Mumbai, January 5 – The selection of 67 councilors without opposition in the ongoing Maharashtra municipal elections has sparked significant controversy. The main issue revolves around whether the elections were conducted fairly or if opposition candidates withdrew their nominations due to political pressure and intimidation. In response, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Avinash Jadhav and […]
A Paris criminal court on January 5 convicted 10 people in a case involving online posts and videos that claimed France’s first lady Brigitte Macron was born male. The court ruled that the content amounted to cyberbullying under French law.According to the judgment, the defendants shared and amplified false claims about Brigitte Macron’s identity across […]
Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro (File photo) Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday turned down former president Jair Bolsonaro’s plea to serve his prison term under house arrest, according to a court ruling.Bolsonaro’s legal team had filed the request a day earlier, arguing that the 70-year-old should be allowed to remain at home on health grounds […]
Pakistan’s former spy chief Faiz Hameed challenged his conviction by a military court which had sentenced him to 14 years in jail, media reports said on Monday. Hameed, the former chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence, was convicted on December 11 by a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) on four counts – engaging in political […]
Image: Screengrab CourtTV When seven-year-old AJ Hutto took the stand in a Florida courtroom in 2008, he accused his own mother of killing his sister. He told jurors she had drowned the seven-year-old in the family swimming pool. His words alone shaped the case, and sent Amanda Lewis to prison for life. Seventeen years later, […]
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked his supporters to prepare for nationwide protests and said he will challenge his conviction in the Islamabad High Court after he and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to 17 years in prison in the Toshakhana-II corruption case on Saturday.Khan, who does […]
Udaipur/Jodhpur (Udaipur Kiran): Serious irregularities have been exposed in Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) admissions for the 2016–17 academic session at 11 private dental colleges in Rajasthan, including Geetanjali University, where students who scored zero or even negative marks in the NEET examination were granted admission. Taking a strict view of the violations, the Supreme […]
Udaipur (Udaipur Kiran): Advocates staged a strong protest demanding a review of the Supreme Court’s decision related to the protection of the Aravalli hills. Under the joint banner of the Advocate Parishad, Udaipur unit, and the Bar Association, Udaipur, a memorandum addressed to the President was submitted to the District Collector on Saturday. In the […]
New Delhi, 19 December. The Supreme Court has refused to grant relief to Punjab’s Ropar DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who was arrested on bribery charges. On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed his bail petition, stating that it will not intervene at this stage as the matter is still pending before the High Court. The court […]
New Delhi, December 19 (Udaipur Kiran) – The Supreme Court has declared a winter recess starting from December 20. However, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant announced on Friday that a bench led by him will convene on December 22 to hear urgent matters during the holiday period. The Supreme Court will resume regular […]
