VARANASI: The Muslim side on Tuesday moved Allahabad high court following the Supreme Court’s directive to halt the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey at Gyanvapi mosque premises till Wednesday, said TV reports. The Supreme Court on Monday gave the directive to the ASI to stop till 5pm on Wednesday the conducting of a scientific…

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday acquitted former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda in case of abetment of suicide of air hostess Geetika Sharma. Special Judge Vikas Dhull also acquitted co-accused Aruna Chadha in the case, saying the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond all reasonable doubts.Sharma, who was earlier employed with…

NEW DELHI: Observing that travelling abroad is a matter of right that cannot be denied unless a person is going to abscond, the Supreme Court on Monday sought an explanation from the Enforcement Directorate on the lookout circular (LOC) issued against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira. While hearing an application filed…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stopped the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) till 5pm on Wednesday from conducting a scientific survey/excavation to determine whether a temple had existed on the site of the Gyanvapi mosque next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi to enable the Muslim side to appeal against the district…

NEW DELHI: Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, facing criticism for accepting exemption from the Asian Games trials, expressed their disappointment at being dragged to court by young wrestlers. However, they also acknowledged the positive aspect of the situation, seeing the junior grapplers standing up for their rights. The controversy arose when the IOA ad-hoc panel…

BENGALURU: The Central CEN Crime Police Station in Bengaluru has registered an FIR against unknown suspects. This comes after the press relations officer of the high court of Karnataka lodged a complaint about threats to the lives of several judges, besides himself, police said on Monday. K Muralidhar lodged a complaint on July 14. He…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld an order of the Calcutta high court directing NIA probe into 6 FIRs relating to violence during the Ram Navmi processions in West Bengal. Violence had broken out in Howrah and Dalkhola districts and other parts of West Bengal during Ram Navami celebrations. It was alleged that…

BENGALURU: There has been a significant decrease of over 67 % in the number of children who dropped out of schools in the academic year 2022-23 compared to the immediate past year, according to data from the primary and secondary education department. The government claims that only 5,945 children were out of school during the…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a halt to the ongoing detailed scientific survey of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at the disputed site of Gynavapi Mosque until 5pm on Wednesday (July 26). It permitted the mosque management committee to move Allahabad high court for appropriate relief.“We are of the view that…

NEW DELHI: A small town in Gadchiroli district, the largest in Maharashtra with a predominantly tribal population and once a key hub of British East India Company, got a court on Saturday after more than 75 years of Independence, even as the Orissa high court, just 800km away, is all set to celebrate its diamond…