NEW DELHI: Holding that provisions of CrPC or BNSS meant to ensure the right of an accused to a fair trial cannot be dispensed with even in case of trial under a special law like PMLA, Supreme Court has held that an accused had to be heard before a court can take cognisance of any…
Educational consultancy operator Shubham Khairnar, suspended junior college teacher Manisha Mandhare, beauty parlour owner Manisha Waghmare and a Latur-based paediatrician moved centre stage Thursday as CBI widened its NEET-UG 2026 paper leak probe, chasing money trails, digital footprints and a growing list of suspected beneficiaries. CBI brought Khairnar to Pune for questioning while Mandhare and…
China’s race to create a permanent base on the moon is speeding up, exerting additional pressure on the US and influencing the future direction of moon exploration. With its International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) programme, China, in collaboration with Russia, aims to construct an operational research facility at the South Pole of the moon, with…
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez will travel to India next week for talks on oil sales, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Thursday, as Washington pushes to deepen energy ties with New Delhi.Rubio made the announcement before departing for Sweden and India, where he is scheduled to arrive…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court, hearing a plea filed by the parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to form a three-member special investigation team (SIT) within 48 hours to probe alleged “lapses” by the state police and hospital authorities during the initial investigation and the…
Mandya: Karnataka govt faced a fresh round of embarrassment Thursday after Upalokayukta Justice B Veerappa said the state ranked fifth among the country’s most corrupt states and warned that graft was “overflowing in every department”.The former Karnataka high court judge, known as the “Judge of the common man” for promoting accessible and speedy justice delivery,…
Sue Jacquot, better known online as GrammaCrackers, was reportedly swatted while doing a long Minecraft livestream to help raise money for her grandson’s cancer treatment. The 81-year-old Twitch streamer has been live for more than fifteen days trying to beat Minecraft without ending the stream. Her challenge quickly gained attention online because many viewers were…
MUMBAI: Just a month after the Ozempic-famed weight-loss and diabetes medicine semaglutide entered the market as a generic, there has been a sudden surge in the demand for nutraceuticals, like multivitamin supplements. As patients on GLP-1 receptor agonists, a new class of anti-obesity medicines, face the risk of micronutritional loss, these supplements are being prescribed…
Officials said there were instances where land sold to developers was used to show capital gains as agricultural income. In some cases, authorities used satellite maps to detect misuse of the tax provision NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has come across many cases where individuals have claimed income tax exemption on…
Sanjay Dutt’s first wife was Richa Sharma who passed away in 1996. At that point, Sanjay and Richa’s daughter Trishala was just 8 years old. In a recent interview, Trisha spoke about her mother’s passing after being diagnosed with brain cancer and and how it affected her. After her mother passed away, Trishala was raised…
