750-page UCC report to be tabled in Uttarakhand assembly

A government-appointed panel to prepare a draft of the Uniform Civil Code on Friday submitted a voluminous document to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who said the "long-awaited......

5 Bilkis convicts move SC, seek more time to surrender

Days after the Supreme Court quashed the remission the Gujarat government had granted them, five of those convicted of gang-raping Bilkis Bano and massacring seven members of her family during the......

Will Maharashtra govt grant remission to Bilkis rapists?

The 11 convicts in the case of gang-rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat can approach the Maharashtra government with request for......

Gujarat HC judge opts out of hearing Teesta's plea to quash FIR

Justice Samir Dave of the Gujarat high court on Thursday recused himself from hearing a plea filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking quashing of an FIR filed against her by the Ahmedabad......

Why Bellary is to bleed again

It’s sleepless nights again for the residents of Kamtur village. Located on the fringes of the Kumaraswamy forest range, one of the six iron ore-bearing mountaintops in Karnataka’s......

Sushant had bipolar disorder: Mumbai police commissioner

'The FIR by the Bihar police says Rs 15 crore was siphoned off from Sushant's account.''During the probe, we found he had Rs 18 crore in his account of which around Rs 4.5 crore are still there.'......

High Court to Censor Board: Do not act like a grandmother

'Today is our independence day. Udta Punjab is not just a film anymore. It is a movement and one that has ended in the victory of democracy.' The Bombay High Court has......

Udta Punjab producers move HC seeking Censor Board order

Hoping to cut through the controversy over the drug-themed Bollywood film Udta Punjab and ensure its release on June 17, its producers have moved the Bombay High Court. They are seeking a copy of......

Vikram, Rajinikant, Siddharth: Meet Shankar's leading men

From his very first film, Gentleman in 1993, film director Shankar demonstrated his flair for the spectacular. Top stars from the film industry have often expressed their desire to work in a......

India women's boxing head coach Bhatt steps down

IMAGE: India women's boxing head coach Bhaskar Bhatt with Nikhat Zareen. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India Months ahead of the Asian Games, Bhaskar Bhatt has quit as the head coach of the......

Delhi High Court orders AFI to consider Tejaswin Shankar for CWG

Photograph: Kind courtesy Tejaswin Shankar/Twitter The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Selection Committee to consider on merits the case of athlete Tejaswin Shankar, a high jumper who......