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Punjab Police transfers likely after HC order on convicted, charge-sheeted cops

The HC order came Monday over a petition filed by a dismissed police officer, who has challenged his release from the force over 'arbitrariness'.

Why Arnab Goswami, Republic TV not named as accused if evidence exists, HC asks Mumbai Police

The Bombay High Court directed Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray to inform the court by Thursday whether the police plan to proceed against Arnab Goswami and Republic TV.

SC says cancellation of 3 crore ration cards ‘serious’, seeks reply from Centre, states

A bench of CJI Bobde and justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said this matter should not be treated as adversarial and will be put up for final hearing.

Punjab & Haryana HC orders probe into alleged custodial torture of activist Shiv Kumar

Shiv Kumar's father Rajbir had filed a petition before the Punjab and Haryana HC in February alleging that his son was kept in illegal detention and brutally tortured.

Why did Mumbai Police hold press conference over alleged TRP scam, asks Bombay HC

The bench was responding to arguments made by ARG Outlier Media, who told the court that the police had malafide intentions behind holding the press conference.

SC to hear Zakia Jafri’s plea challenging clean chit to Modi in 2002 Gujarat riots in April

Zakia Jafri, wife of late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, filed a petition in 2018 after SIT cleared Modi in 2012, saying there was 'no prosecutable evidence' against him and 63 others.

This is why Indian Mujahideen’s Ariz Khan was convicted for inspector’s murder at Batla House

A Delhi court passed a 105-page judgment convicting Ariz Khan on 8 March and sentenced him to death Monday, saying the case falls in the ‘rarest-of-the-rare’ category.

Suspended police officer Sachin Waze moves Bombay HC against arrest in Ambani threat case

Waze, an assistant police inspector with Mumbai police, in his petition claimed he was being made a 'scapegoat' by 'certain political powers'.

Batla House convict Ariz Khan gets death penalty for murder of Delhi cop MC Sharma

The court also imposed a total fine of Rs 11 lakh against Ariz in the case and said Rs 10 lakh should be immediately released to Sharma's family.

SC seeks govt’s reply on IMA plea against order allowing Ayurveda doctors perform surgery

IMA has moved court seeking quash the order and declare that Central Council of Indian Medicine does not have powers to include modern medicine in the syllabus.

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Indians are musically poor. We aren’t a good market for cutting-edge international bands

Coldplay is an exception. Our taste in western music is orthodox, throwback, out-of-date. When Nirvana, Blur were big, we were still playing Pink Floyd, Queens.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?