Chinese authorities maintain a studied silence, but think tanks in the country have rubbished allegations of the involvement of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Manipur ambush that left 18 Indian soldiers dead. The Global Times, affiliated to the Communist ....

Again, experts ask whether custodial interrogation was necessary in a case entirely based on documentary evidence. Arrests without warrants, as was done in the case of Mr. Tomar, can be made under Section 41 of the CrPC on the basis of a reasonable complaint or credi ....

 The arrest of Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar on Tuesday for allegedly forging his academic degrees has brought the spotlight back on Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani who has been found making contradictory statements under oath about her educa ....

In a report ‘She is not a criminal’ released on Tuesday, Amnesty International highlights the risks that women in Ireland continue to face, owing to the orthodox law that bars abortion. Abortion in Ireland is illegal, unless the life of the mother is in dang ....

A senior police officer justified sending a contingent of over two dozen policemen to Mr. Tomar’s residence around 6 a.m. to “enquire as per the directions of the Supreme Court of India in the Lalita Kumari Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh”. “Accord ....

The treatment was done in five minutes, faster than the conventional method that uses continuous X-ray imaging. The old method, the doctor said, carries a risk of damage to motor and sensory nerves that could lead to paralysis. The patient can now carry on with his rout ....

Here is the full interview You’re here for the first India Japan Australia secretary-level trilateral. Tell us what was discussed, given that this was in the pipeline for years, but India has been a little hesitant to schedule the talks. It is an idea we hav ....

While denying the authenticity of the tape, TDP leaders and sympathisers filed phone-tapping cases against Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Home Minister N. Narsimha Reddy, officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and others in police stations across ....

Chairing a meeting in New Delhi to review the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, he pressed for quick adoption of a multi-pronged strategy to augment the country’s irrigation network. He sought a relook at the administrative mechanisms, financial arrangement ....

“The deep depression over eastcentral Arabian Sea has moved north-northwestwards during past 6 hours and intensified further into a cyclonic storm (ASHOBAA), and lay centred at 0830 hours of June 8, 2015 nearly 590 km west-southwest of Mumbai, 470 km southwest of ....