Assault Row

The Uttar Pradesh Police has sent a legal notice to Twitter's India head for "provoking communal unrest" in the case involving an assault on a Muslim man in Ghaziabad earlier this month.

The Zomato delivery agent who has been accused by a Bengaluru woman of assault has filed a complaint against her, at the same police station where she had registered a case against him a few days ago.

Days after a farmer couple in Madhya Pradesh's Guna attempted suicide following an assault by the police for trying to stop their crops being destroyed by revenue officers, the administration has externed Gabbu Pardi -- who had allegedly occupied the land and leased it out to the couple -- from the district for one year, officials said.

A death row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case today claimed in the Supreme Court that the President had not considered the "mental stability" he suffered due to torture in jail while rejecting his mercy petition. The centre denied the assertion, saying he was "fit and of sound mind".

One of the four Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on February 1 has challenged the rejection of his mercy request citing "non-application of mind" by the President of India.

BJP MLA from Indore Akash Vijayvargiya on Monday kicked up a fresh row with his remarks that "we don't roam empty-handed", which the ruling Congress termed as a "threat" reminiscent of the June 26 incident wherein he had assaulted a civic official with a cricket bat in public view.

A man, who was on death row after being convicted by high court of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Rajasthan over five years ago, has got a reduced sentence of life term from the Supreme Court which acquitted him of the charge of sexually assaulting the minor.

Breaking his silence on the row over a film body's decision to take back actor Dileep, an accused in a sexual assault case, actor Mohanlal on Saturday said they were prepared to look into the grievances raised by Women in Cinema Collective on the issue.

Amid the raging row over the decision of industry body AMMA to take him back, actor Dileep, facing a sexual assault case, today said he would not be an active worker of any organisation till his innocence was proved.

Manchester City striker Sterling, 23, posted a picture of himself training with his England team-mates with a tattoo of the rifle on the winger's right calf clearly visible.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday said that Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was trying to divert attention from the Nagrik Sehkari Bank fraud with his police complaint against two party MLAs, who allegedly assaulted the top bureaucrat two weeks back.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in the middle of an unprecedented confrontation with the bureaucracy, on Tuesday received some more advice from Lt Governor Anil Baijal to bridge the trust deficit with the bureaucracy in the city government and introspect "how this deplorable state of affairs has developed".

Delhi government's top officer Anshu Prakash -- whose allegations of assault at the Chief Minister's house had triggered a storm last week both on administrative and political fronts -- met Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers today. The meeting was a first since the controversy broke. The bureaucrats in Delhi, who had severely curtailed their work ho...

The Delhi government on Monday said the attitude of its officials was not "correct" and they should show a positive response to its "efforts" in ending the crisis arising out of the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by some AAP MLAs.

The row over the alleged attack on Delhi chief secretary by AAP MLAs today intensified with government employees demanding action "as per law" against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in the case, even as the AAP dispensation mulled live streaming of all meetings of its ministers.

The Uttar Pradesh Police has sent a legal notice to Twitter's India head for "provoking communal unrest" in the case involving an assault on a Muslim man in Ghaziabad earlier this month.

The Zomato delivery agent who has been accused by a Bengaluru woman of assault has filed a complaint against her, at the same police station where she had registered a case against him a few days ago.

Days after a farmer couple in Madhya Pradesh's Guna attempted suicide following an assault by the police for trying to stop their crops being destroyed by revenue officers, the administration has externed Gabbu Pardi -- who had allegedly occupied the land and leased it out to the couple -- from the district for one year, officials said.

A death row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case today claimed in the Supreme Court that the President had not considered the "mental stability" he suffered due to torture in jail while rejecting his mercy petition. The centre denied the assertion, saying he was "fit and of sound mind".

One of the four Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on February 1 has challenged the rejection of his mercy request citing "non-application of mind" by the President of India.

BJP MLA from Indore Akash Vijayvargiya on Monday kicked up a fresh row with his remarks that "we don't roam empty-handed", which the ruling Congress termed as a "threat" reminiscent of the June 26 incident wherein he had assaulted a civic official with a cricket bat in public view.

A man, who was on death row after being convicted by high court of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Rajasthan over five years ago, has got a reduced sentence of life term from the Supreme Court which acquitted him of the charge of sexually assaulting the minor.

Breaking his silence on the row over a film body's decision to take back actor Dileep, an accused in a sexual assault case, actor Mohanlal on Saturday said they were prepared to look into the grievances raised by Women in Cinema Collective on the issue.

Amid the raging row over the decision of industry body AMMA to take him back, actor Dileep, facing a sexual assault case, today said he would not be an active worker of any organisation till his innocence was proved.

Manchester City striker Sterling, 23, posted a picture of himself training with his England team-mates with a tattoo of the rifle on the winger's right calf clearly visible.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday said that Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was trying to divert attention from the Nagrik Sehkari Bank fraud with his police complaint against two party MLAs, who allegedly assaulted the top bureaucrat two weeks back.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in the middle of an unprecedented confrontation with the bureaucracy, on Tuesday received some more advice from Lt Governor Anil Baijal to bridge the trust deficit with the bureaucracy in the city government and introspect "how this deplorable state of affairs has developed".

Delhi government's top officer Anshu Prakash -- whose allegations of assault at the Chief Minister's house had triggered a storm last week both on administrative and political fronts -- met Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers today. The meeting was a first since the controversy broke. The bureaucrats in Delhi, who had severely curtailed their work ho...

The Delhi government on Monday said the attitude of its officials was not "correct" and they should show a positive response to its "efforts" in ending the crisis arising out of the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by some AAP MLAs.

The row over the alleged attack on Delhi chief secretary by AAP MLAs today intensified with government employees demanding action "as per law" against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in the case, even as the AAP dispensation mulled live streaming of all meetings of its ministers.