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Days after a Kashmiri Pandit was gunned down by terrorists in Pulwama, security forces killed one terrorist during an encounter in the district's Awantipora area in the early hours of Tuesday. Taking to Twitter, Kashmir Zone Police said, "Encounter has started at Padgampora Awantipora in Pulwama district. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow." Updating about the operation against the terrorists, Jammu and Kashmir Police said, "one terrorist was killed in the encounter. However, his body is yet to be retrieved." The encounter is underway. Further information is awaited. Earlier on Sunday terrorists in another targeted killing, fired upon a Kashmiri Pandit (Sanjay Sharma) while he was on his way to the local market in the Pulwama district. He was shifted to the hospital however, he succumbed to injuries. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from N

A 22-year-old man sustained bullet injuries after he was allegedly shot at by two men, who barged into his office and fired around three rounds at him in Chanchal Park, police said on Monday. As per Delhi Police, three bike-borne men reached in front of a Cable and WiFi office, located at Som Bazar road, Chanchal Park, before two of them barged into the office and fired at Hitesh (22). Hitesh was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital and is under treatment. "A PCR call was received in Ranhola Police Station regarding a firing incident at a cable office in Chanchal Park Delhi. During the enquiry, it was found that three unknown boys came on an Apache motorcycle in front of a Cable & WiFi office at Plot no. 4, Khasra no. 5/21, Som Bazar road, Chanchal park Delhi. Out of them, two boys entered the above office and one of them fired three rounds on one Hitesh," Delhi Police said, adding that the gunmen fired around 15 rounds from outside before fleeing the spot. "A

A student was stabbed to death on the campus of Panjabi University here following a quarrel on Monday, police said.    Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Varun Sharma said the student has been identified as Navjot Singh (20), a student in the sixth semester, of village Sangatpur near Nabha in this district.               He was a computer science engineering student. Mr Sharma said there were several outsiders on the campus who got into an argument that followed the stabbing incident.   Police said that the victim had suffered multiple injuries and was taken to a dispensary. "They shifted him to Rajindra hospital as the stab wounds had led to major loss of blood. He died during treatment," said the SSP.       Mr Sharma said the university has submitted the CCTV footage of the incident to the police.            Officials said the student was a scholar. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

A 19-year-old car cleaner was hospitalised after a man inserted the nozzle of a pressure air pipe in his private part and opened the valve following a minor dispute, police said. The accused named Mohit is absconding. According to police, the victim identified as Vijay worked as a car cleaner at a petrol pump at Rakesh Marg under the Sihani Gate police Station in Uttar Pradesh. On Saturday, he had an argument with one Mohit. Additional Deputy Commissioner of police Alok Dubey said, "Mohit attacked Vijay and later inserted the nozzle of pressure air pipe in his private part and opened the air valve. Mohit also sat on the accused." The victim was taken to a hospital and his condition is said to be critical. "We have lodged an FIR under sections of IPC and initiated an investigation. The accused is absconding since the incident and efforts are being made to arrest him," said the officer. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is

A couple was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for killing their three-month-old daughter, who was born without an ear, and disposing of her body in a garbage dump. Pappu Rawal (50) and his wife Sangeeta Rawal (45) were convicted under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for killing their child with a kitchen plier, a prosecution official said. The child's body was found wrapped in cloth in a garbage heap in Khajrana area here on March 16, 2016. The child, who was the second daughter of the couple, did not have an ear, due to which they disowned her and killed her, the official said. However, DNA tests established them as the biological parents and a probe found them guilty. Assistant District Public Prosecution Officer Avisarika Jain convinced the court about the couple's guilt through circumstantial and scientific evidence, the official said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is publ

