Source: thewire.in Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Tuesday awarded eight years’ rigorous imprisonment to gangster Chhota Rajan and five others for attempting to kill a city-based hotelier in 2012. Special court Judge A.T. Wankhede convicted the six under various sections of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and sections 307 (attempt to murder)
Source: indianexpress.com A writ petition has been filed in the Chhattisgarh High Court by the brother of a head constable — who was killed along with BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi in the Maoist attack days before Lok Sabha elections — challenging the validity and constitutionality of the NIA Act, 2008. In the matter which was heard on
Source: indialegallive.com At Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, he was the monarch of all he surveyed. Today, Tiger T24, popularly known as Ustad, is languishing in solitary confinement at Sajjangarh Biological Park in Udaipur. Ustad attained notoriety after he killed a forest guard on May 8, 2015. Tragically, it was human interference that made Ustad a man-eater.
Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court, in a majority judgment of 2:1, confirmed the death sentence of a man for the gruesome rape of a 10-year-old child and the double murder of her and her seven-year-old brother in Coimbatore nine years ago. The majority decision of Justices Rohinton Nariman and Hemant Gupta on Thursday concluded that the convict, Manoharan,
Source: hindustantimes.com A 45-year-old man died after an unidentified vehicle hit him when he was crossing a road in Manesar on Sunday evening. The police said that the man, identified as Mohammed Fahim Ansari, was from Bihar and lived in Manesar, where he used to work with a private company. The incident took place around
Source: indianexpress.com The two accused persons, who were on the motorcycle at the time of the shooting – one Rinku Rampal and another Ali – are absconding and the additional public prosecutor argued that it will be dificult to secure Ansari, if released on bail. Pending final disposal of a criminal appeal at the Gujarat
Source: hindustantimes.com Anantnag, a one-hour drive from Srinagar, lies in the heart of south Kashmir, one of the most troubled zones in the strife-torn Valley. Already, in the few weeks since the general election results were announced on May 23, Anantnag has made headlines for a terror attack that killed a policeman and five Central
Source: theprint.in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first term was marked by a vigorous push for Aadhaar, India’s biometric system that was often projected as a success story ready for replication in other countries. But a recent ruling by Jamaican Supreme Court poses an important question: does Aadhaar hold a good chance of being exported? Can it become part of India’s diplomatic outreach?
