Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir August 14, 2025: At least 30 people, including two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, have died and over 100 are missing after a massive cloudburst struck Chositi village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Thursday, triggering flash floods and large-scale destruction. The incident occurred in Chasoti, the last motorable…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will kick off a 16-day “Vote Adhikar Yatra” from Sasaram, Bihar, on Sunday, as the party ramps up its campaign against alleged irregularities in the State’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. On Wednesday, Gandhi posted a video on X showing him interacting with voters who were officially declared “dead”…
The Karnataka government on Tuesday assured the High Court that it will neither publish nor circulate the John Michael Cunha Commission report on the June 4 stampede outside Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. State Advocate-General gave the undertaking before a Division Bench of Justice Jayant Banerji and Justice Umesh M. Adiga during a hearing on a…
A deaf-mute woman was allegedly gang-raped in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, after being chased by two bike-borne men, police said on Wednesday. The incident, captured on CCTV, helped police identify and arrest the accused — Harshit Pandey and Ankur Verma — following an encounter. Both men have confessed to the crime during preliminary interrogation, according to…
An 18-year-old girl from Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, allegedly murdered in a suspected honour killing, has cleared the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) with good marks, police said on Wednesday. According to Assistant Superintendent of Police Suman Nala, the teen was killed on June 24 in her native village, allegedly by her father and two…
The Supreme Court has listed for Thursday a case concerning community dogs before a three-judge Bench led by Justice Vikram Nath, following a recent directive to remove strays from Delhi-NCR streets. The move comes after a Division Bench headed by Justice J.B. Pardiwala on Monday ordered authorities to capture stray dogs within six to eight…
In the ongoing criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on Vinayak Savarkar, a Special MP/MLA Court in Pune on Wednesday took on record a pursis filed by his lawyer Milind Pawar, expressing apprehension about Gandhi’s safety. The plea cites recent remarks by BJP leaders RN Bittu, who allegedly called Gandhi…
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s August 11 direction to relocate stray dogs in Delhi-NCR, an urgent mentioning was made on Wednesday evening regarding authorities picking up community dogs before the official order was uploaded. Advocate-on-Record (AOR) Garima Sharma informed the bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran that, despite the…
Citizenship in India is a cornerstone of the country’s democratic structure. It defines the legal status of individuals as members of the Indian state, granting them certain rights, duties, and privileges. The concept of citizenship is rooted in the Constitution of India, supplemented by statutory laws such as the Citizenship Act, 1955 and its subsequent…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai on Wednesday said he would examine the recent Supreme Court directive ordering the removal of stray dogs from Delhi streets and their relocation to shelters. The matter was raised by a lawyer, who cited an earlier SC judgment prohibiting the indiscriminate killing of canines and emphasising compassion towards…