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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought govt’s response to a PIL which sought concessional air-conditioned (AC) class rail fare for acid attack survivors to enable them travel to well-equipped hospitals for periodic treatment.A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant issued notice to govt on the PIL by NGO ‘Atijeevan Society’, whose…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has said that merely using abusive language against a member of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes cannot be an offence under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the law could be invoked only when the allegation is of abusing “by the caste name” and that too within public view.Explaining Section…

NEW DELHI: Less than a month after his release was stayed by Supreme Court in the main rape case, Delhi high court on Monday refused to suspend a 10-year jail term handed to expelled BJP functionary Kuldeep Singh Sengar for the custodial death of the Unnao rape survivor’s father.“The offence committed is of grave magnitude…

NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the plight of mentally ill homeless people, particularly women, who are exploited with govt authorities not providing them care and shelter, Supreme Court on Monday asked Centre to come out with standard operating procedure (SOP) for law enforcement agencies to reach out and help them, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.A bench…

NEW DELHI: Amid Poland’s efforts to step up ties with Pakistan, external affairs minister S Jaishankar told his visiting Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski that Poland should display zero-tolerance for terrorism instead of fuelling the terrorist infrastructure in India’s neighbourhood.Warsaw has been looking to expand its trade, defence and energy ties with Pakistan and Sikorski visited…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday found transactions between two real estate majors – Jaiprakash Associates and Gaursons Mega Projects (GMP) – to be dubious and said officials of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) were “hand in glove” in the matter.The court was hearing YEIDA’s plea challenging an Allahabad high court order annulling its…

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: National Conference president and former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah said Monday that nobody is stopping Kashmiri Pandits from returning to Kashmir valley, but said he doubts most would come back to live permanently, triggering sharp criticism from BJP politicians as Pandit groups blocked the Jammu–Srinagar highway seeking a separate homeland.“When are they going back?…

NEW DELHI: The Centre has notified specific rules, laying down procedures for use of the Environmental (Protection) Fund for 11 activities, ranging from taking measures for prevention, control and mitigation of pollution to remediation of environmental damage at contaminated sites and research on clean technology.The fund was created out of the amount of penalties imposed…

NEW DELHI: Authorities and the fishing community have raised concerns over reports of unusual churning and bubbling of seawater off the Gujarat coast, officials in Maharashtra’s Palghar district told news agency PTI on Monday.Videos recorded by fishermen show vast stretches of seawater in continuous turbulence, appearing to bubble and churn as if “boiling”.Vivekanand Kadam, head…

Imtiaz Jaleel (File photo) NEW DELHI: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde–led Shiv Sena had approached the AIMIM for a post-poll alliance in a civic body in Maharashtra, senior AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel claimed on Monday.Jaleel, a former Lok Sabha MP of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party, added that it would consider “respectful proposals” from other parties…