A transwoman's fight for legal recognition meets a statutory barrier under BNS as court relies on three separate gender identities—man, woman and trangender.
Rebel Trinamool MLA Biswanath Das set ball rolling with police compliant, alleging ‘generation, routing, and possible concealment of funds through electronic and banking channels.’
Government officials say Haryana, Goa, Assam, Chandigarh and Punjab have emerged as the best-performing states and Union Territories in implementing the new framework.
By scrapping IPC Section 377 without replacement in BNS, Parliament left adult male sex assault victims without legal protection—a gap exposed by Kurukshetra cancer patient's alleged ordeal.
Sunil Kumar Gupta, held last year for unauthorised construction activity near Mathura’s Shree Krishna Janmabhoomi temple complex and the deaths it caused, freed over 16-day delay in considering his representation against National Security Act
The case has become a political flashpoint in Maharashtra & has also drawn in the Union labour ministry. TCS has ordered a separate probe, while the HR manager at Nashik unit is on the run.
Charged under the stringent sedition-equivalent Section 152 of BNS, Dr Mushtaq Ahmed was granted bail on grounds of his advanced age, poor health and near-completion of investigation.
The US First Lady linked the initiative to her ‘Be Best’ campaign to promote child welfare and online safety, launched during husband Donald Trump’s first term.
The mood in the Opposition camp is upbeat because of the three trends moving clearly in its favour. And a flailing BJP has so far been unable to do much about it.
A possible easing of Gulf tensions could bring down crude prices and benefit India, but tougher US action against Russian oil companies and banks could make purchases more difficult for Indian refiners.
Netanyahu has won only because he hasn’t been defeated. He’s also changed Israel fundamentally. Any ruling alliance now will have to be a coalition to the exclusion of Israel’s Arab citizens.
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