NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court recently ruled that even the slightest penetration constitutes rape and that consent is irrelevant when the survivor is a minor, reaffirming the absolute nature of protection under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.Dismissing the appeal of a 38-year-old driver from Hinganghat in Wardha district,…
US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for averting a potential war between India and Pakistan, saying he used the threat of steep trade tariffs to stop the two nuclear-armed neighbours from “going at it.“Speaking to Fox News on Sunday (local time), Trump said his administration leveraged economic pressure to defuse tensions following…
NAGPUR: In a worrying trend, accidents, poaching, and electrocution accounted for a significant number of 142 tiger and 537 leopard deaths reported in Maharashtra from Jan 2022 to Sept 2025. The big cat fatality data was provided by the principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF), Nagpur, in response to a Right to Information (RTI) query.The…
An eight-year-old Alia Bhatt was at her mum Soni Razdan’s house when she ran outside, excited to burst crackers. “We were definitely not climate conscious then,” she quips. Like every other child, she picked up a phooljhadi — only to burn her thumb after touching the wrong end of the burnt stick. “The whole evening,…
A passenger’s power bank ignited on an IndiGo flight bound for Dimapur while taxiing at Delhi airport on Sunday (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Panic briefly gripped passengers aboard a Dimapur-bound IndiGo flight on Sunday when a passenger’s power bank caught fire while the aircraft was taxiing at the Delhi airport. The crew acted promptly, extinguishing…
PATNA: Just a fortnight before the first phase of polling in Bihar, partners in the INDIA bloc, which seemed to be in a disarray till Sunday, appeared going into the damage-control mode on Monday with some withdrawing candidates against each other on certain seats.RJD announced its list of 143 candidates, leaving the remaining 100 for…
Actor Sidharth Banerjee finds Diwali a time for connection and gratitude, celebrating with house parties that reinforce togetherness. Actor Sidharth Banerjee, known for his roles in Ikkyavan, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, and Punyashlok Ahilyabai, says the festival of lights has always been about connection and gratitude for him. “I enjoy celebrating the festival of lights and…
NEW DELHI: A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly sexually harassing an IT professional in her hostel room at Kazhakoottam, police said.The authorities have not revealed the identity of the accused, who was brought to the state capital on Sunday night.Deputy commissioner of police (Thiruvananthapuram City) Farash T stated that the man, a native…
PUNE: Sudam Ingle, a farmer from Purandar, spent around Rs 66,000 on his onion crop this season. The incessant rains damaged most of his yield, but he managed to salvage a portion and spent another Rs 1,500 to pack and transport it to the Purandar market yard for sale on Friday. To his shock, Ingle…
BHOPAL: A 21-year-old newlywed woman died after consuming acid in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh, allegedly unable to bear the daily harassment by her in-laws who demanded a ‘Murrah’ buffalo as dowry. Police have registered a case against her husband and four family members for dowry harassment and abetment to suicide.Vimlesh Baghel got married to…