A day after the CBI arrested Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said "many Sisodias" have been arrested in the country but people don't get to know about them. There is "terror" of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED), and Income Tax department in the country, while the judiciary and Election Commission are under pressure, he claimed. Mr Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on Sunday evening in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy 2021-22. A special court in Delhi on Monday sent him to five-day CBI custody for effective interrogation to unravel the alleged scam. "Many Sisodias have been arrested in the country," Mr Gehlot told reporters in Sikar in response to a question. People don't find out about them. They found out about Mr Sisodia's arrest because he is a deputy chief minister,

Meghalaya and Nagaland will vote in the assembly elections today. In Meghalaya, the BJP is going it alone after a rift with Conrad Sangma's NPP and hopes to increase its tally. Meghalaya will also see a multi-cornered contest, where besides the Congress, BJP and the NPP (National People's Party), Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is in fray. In Nagaland, triangular contests are on the cards in 59 of the 60 assembly constituencies. The BJP, which won 12 of the state's 60 seats in 2018, is contesting in alliance with the NDPP (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party). Under the seat-sharing agreement, the NDPP is contesting on 40 seats and the BJP on 20 seats. Here are the updates on Nagaland And Meghalaya Elections: from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/96D2HLU

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said his government was committed to maintaining law and order in the state and no one would be allowed to disturb the hard-earned peace. Referring to the insurgency period in Punjab, Mr Mann said the state and its people have suffered a lot in the past and they only want peace and progress. Though some fissiparous forces are continuously trying to derail the peace and progress of the state, their nefarious designs will not be allowed to succeed, the chief minister said, adding no one will be allowed to disturb the hard-earned peace in the state. He reiterated that those who carried the Guru Granth Sahib to a police station in Ajnala in Amritsar as a shield cannot be called the 'waris' (heir) of Punjab. His remarks came days after self-styled Sikh preacher and Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into a police station in Ajnala on

In a first in Kerala, a life-like mechanical elephant was on Sunday dedicated to the deity in a temple near here for performing daily rituals from now on, instead of a real pachyderm. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India joined hands with award-winning actor Parvathy Thiruvothu, and held the 'Nadayiruthal' ceremony of 'Irinjadappilly Raman', a robotic elephant, at Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in the district. PETA said Raman will help conduct ceremonies at the temple in a safe and cruelty-free manner and thereby supports real elephants' rehabilitation and lives in forests and end the horror of captivity for them. "An inaugural ceremony held today was followed by a performance by the percussion ensemble led by Peruvanam Satheesan Marar. Subjecting live elephants to the extreme loudness of the timpani is cruel, as it is damaging and distressing for live elephants," PETA said in a release. Ms Thiruvothu said these days we have ac

The Congress apologised on Sunday after an advertisement on its 85th plenary session, which did not feature India's first education minister and freedom fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, triggered a controversy and the party received flak from several quarters. The party said it was "an inexcusable slip-up", for which responsibility was being fixed and action would be taken. The full-page advertisement, published in dailies on the third day of the plenary session on Saturday, featured Congress leaders of the past -- Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, B R Ambedkar, Subhas Chandra Bose, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, P V Narasimha Rao and Sarojini Naidu. Sharing the advertisement on Twitter, Congress MP Manish Tewari said, "The @INCIndia has a pantheon of Muslim leaders who struggled against fissiparous tendencies especially within their community that led to creation of Pakistan & dedicated themselves to inclusive idea

The Arvind Kejriwal government is staring at a possible crisis with the CBI arresting Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who holds as many as 18 of the total 33 departments, including education, finance and home. The arrest of Mr Sisodia comes after that of Satyendar Jain, Delhi's then health minister, in June last year. Both have led what the Aam Aadmi Party describes as the successful transformation of Delhi's education and health services, contributing to the party's popularity and continued electoral success. Their absence leaves Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with no heavyweight lieutenant to implement his governance agenda in Delhi. The immediate challenge for Mr Kejriwal is to present the Delhi government budget as scheduled and find Mr Sisodia's replacement. Sources in the Aam Aadmi Party said Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot may present the Delhi government budget for the next financial year. "As there was a possibility that the deputy chief minister

