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Be more proactive, am watching – new CJI Ranjan Gogoi tells high court chief justices

Ranjan Gogoi held a rare video conference with all high court chief justices Friday and told them he’d do a review in 3 weeks.

‘Missing’ Interpol president Meng Hongwei detained in China for questioning

First Chinese head of the agency, Hongwei was 'taken away' for questioning 'as soon as he landed in China' last week, say reports.

V.K. Krishna Menon, the ‘evil genius’ behind the non-aligned movement

Considered close to former PM Jawaharlal Nehru, Menon is said to have played a major role in setting up India's arms industry.

Powerful men have changed their behaviour at work since #MeToo, says study

Survey revealed that in some cases adjustment of behaviour has gone too far with men leaving women out of business discussions.

How an IIT team is helping put 1,000 villages on the map of India

Villages in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are being added to the map after 88 years of 'existence', because the last time India was mapped was by the British. 

No jobs for us: Haryana men thrashed by sisters say clean chit for sexual abuse hasn’t helped

Deepak, Kuldeep and Mohit were accused by two sisters, labelled the 'Rohtak bravehearts', of sexual harassment in a Haryana Roadways bus.

ED officer who questioned Akali leader Majithia in multi-crore drug bust case resigns

Niranjan Singh, a deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate, resigned citing "personal reasons".

PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif arrested for his alleged involvement in 2 corruption cases

Shahbaz will be presented before an accountability court for a physical remand Saturday. Lahore: Pakistan's Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif was Friday arrested by the country's anti-graft...

No longer India’s Most Wanted: The rise and fall of Suhaib Ilyasi

The Delhi High Court Friday ruled that Ilyasi did not murder his wife Anju in January 2000, overturning the life sentence awarded by the trial court.

Delhi High Court acquits former TV anchor & producer Suhaib Ilyasi in wife’s murder case

The anchor of India's Most Wanted TV show was sentenced to life term on 20 December 2017 for stabbing his wife to death.

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Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.