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Acting on ‘sixth sense’, Supreme Court quashes rape conviction | India News

NEW DELHI: It is justice by “sixth sense”. While going through bail petition of a rape convict, Supreme Court got the sense this was a consenting relationship that turned sour and resulted in conviction and a 10-year prison term for the man. It then decided to tread a different path for adjudicating the case. It […]

Video: Israeli settler drives ATV into Palestinian kneeling for prayer; IDF confiscates weapon

Screen grab from video posted on X by @nurityohanan An Israeli settler, with a rifle slung over his back, drove his ATV into a Palestinian man kneeling for prayer on the side of a road in the West Bank, reported Times of Israel, citing Palestinian media.The incident occurred near the village of Deir Jarir, north […]

Bombay High Court protects Shilpa Shetty’s personality rights; orders deletion of AI-generated content, calls it ‘extremely disturbing and shocking’ |

The Bombay High Court on Friday came down heavily on AI-generated and morphed images of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, terming the content “extremely disturbing and shocking” and directing social media platforms to forthwith delete and remove all such links and websites.As per PTI, a vacation bench of Justice Advait Sethna observed that the material placed […]

Syria: 8 killed in bomb blast at Homs mosque, 21 injured; explosion in Alawite area

Syrian security forces inspect the damage after an explosion in the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque (AP photo) A bombing at a mosque located in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 21 others, authorities told news agency AP.Images released by Syria’s state-run Arab News Agency […]

Boozeball or Bazball? The hangover of wannabe cricket Ultras reduced to ashes | Cricket News

England’s Ben Stokes reacts after attempting to stop a boundary on the first day of the fourth Ashes cricket Test match between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne. (AFP) New Delhi: The Bazballers arrived on Australian shores with plenty of noise, wrapped in bravado and belief, armed with soundbites about […]

Watch: Hindu group protests in Dhaka; demand action over minority lynchings in Bangladesh

Members of the National Hindu Mahajot stage a protest in Dhaka. The National Hindu Mahajot on Friday held a protest in Dhaka at the National Press Club, condemning the brutal killing of Dipu Das and alleged atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh.Meanwhile, The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) condemned the lynching of another Hindu man in […]

Who was Shivank Avasthi, the Indian-origin student shot dead in Canada?

Shivank Avasthi, a 20-year old Indian student was shot dead on December 23, 2025 near the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. The motive behind the shooting is still unknown. (image source: X/@TorontoPolice) On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, Shivank Avasthi, a 20-year-old Indian-origin student, was shot dead near the University of Toronto Scarborough campus in Canada. […]

Stock market today: Nifty50 above 26,100; BSE Sensex down over 140 points

Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark Indies, opened in red on Friday on lacklustre global and domestic cues. While Nifty50 was just above 26,100, BSE Sensex was down over 140 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 26,101.30, down 41 points or 0.16%. BSE […]

‘Merry Christmas to all’: Donald Trump says US launched ‘deadly’ strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria; cites killings of Christians

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had ordered a “powerful and deadly strike” against Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in northwest Nigeria, accusing the group of targeting and killing Christians in the region.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the strike was carried out […]

Odisha: Maoist commander Ganesh, 3 others killed in encounter | India News

Maoist commander Ganesh, 3 others killed in encounter BHUBANESWAR/BERHAMPUR/HYDERABAD: He vanished at will – sometimes robed as a swamiji, stick in hand, towel over his shoulder – shedding names as easily as trails. On Thursday, bullets caught up with Maoist commander Paka Hanumanthu, better known as Ganesh Uike, with a collective bounty of Rs 1.1 […]