Severe cyclonic storm Michaung crossed south Andhra Pradesh coast close to Bapatla district between 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm on Tuesday with maximum gales of up to 90-100 km per hour speed, said an Amaravati Meteorological Centre official.
The intention behind POCSO Act is to protect children from sexual exploitation but it was never meant to criminalise consensual romantic relationships between young adults, the Delhi high court has said.
Six people hailing from different cities got together at a flat in Gurugram, a major satellite city of Delhi, after hatching a plan to intrude into Parliament on the anniversary of the December 13, 2001 attack on Wednesday.
Police said the minister's cavalcade was passing Colonelganj area on Saturday. The boy was knocked down by one of the vehicles in the fleet and died on way to hospital.
While indicating that he might not allow the petition if both the girl and foetus were healthy, Justice Samir Dave of the high court also referred to the Manusmriti during the hearing on Wednesday.
A BSF personnel was killed in Gujarat by family members of a boy, whom he accosted for allegedly uploading a video of his minor daughter online, police said.
Four persons, including a six-year-old girl, were injured in two explosions that rocked he city's commercial hub Fancy Bazaar on Saturday.
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The minister said considerable tracts of land belonging to the Waqf board had been illegally occupied, but assured that it will be vacated and used to build schools, hospitals and parks.
The Assam cabinet on Monday decided to book men who marry girls below 14 years in the state under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan's regional office has also ordered an enquiry into the issue.
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While 14 bodies have been recovered, five were still missing, they said.
In the order passed on October 20, the court refused to show leniency to the accused and said such 'roadside Romeos' need to be taught a lesson in order to protect women from such uncalled-for behaviour.
Police on Tuesday registered FIRs against three students and two staffers of the prestigious Scindia School at Fort in connection with the suicide attempt made by Adarsh Singh, son of Bihar Cooperatives Minister Jai Kumar Singh after alleged ragging.
The JJB said in its order that the accused is in no manner lacking in mental and physical capacity to commit the alleged offence.
'I remember walking up to him and telling him, "Sambhal ke khelna".'
The sessions court in Mumbai on Thursday found all the accused in the Shakti Mills gangrape cases guilty.
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in suburban Goregaon in Mumbai by four of her friends, police said on Monday.
Sidhu Humanabade was passing by when he saw smoke billowing out from the upper floors of the ESIC Kamgar Hospital in Andheri. He left his bike and asked the firemen if he could join them in the rescue operation.
The 17-year-old minor boy who is an accused in the July 31 gang rape case was identified by the victim and her boyfriend, during an identification parade held at the juvenile remand home in South Mumbai, police said.
India summoned the Pakistani charge d'affaires in New Delhi and lodged a firm protest, expressing grave concerns at this reprehensible incident and the continued attacks on the freedom of religion of the minority communities and their places of religious worship in Pakistan.
Some low-lying places like Hindmata, and areas in Dadar and Sion, including the Gandhi Market and road number 24 in Sion, were inundated, forcing pedestrians to wade through the water and making it difficult for motorists to commute.
In the raid, about 400 bottles of liquor and over 500 unused condoms were found, he added.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled central government alleging that there were attempts to suppress the cause of the train accident in Odisha.
Since Justice D Y Chandrachud is one of the youngest on the bench and is slated to become the Chief Justice of India on the seniority principle, his views have special significance for the future, says M J Antony.
The deceased included at least five minors, including a six-year-old boy and a girl aged 15, while of the total number of injured, at least six are minors.
The family of the first accused arrested in the gang rape of a young photojournalist in Mumbai said he is minor, a claim, if found true, could see him escape a stringent prison sentence and spend just three years at a correctional facility.
'Hamas is going to be prepared. There will be booby traps and tunnels; it's going to be door to door fighting.'
Uttar Pradesh's deputy chief ministers on Thursday assured strict action against the culprits in the rape and murder of two Dalit girls in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri and urged the opposition to "console the family instead of politicising the matter".
'My adrenalin kicked in and the happiness returned! It was time to go in for the kill again.' IAF Veterans Group Captain Dilip Kumar Dass tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe about how the IAF decimated tanks in the famous Battle of Longewala.
Sarma, whose stock is high in Delhi had earlier captured eyeballs as the BJP's first star campaigner from the region in far away Gujarat and Delhi.
A mob attacked the temple at Bhong city of Rahim Yar Khan district of the province, some 590 km from Lahore, in protest against the release of an eight-year-old Hindu boy, who was arrested for allegedly urinating in a local seminary.
The incident took place at around 12.30 am in the Crawford Market area under Pydhonie Police Station limits when the man lost control over his high-end Mercedes, as a result of which it rammed into a pavement and hit five persons who were sleeping there
Not satisfied with the panchayat's decision, the girl's family lodged a police complaint, officials said.
"The incidents of targeting civilians in Kashmir since a few days are barbaric. Innocent people who are working for the society and have nothing to do with anyone are being targeted," the police chief said.
'AMU is a secular university with an Islamic ethos.' 'We do not discriminate on the basis of religion. Let me tell you Muslims do not need reservations. They need affirmative action in education.'
'We desire to see our children and children-in-law find legal acceptance for their relationship...' Chintan Girish Modi on how parents of LGBTQIA+ Indians have appealed to Chief Justice Chandrachud to 'consider the plea for marriage equality'.
The idols of deities at Shri Mari Maata Mandir in Karachi's Korangi area were attacked on Wednesday.
