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Rape case filed after 27 years when son seeks answer

A case of Gang-rape was registered against two brothers after 27 years in Shahjahanpur police station of Uttar Pradesh. The case was filed by a woman who is in her…

Uttarakhand HC rejects pleas filed by hydropower companies

The Uttarakhand High Court has rejected all the petitions filed by various hydro-power project companies against the Uttarakhand government, upholding the water tax on hydropower generation in the state. A…

UP Police filed an FIR against “The Wire” for promoting fake news

An FIR against The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan has been reported by the UP Police for his tweet regarding a report on The Wire in which the family of…

Allahabad High Court to hear Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque case on January 27

A single-judge bench of Justice Prakash Padiya is hearing a petition filed against the order of Upper District Judge Varanasi on behalf of Anjuman Intajamia Masjid Varanasi in the dispute.…

One charged for anti conversion law in Uttar Pradesh

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A boy aged 17 years was detained under anti-conversion law and kidnapping charges in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. He abducted a 15 years old girl nearly a week ago…

P&H HC orders state police to video-record the entire time gangster Bishnoi is in custody

After the Vikas Dubey encounter by the UP Police, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, 35, who is currently confined in Bharatpur Jail in Rajasthan, had moved a petition in the Punjab and Haryana…

Supreme Court says women OBC candidates eligible to fill general category vacancies too

The Supreme Court on Friday reaffirmed that women candidates, who are entitled to the caste-based reservation, can also fill open category vacancies.The observation was made by a bench comprising Justices U.U. Lalit,…

PM’s Varanasi office listed on OLX for sale :

Four people have been arrested as they listed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi office for sale on digital platform OLX on Friday, the police officials said. Out of the…

Anticipatory Bail Can Be Granted Even After Chargesheet Has Been Filled: Allahabad High Court

A single bench of the Allahabad High Court comprising of Justice Siddharth held that anticipatory bail can be granted even after a chargesheet in the criminal case has been filed,…

Kerala Union of Working Journalists asks Supreme Court to use its powers to order the release of jailed Siddique Kappan

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The KUWJ has requested the supreme court of India to take cognizance of this matter and use its constitutional powers to pass an order of release of journalist Kappan stating…