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Satish Salian, the father of Disha Salian, moved the Bombay high court earlier this week seeking a fresh probe into his daughter’s death in June 2020. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Narayan Rane on Saturday claimed that Uddhav Thackeray asked him not to mention his son Aaditya’s name in the press in connection with the death of Disha Salian in 2020. “Disha Salian’s father had to go to the High Court because he has not received justice until now. Her father felt he would not receive justice from the police, so he went to the High Court. Uddhav Thackeray’s PA,…

Accused Sahil Shukla and Muskan Rastogi travelled to Himachal Pradesh in a bid to cover the tracks, before returning to Meerut on March 17. Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla, arrested for the murder of the former’s husband Saurabh Rajput, stayed in Himachal Pradesh’s Kasol for six days after the killing. Saurabh was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife Muskan and her lover Sahil, and his body chopped into pieces and sealed in a drum with cement on March 4. Both the lovers travelled to Himachal Pradesh in a bid to cover the tracks, before returning to Meerut on March…

Dy CM Vijay Sharma said the Maoists had gathered in the remote jungle for a tactical counter offensive campaign meeting when the security forces surrounded them. Maoists had gathered in Bijapur district’s remote forests for a tactical counter offensive campaign (TCOC) meeting when security forces surrounded them, leading to a gunfight that killed 26 of them, Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister Vijay Sharma said a day after 30 members of banned CPI (Maoist) were killed in two separate encounters in the Bastar region on Thursday. “Maoists had gathered in remote jungles for a tactical counter offensive campaign meeting when the security…

The party also accused the Congress of pursuing ‘contract jihad’ in Karnataka. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday took a swipe at the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, after the Congress-ruled Karnataka government passed a bill that allows for 4% reservation for Muslims in government contracts in the assembly. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra claimed that Rahul Gandhi pushed the state government’s decision, alleging he was using the “crutches of Muslim quota” to advance his politics as he knows that he would not be otherwise able to deliver. Patra also claimed that Gandhi was politically unfit and…

Meerut murder: Saurabh Rajput’s family members said the two accused killed him to perform occult rituals. Meerut murder accused Muskan Rastogi’s mother, Kavita, said on Friday that her daughter would not have been in jail had she not “hid a lot of things” from her parents. Days after Saurabh Rajput’s corpse was recovered from a drum, her mother today appealed to all children to “never hide anything” from their parents. Muskan Rastogi and her alleged lover, Sahil Shukla, allegedly murdered Rajput, a merchant navy officer, as they thought he could prove to be a hindrance in their relationship and drug…

Justice Yashwant Varma was transferred after a large amount of cash was allegedly recovered from his bungalow after a fire incident. The Supreme Court on Friday said that misinformation and rumours were being spread in connection with the alleged cash discovery from the official residence of Delhi high court judge Justice Yashwant Varma. The top court stated that the proposal for the transfer of Justice Varma to the Allahabad high court was “independent and separate from the In-house enquiry procedure”. “The proposal for transfer of Mr. Justice Yashwant Varma, who is the second senior most Judge in the Delhi High…

The relations between India and Canada deteriorated under the prime ministerial tenure of Mark Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau. India on Friday said that the downturn in its bilateral relations was caused due to the “license” to “extremist and secessionist elements” in the North American country. “The downturn in India-Canada relations was caused by the license that was given to the extremist and secessionist elements in the country. Our hope is that we can rebuild our ties based on mutual trust and sensitivity,” ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. The MEA spokesperson’s remarks have come amid change of leadership in…

The bench wanted to set the fact straight with the lawyer that consent was immaterial if the survivor was a minor. The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up a lawyer for repeatedly writing “consensual relationship” in a bail plea of his client, who is accused of a minor girl’s rape. “We got mentally sick after reading the petition. At least 20 times you have written ‘consensual relationship’ in the SLP (special leave petition). What is the age of the girl? You yourself say in the petition that she was a minor,” Justice Surya Kant. The bench wanted to set the…

X has filed a petition in the Karnataka high court challenging the Indian government’s use of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act. Social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, has moved the Karnataka high court challenging the Indian government’s use of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act. Section 79 lays down conditions for an intermediary to claim safe harbour protections from liability for third-party content. Section 79(3)(b) says that such protection is not available if the intermediary fails to remove or disable access upon being informed by the “appropriate” government or “its agency”. In its plea before…

BJP MLA from Vijayapura, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, claimed that an attempt was made to trap state cooperation minister KN Rajanna, evoking the latter’s response. Karnataka cooperation minister KN Rajanna on Thursday alleged that at least 48 politicians across party lines were honey-trapped, urging state home minister G Parameshwara to probe the matter. During the budget session discussion in the Karnataka assembly, BJP MLA from Vijayapura, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, claimed that an attempt was made to trap the cooperation minister. “This is a bad culture. People’s representatives are being blackmailed,” Yatnal. After his name was mentioned, Rajanna acknowledged the allegations and…