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address party delegates and three resolutions related to agriculture, youth and social justice will be deliberated upon on the third and final day of the party's plenary session on Sunday. Deliberations will begin in the morning on three party resolutions – farmers and agriculture; social justice and empowerment; and youth, education and employment. At around 10:30 AM, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address the gathering. The deliberations on the three resolutions will again resume and continue till their passage after Mr Gandhi's address. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will deliver the concluding remarks at the plenary in the afternoon around 2PM. Then there will be a public meeting in Raipur that would be addressed by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Kharge and Gandhi, bringing down the curtains on the 85th plenary session of the party. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former AICC chief S

The CBI called Mr Sisodia for questioning on February 19. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, who is also Delhi's Finance Minister, however, sought a week's time citing a tight schedule as he has been preparing the Delhi Budget. The CBI agreed to his request. Mr Sisodia has said he will "fully cooperate" with the central agency. The BJP's Delhi unit, however, called Mr Sisodia's request an "excuse". "Budget was an excuse. The objective was to run," Delhi BJP spokesperson Harish Khurana had said in a statement. Mr Sisodia and others face corruption allegations in bringing a new liquor sale policy in the national capital. Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had ordered the CBI probe last year. Thereafter, the Delhi government reverted to the old liquor policy and blamed the Lieutenant Governor for loss of revenue worth crores of rupees that the AAP government claimed would have come if the new policy had continued. The BJP said the Delhi governm

After Union Minister, Nisith Pramanik's car was allegedly damaged by a mob on Saturday in Cooch Behar district in North Bengal, violent clashes erupted between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers. While commenting on the situation local police official stated that both parties had come prepared for this violent engagement. "Since today morning, tension was prevailing in the Burirhat area of Sahebganj PS over the issue of visit of MOS Nisith Pramanik at the house of BJP supporter at Burirhat bazar. Since morning, TMCP supporters gathered at their Burirhat Party office to show black flag. At about 12/30 hrs, MoS visited to the area and after sometimes, proceeded towards Dinhata. But after 10 minutes, few BJP supporters came to the spot with lathi, stones and bricks," as per the official statement released by the office of Additional SP, Cooch Behar district Police. District Police attempted to control an unruly mob from both sides (TMC a

Four alleged criminals, including the son of an ITBP officer, were arrested along with a country-made pistol and several sharp-edged weapons in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. An investigation into a recent case related to criminal intimidation and weapon brandishing by a gang at Nathwal in Vijaypur led to the arrests, a police spokesperson said. He identified the arrested accused as Rohit, son of an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer, and his associates Sunil Sharma alias "Kadu", Rajveer Gill and Ankush Sharma alias "Jallu" -- all residents of Vijaypur. "Rohit is the kingpin of the gang and is a notorious hooligan. He has previously been jailed for his involvement in various crimes, including attempt to murder, criminal intimidation and brandishing illegal weapons," the spokesperson said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba, Benam Tosh said with the arrest of the four accused, the weapon brandishing case of Nath

A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death in front of her mother allegedly by her neighbour in Maharashtra's Nagpur city on Saturday, a police official said. The incident took place in Rambagh area and may be the fallout of a property dispute, the Imambada police station official said. "The victim, identified as Aarti Nicholas, and the 25-year-old accused are neighbours. She used to live separately from her husband and two children. The accused was building a house and wanted Nicholas to give up her land," he said. During an argument, he stabbed Nicholas, who died in a nearby hospital, after which the man was arrested, the official said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/CXbYUMZ

Lovepreet Singh walked out of jail today after a pro-Khalistan organisation lay siege to Ajnala police station in Punjab's Amritsar. But who is he and who is the Amritpal Singh that led the group to Ajnala police station. Who is Lovepreet Singh Lovepreet Singh aka Toofan Singh belongs from Gurdaspur in Punjab. He was arrested for his connection in a kidnapping and assault case. Lovepreet Singh is also a part of Waris Punjab De, and a close aide of Waris Punjab De's chief Amritpal Singh. Who is Amritpal Singh Amritpal Singh is the chief of Waris Punjab De, a separatist organisation started by Deep Sidhu. Amritpal Singh returned from Dubai last year. He was recently made the head of Waris Punjab De at an event in Moga district, the village of Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale. What happened on February 23 at Ajnala police station After Lovepreet Singh's arrest on February 16, Amritpal Singh warned the police to release him, or else he would come with a huge crowd on February 23

