 47-year-old Indian-American data analyst was killed on the spot after being struck by a bus at Boston's international airport where he had gone to pick up a friend, according to a media report.
A senior woman activist of non-governmental organisation outfit People's Union for Civil Liberties was sent to jail by a court in Andhra Pradesh after she was arrested over her Facebook post in which some "objectionable" comments were made against Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah and a Congress member of Legislative Assembly.
'My passion is dancing and music. What is wrong with that?'
A 35-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by four persons, including a police constable and a homeguard, at Kothkota bus stand in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours on Thursday, police said.
'One cannot play a Goddess as deep and resonant as Sita Maa without being affected.'
Given the reality of the disparity and the enormous shift over the last 50 years, this can be done without an open and frank conversation with the people, something that has not begun and, knowing the style of our leader, is not expected to begin, asserts Aakar Patel.
The judges described the convict as a 'menace to society' and said rising crime against women should be tackled on all fronts.
The court on Tuesday granted her conditional bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 30,000 and two sureties.
Sporadic violence marked the 'hartal' called by Hindu right groups in Kerala over Wednesday's police action against those opposing entry of women of menstrual age into the shrine.
Jaahnavi Kandula was killed in January after she was struck by a police vehicle driven by officer Kevin Dave.
In the high courts, only 13.2 per cent women occupied the position of judge.
The enduring legacy of trade routes lies in shared stories and religious diversity. Can the India-Middle East-Europe Economic corridor harness this legacy to empower nations, asks Arundhuti Dasgupta.
While the plane was in the air, the woman fell asleep. She woke up to find Kunam sexually touching her.
Some politicians were found to sponsor pilgrimage of their voters -- the most preferred destinations being Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, Manjunatha Swami temple in Dharmasthala in Karnataka and Shirdi in Maharashtra.
She was brought to Pakistan in 1990 by a man from Kuwait, where both of them were then working. He tortured her, burned her Indian passport and threw her out of his house six months later.
The government on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill reserving 33 per cent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, reviving a proposal pending for years and blending history, politics and societal imperatives on the first day in the new Parliament building.
'Justice B V Nagarathna has excellent human qualities and is a stickler for the law.'
Senior Indian Police Service officer Archana Ramasundram was today appointed Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal, the first woman to head a paramilitary force.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on March 24 a plea by K Kavitha, Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, seeking protection from arrest and challenging the summons by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case arising out of the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
Omicron has been detected in Maharashtra (20), Rajasthan (9), Karnataka (3), Gujarat (4), Kerala (1) and Andhra Pradesh (1) and Union Territories of Delhi (2) and Chandigarh (1).
The mishap occurred as large number of people tried to rush into the Puskhar ghat to take a holy dip.
Delhi's primary weather station, the Safdarjung Observatory, registered a maximum temperature of 40.4 degrees Celsius, four notches higher than normal.
