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Case Under Anti-Child Abuse Act Can't Be Dismissed If Victim Turns Hostile: Court
- Dec 28, 2025 00:35 am IST
- Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court has upheld the jail term of a man for raping his minor stepdaughter, observing that guilt under the POCSO Act cannot be dismissed merely because the victim turned hostile, particularly when scientific evidence was available.
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Cloth Left Inside Woman During Delivery At Greater Noida Hospital: Police
- Dec 28, 2025 00:33 am IST
- Press Trust of India
An FIR has been lodged against doctors of a private hospital in Greater Noida, besides senior health officials, after a women alleged that a half-metre-long surgical cloth had been left inside her abdomen during a delivery procedure in 2023.
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Army Launches Operation To Pin Down Jaish Commander, Aide In J&K: Sources
- Dec 28, 2025 00:17 am IST
- Reported by: Pradeep Dutta
The Indian Army has been carrying out an operation for the last one week in Jammu and Kashmir to pin down Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists including its local commander Saifullah, his aide Adil and others, sources said.
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Student Killed For Objecting To Racial Slurs, Body Brought Back To Tripura
- Dec 28, 2025 00:14 am IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Tripura was engulfed in grief and anger on Saturday as the body of a young tribal student, who died after being brutally attacked in Uttarakhand's Dehradun district, was brought back to the state.
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Omar Abdullah Government Faces Protest By Its Own Party MP Over Reservations
- Dec 27, 2025 22:57 pm IST
- Reported by: Nazir Masoodi
The Omar Abdullah-led government in Jammu and Kashmir is facing protests over the delay in the rationalisation of the reservation policy, led by the party's own Member of Parliament, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi.
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Supreme Court Intervenes In Aravalli Row, To Hear Case On Monday
- Dec 27, 2025 22:28 pm IST
- Reported by: Ashish Kumar Bhargava
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a case on the controversial definition of Aravalli hills and other issues linked to it. It took up the matter on its own (suo moto).
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Gautam Adani To Inaugurate AI Centre In Baramati Tomorrow
- Dec 27, 2025 22:22 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani will inaugurate the Sharad Pawar Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in Baramati in Pune district on Sunday, centre officials said.
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"RSS Workers Can Sell Comb To Bald Man": Digvijaya Singh Amid Row
- Dec 27, 2025 22:19 pm IST
- Reported by: Jainendra Kumar
- Edited by: Rohit Paul
Hours after he gifted the BJP ammunition through a post which was seen as praising the party and its ideological mentor, the RSS, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said he is against the Sangh's ideology because it does not follow the Constitution.
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Only 4 Out Of 125 Road Stretches 'Dust-Free' In Gurugram: Air Quality Body
- Dec 27, 2025 22:08 pm IST
- Reported by: Tejshree Purandare
As part of the ongoing drive to control air pollution, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) carried out a large-scale inspection of roads in Gurugram on Friday.
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IndiGo Cancels 57 Flights Due To 'Bad Weather' At Multiple Airports
- Dec 27, 2025 21:54 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Domestic carrier IndiGo on Saturday cancelled 57 flights across its network, citing "bad weather" at various airports, according to the airline's website.
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"Behaved Like Demons": Witness To Dipu Das' Murder Describes Muslim Mob
- Dec 27, 2025 21:47 pm IST
- Reported by: Ankit Tyagi
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
A witness to the gruesome murder of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu man in Bangladesh, has given chilling details to NDTV.
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Infighting In Madhya Pradesh Congress Erupts Over Media "Talent Hunt" List
- Dec 27, 2025 21:40 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
As the Congress struggles to regain political ground in Madhya Pradesh, an internal dispute within the party's media department has come to light, exposing sharp factionalism and coordination gaps within the state unit.
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Arrested For Theft, Man Dies By Suicide In Police Lockup In Gurugram: Cops
- Dec 27, 2025 21:24 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
An man arrested in a theft case alleged died by suicide, hanging himself in the lockup of the crime unit in Farrukhnagar, police said on Saturday.
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Platform Vs Partner: Gig Workers' Strike To Disrupt New Year's Eve Surge
- Dec 27, 2025 20:48 pm IST
- Reported by: Aaquil Jameel
As India gears up for New Year's Eve celebrations, a nationwide strike by gig workers is set to disrupt one of the busiest sales days of the year for food delivery, quick commerce and e-commerce platforms.
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Congress Leader, Activist Detained During Protest Against Bail In Unnao Case
- Dec 27, 2025 20:34 pm IST
- Reported by: Divyankar Tiwari
Several protesters, including activist Yogita Bhayana and Congress leader Mumtaz Patel, were detained during a sit-in near Parliament against the bail granted to Unnao rape convict and expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Sengar.
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Kerala Capital Thiruvananthapuram 'Omitted' From Rail Upgrade List, Shashi Tharoor Writes To Centre
- Dec 27, 2025 20:27 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor slammed the alleged omission of the Kerala capital from the 48 major cities' infrastructure upgrade initiative announced by the Ministry of Railways as part of the Vision 2030
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On Camera, Shiv Sena Councillor's Husband Hacked To Death On Busy Road
- Dec 27, 2025 20:25 pm IST
- Reported by: Puja Bhardwaj
A group of men allegedly hacked to death the 45-year-old husband of a newly-elected Shiv Sena councillor using various sharp weapons, including a sword, in Khopoli town of Maharashtra's Raigad district on Friday morning, officials said.
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'Winter No Shield for Terror': Army's Ops In J&K To Flush Out Terrorists
- Dec 27, 2025 19:46 pm IST
- Reported by: Aditya Raj Kaul
As the harsh grip of Chillai Kalan tightens across Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army has significantly intensified counter-terrorism operations in the remote and snowbound districts of Kishtwar and Doda
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No Law To Punish Woman Protecting 'Raja Beta': High Court In Rape Case
- Dec 27, 2025 19:33 pm IST
- Reported by: Mohammed Ghazali
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted a man's death sentence for the rape to rigorous imprisonment for life, and acquitted his mother, observing there is no IPC section to punish her for "trying to protect her Raja beta".