A witness in the murder case of an MLA in Uttar Pradesh was shot dead in Prayagraj today. The attack was caught on multiple CCTV cameras. Umesh Pal, a key witness in the murder case of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Raju Pal in 2005, was shot dead by an unidentified man while he was getting out of the backseat of a Hyundai Creta SUV in Prayagraj. CCTV footage shows Umesh Pal and one of his two police bodyguards getting out of the SUV when suddenly a man came from behind and shot him. The police said some other men used crude bombs during the assault, which exploded in a cloud of smoke, leading to panic and chaos on the road with people running to safety. Many abandoned their vehicles and ran towards shops. Umesh Pal's bodyguard tried to catch the attacker, but he too was shot. The second bodyguard also caught a bullet. Umesh Pal, who appeared to be injured, ran towards an alley with the attacker in pursuit while his bodyguards lay injured on the road. The attacker shot him there for a

DPAP chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad has sent a legal notice to Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh for calling him a "slave", "Mir Jafer" and a "vote-cutter."  The notice, sent through Mr Azad's legal counsel Naresh Kumar Gupta, seeks compensation of Rs 2 crore for causing damage to Mr Azad's "unblemished reputation."  "That you Mr Jairam Ramesh (Notice Receiver)... always remain in search of occasion to tarnish and harm the growing dignity, respect, honour conferred upon him (Azad) at national level... by way of repeated posts in your Twitter account word 'Ghulam' in order to inflict injury to lower him in the estimation of others, soon after Mr Azad was honoured by Padam Bhushan Award," the notice read. Mr Ramesh used the name "Ghulam" in order it to mean "slave", which it translates to, deliberately and intentionally, to defame the leader in the public, Mr Gupta said in the notice. He said Mr R

Finance heads of the world's most powerful economies were split over language on Russia's war in Ukraine with some western powers hardening their position on isolating Moscow while host India looked for more neutral terms to describe the conflict. The two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors got underway here on Friday with an agenda including a wide range of issues - from debt relief to poorer countries, to digital currencies and payments, reforms of multilateral lending institutions like the World Bank, climate change and financial inclusion. But what split the grouping was the language to be used in the end-of-the-meeting communique to describe the situation in Ukraine. Coinciding with the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, officials of US and France blamed Moscow for the war. While US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Russia ending the war was "the most important thing" for the global economy, French finance

Hundreds of people descended on Nuh-Alwar highway in Firozpur Jhirka here on Friday demanding the arrest of killers of two Muslim men from Rajasthan. The protesters accused Haryana Police of negligence in the matter. The protest led to a massive jam on the highway for around an hour but at length, police managed to control the situation and got the road cleared. Earlier, some social organisations headed by former minister Azad Mohammad also submitted a memorandum to the Sub Divisional Magistrate of Firozpur Jhirka through Naib Tehsildar and demanded the arrest of the accused and a judicial inquiry into the incident. Mohammad alleged that the incident was not an isolated one. "The car which was found registered in the name of Panchayat Department Haryana has been used in the heinous murder of Nasir and Junaid," alleged the former minister. 'Cow vigilantes' are raising hell in the name of cow protection in the Mewat area, a few Congress MLAs from the Mewat area ha

