Ketan Agarwal murder case: Victim raised doubts over fiancée’s suspected affair, asked kin if her background was checked

Pune,, 30/6: Ketan Agarwal murder case seems to have a new finding. Police probing the case found that the victim, Ketan, had expressed suspicion to his family about his fiancée’s relationship with someone else. He allegedly had asked his family members to check if her background is clear before fixing his marriage with her Ketan,…

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23 opposition parties, Independent MP write to CJI on SIR, role of Election Commission

New Delhi, 30/6: Twenty-three Opposition parties and Independent Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal have jointly approached Chief Justice Surya Kant, raising concerns over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and other issues related to the conduct of elections. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh announced the move in a post on X,…

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Donald Trump says talks with Iran scheduled for June 30 but Tehran says nothing on cards

Washington DC, 26/6: US President Donald Trump on Monday took to Truth Social saying Iran had requested for a meeting and that it was scheduled on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar. However, Tehran denied that such a meeting has been scheduled. Additionally, the White House said that Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and…

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Judge shortage cripples Indian judiciary as pendency crosses 5 cr cases

New Delhi, 29/6: Courts in the country are groaning under an unprecedented backlog of over 5.8 crore pending cases, even as a severe shortage of judges continues to undermine the justice delivery system, raising serious concerns about access to timely justice for ordinary citizens.With just about 22 judges per million population — far below the…

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Uniform Civil Code Bill soon in Bengal Assembly: BJP says TMC, Congress had sacrificed women’s rights

Kolkatta, 29/6: The BJP on Monday backed the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), describing it as part of the party’s commitment to women’s empowerment, and accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Congress of putting vote-bank politics above women’s right. The remarks came as the BJP government in West Bengal decided to introduce…

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Ram temple ‘fund theft’: Ayodhya Bar warns of Rs 5 lakh penalty for lawyers defending accused

Faizavad, 29/7:The Faizabad Bar Association in Ayodhya settled that none of its members would represent the eight accused arrested in the alleged embezzlement of Ram temple donations, also warning that any lawyer violating the decision would face a penalty of Rs 5, 00,000 At the Bar Association meeting on Monday, lawyers demanded that Champat Rai,…

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Freeing woman accused in brown sugar seizure case sparks controversy

Hatadihi: Three out of four people arrested in connection with the seizure of brown sugar in Kendujhar district have been remanded to judicial custody, while a woman accused in the case was not sent to jail, triggering speculations over the reasons behind the decision.Authorities have not clarified why the woman was exempted from judicial custody….

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2.2-km Hebbal short-tunnel road will be toll-free: Karnataka CM D K Shivakumar

Bengaluru, 29/6: Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday laid the foundation stone for a 2.2-km tunnel road between Mehkri Circle and Hebbal to ease congestion at one of Bengaluru’s busiest traffic junctions. Shivakumar described the project as an “interim measure” and “different” from the proposed 17-km Hebbal-Silk Board tunnel road, which is expected to…

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