CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Amid rising tensions between the two constituents of the governing alliance in Maharashtra over alleged poaching of functionaries ahead of the upcoming local body polls, Shiv Sena minister Sanjay Shirsat has launched a scathing attack on Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan of BJP.At a rally at Bhokar in Nanded district Tuesday night, Shirsat…

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for its comments on the flag-hoisting event in Ayodhya, saying that instead of delivering hypocritical homilies, Pakistan would do better to turn its gaze inwards and focus on its own abysmal human rights record.Pakistan had earlier expressed deep concern over the event and called it a “deliberate attempt…

BENGALURU: A local court in Chitradurga on Wednesday acquitted Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru and two others in a Pocso case registered in Aug 2022. The seer, however, faces another Pocso case filed on Oct 13, 2022, in which Karnataka HC has stayed the investigation.Two girls from a hostel run by the mutt had…

NEW DELHI: NHRC has issued a notice to railways on a complaint alleging that “only halal-processed meat” is served in non-vegetarian meals which creates an “unfair discrimination” and amounts to “violations of human rights”.It is further alleged in the complaint that the practice in trains excludes people from Hindu Dalit communities, who traditionally work in…

NEW DELHI: For the first time, Supreme Court on Wednesday assembled a global bench as chief justices and the most senior judges of six countries joined CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi to watch first-hand how the highest court in India conducts its proceedings.Chief justices and judges from foreign countries sitting as guests on…