MOHALI: After spending nearly five years in jail, a woman accused of murdering a seven-year-old boy was acquitted by a Mohali court on Thursday, which said the prosecution had failed to establish motive, connect circumstantial evidence, or prove murder beyond reasonable doubt.Amandeep Kaur, a resident of Gharuan village, remained in judicial custody for four years,…
NEW DELHI: A day after the TOI report on the problems faced by vehicle owners to complete the Know Your Vehicle (KYV) process for FASTags, National Highways Authority of India on Thursday simplified the process. As per the revised guidelines, FASTag services won’t be discontinued for non-compliant vehicles and users will get sufficient opportunities to…
NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra govt has approached Supreme Court for a review of its direction for setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) “comprising senior police officials from both Hindu and Muslim communities” to probe two Akola riot-related offences – a murder and an assault – and said dividing the uniformed force on religious…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court transferred on Thursday the trial in a hit-and-run case involving death of a motorcyclist from Phagwara in Punjab to Rohini courts in Delhi after his widow expressed apprehensions over fairness of the trial in a state where the accused is a probation judicial officer.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya…
BENGALURU: A former top executive of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Sivakumar K, has sparked outrage after alleging in a LinkedIn post that he was forced to pay bribes to officials while dealing with his daughter’s death.Sivakumar K, who earlier served as BPCL’s chief financial officer, wrote that his 34-year-old daughter had recently died. In…
SURI/MIDNAPORE/KOLKATA: The family of a 95-year-old man who died by suicide in his daughter’s Birbhum home on Thursday blamed “SIR fears” for his act, making it the second such case in Bengal in three days. Another man’s suicide attempt in Cooch Behar on Wednesday was also attributed to concerns over citizenship.CM Mamata Banerjee attacked what…
AHMEDABAD: Fifteen years of separation. A shared sentence. Now, a Gujarat HC order offered a rare pause to a couple convicted of murdering the woman’s former boyfriend in 2010 – a chance to create life, even while serving time for taking one.Jayendra Damor and Sejal Bariya have been granted extended parole to undergo in-vitro fertilisation…
Pakistan has admitted to having an agreement with the United States that allows the use of drones within its territory, TOLOnews reported, citing Afghan and diplomatic sources. The acknowledgment, made during the latest round of Pakistan-Afghanistan peace talks in Turkey.According to TOLOnews, the Pakistani delegation said it “cannot break” the agreement with Washington that authorises…
LUCKNOW: In a landmark judgment aimed at curbing misuse of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a special SC/ST Court in Lucknow Thursday convicted a woman for making a false police complaint in Aug 2019, following which an FIR was filed, and sentenced her to 3 years and 6 months of jail.The court also ruled that…
US Vice President JD Vance spoke candidly about faith, family, and free will as he addressed a crowd at a Turning Point USA event in Mississippi this week. Responding to a question about his wife Usha’s faith, Vance said he hoped she would one day embrace Christianity — but stressed that such matters must remain…
