Taking note of the submissions of the Delhi police, the court asked the probe agency to place the chargesheet filed in the case before it.
There is a perception getting built inside the government that big technology companies -- a common term used for firms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, Amazon and the like - are becoming very powerful and present multiple threats to entire nations and their citizens today. The digital ecosystem is replete with CSAM (child sexual abuse material), fake news, drug trade, radicalisation, trolling among other social vices. Given the network effect that these platforms have, it is important to ensure that these platforms are not misused.
India in the past rejected similar reports.
As India launches the world's most ambitious and biggest vaccination drive against COVID-19, the country will encounter the formidable challenge of rapidly scaling up distribution of the vaccines to secure immunity for its entire population, two prominent Indian scientists at World Health Organisation have said.
Twelve days of movie madness and 36 films later, Aseem Chhabra lists his top 10 favourite films from this year's Cannes Film Festival.
All the officials, suspended with immediate effect, have been charged with "failure to take adequate legal action" with regard to "assault.
The proposed changes to the child labour law to allow children and adolescents to work for their families would be most retrograde and regressive, say Shinzani Jain and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
'Nobody in our team had any idea that these things will come out.' 'We need to do a social audit of all the shelter homes across the country.'
According to Muzaffarpur District Registration Officer Sanjay Kumar, the orders to freeze the bank accounts and ban the sale or purchase of any movable or immovable assets of the Seva Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti were passed by District Magistrate Mohammad Sohail on August 7 and 8.
This is the story of Kirthi Jayakumar.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
What does one do when their children ask that 'dreadful' question?
He was nearly within striking distance of Nassar before court guards tackled him roughly to the ground in front of his shocked daughters.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The court also said that under the provisions of the Information Technology Act, even intermediaries like social media platforms Google, Facebook and Yahoo could be held liable for penal action for display and circulation of photos and name of the victim by others.
The salient features of the new OTT/social media policy announced by the Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on February 25, 2021.
Twitter received 94 grievances and 'actioned' 133 URLs between May 26 and June 25, the microblogging platform said in its maiden monthly compliance report as mandated by the IT rules.
The minor girl had gone to the washroom and sought help, but instead of a woman staff a male staffer came and allegedly sexually assaulted her.
The Supreme Court Thursday said it may be redefining the "evolving notion of marriage" as the next step after decriminalising consensual homosexual relationship which implicitly recognised that same-sex people could live in a stable, marriage-like relationship.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
'My parents were there to see me enrol as a lawyer. From afar itself, I could see tears in their eyes.' 'Three days after, I appeared in court for my first case, and my father was there to see me. He had tears in his eyes.' 'And even before I completed two months as an advocate, I won a case!'
Aseem Chhabra brings you the Best of the Berlinale.
In a severe dent to the image of higher judiciary, a woman additional district and sessions judge in Gwalior has quit her job accusing a judge of the Madhya Pradesh high court of sexual harassment, a charge he has rejected and offered to face death penalty if found true.
Marilyn Monroe is always seen as a cautionary tale of how the pressures of celebrity could destroy a fragile mind, observes Deepa Gahlot.
"Consensual sex has been in legal grey area because the consent given by minor cannot be said to be a valid consent in the eyes of law. The short question which arises is as to whether the petitioner (man) should be granted bail or not," the Delhi HC said.
'That would make for happier relationships.'
'The only quality required in this tenure is to be the military's yes man and that he has the capacity to do so.'
However, after a raid at the place on Sunday night, police said 24 girls were rescued.
Aseem Chhabra highlights 10 films that moved him, films that may show up in theatres near you.
They've both been scarred by the henious act of rape. Meet bravehearts Asha Singh Nirbhaya's mother, and rape survivor Seeta Prajapat who continue their fight against this terrible crime.
On International Women's Day, seven successful women share their wishes and dreams for a perfect India.
A 27-year-old man from Tirupati was arrested by the cyber cell of the CB-CID for creating a page containing paedophilic content on social networking site Facebook.
'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.'
Khadim Hussain Rizvi is now gone. But the mass appeal of fundamentalism among Pakistan's burgeoning, young, illiterate, unemployed and angry population isn't, observes Shekhar Gupta.
'What guides Monsoon Wedding through and through is Mira Nair's openness as a film-maker,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'Yoga is magic!' 'Other than keeping me physically fit, it helps me be calm and emotionally balanced. It gives me a lot of energy that keeps me productive throughout the day.'
Sukanya Verma looks at the variety of daughter characters served by Bollywood on the big screen.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
A look at few gurus who have attracted controversy in recent times.
Sexual predators are scary, but the bigger threat may be what your kids do by accident.