The Gautam Adani group has sought 94,000 square metres of 'gauchar' (grazing land) and non-arable land from the Gujarat government to build a township and special economic zone, the state Assembly was informed on Friday. Responding to a query raised by Aam Aadmi Party's Jamjodhpur MLA Hemant Ahir, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, who handles the revenue portfolio, said the group had sought 93,900 square metres of land in Khodiyar village in Ahmedabad and Dantali village in Gandhinagar. Bhupendra Patel, in his written reply, informed the House the Adani Group had sought this land in exchange for its own plots of equal area in these villages. It has also sought 202 square metres of non-arable land in Jaspur village in Gandhinagar without this exchange mechanism, the Chief Minister said. The Adani Group wants land in Ahmedabad district to "develop a Special Economic Zone as part of its state-of-the-art township" while land in Gandhinagar district has been

Former Meghalaya Chief minister Mukul Sangma claimed on Friday that Trinamool Congress will outshine other parties in the Assembly Elections scheduled set to be held on February 27. "You can feel the pulse here. The spirit of true democracy, of the people, by the people and for the people, must be reinforced for the purpose of sustaining the democracy and that's what we have done," Mukul Sangma said to NDTV. Taking on the 'outsider' branding of the TMC by other parties, the leader of the opposition said, "Today you see all my supporters, who are the outsiders here? They all are part and parcel of the people who create this the whole demography. The Garo, Khasi, Jaintia and other tribes coexist along with non-tribals." The kind of narrative being used against the TMC is not at all expected from this civilized state, he added. Mukul Sangma had parted ways with the Congress with 11 other MLAs to join TMC in 2021. "I used to tell people that BJP

Top economist Gita Gopinath shared glimpses from a key G20 event in Bengaluru last evening, posing with prominent leaders from across the world. Ms Gopinath, wearing a saree, posted photos with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Nadia Calvino. The Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other leaders had gathered for the first Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meetings in Bengaluru. India is currently holding the G20 Presidency. "It was really nice to catch up with Finance Minister @nsitharaman @nsitharamanoffc at the G20 FMCBG meetings in Bengaluru. Lots of good discussions @g20org," said Ms Gopinath, tweeting a photo with Ms Sitharaman. It was really nice to catch up with Finance Minister ⁦ @nsitharaman ⁩ ⁦ @nsitharamanoffc ⁩ at the G20 FMCBG meetings in Bengaluru. ⁦Lots of good discussions ⁦ @g20org ⁩ pic.twitter.com/jq5FhZ7L33 — Gita Gopinath (@GitaGopinath) February 23, 2023 Ms Calv

The Delhi High Court on Thursday expressed its displeasure over the operations of police of other States in the national capital without informing the local police. The High Court said it is necessary to obviate the repeated incidents where police from other states come to Delhi and conduct their operations here without informing the Delhi police. The High court was hearing a plea of a newly wedded couple who sought protection from the family of the girl. The couple was taken away from Delhi to Modi Nagar by the UP police. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani also perused the CCTV footage in and around the premises where the couple has been residing in Delhi to ascertain the identity of UP cops who conducted the operation. After perusing the CCTV footage, the bench said the faces of those who conducted the operation were not visible to the bare eye. The footage appears to be "truncated", it added. "I propose to take it further as far as I can take it. These things sometime

Netflix Inc said on Thursday it had reduced the prices of its subscription plans in some countries, as the streaming giant looks to retain subscriber growth amid stiff competition from rivals. With the pandemic-fueled boom cooling and consumers turning more cautious about spending, competition in the streaming businesses has heightened, pushing the companies to rethink their strategies. According to the Wall Street Journal, which reported the Netflix news first earlier in the day, the price cuts span across some Middle Eastern countries, sub-Saharan African markets and parts of Latin America and Asia. The cuts apply to certain tiers of Netflix in those markets and in some cases halving the cost of a subscription, the Journal reported. Netflix, which operates in over 190 countries, has been looking to grow share in newer international regions as the US and Canada markets saturate. Earlier this month, it laid out plans to crack down on password sharing for accounts on its streaming p

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said the Congress party was a "Special Purpose Vehicle" for independence movement, without any ideology, whereas the BJP was formed on the basis of an ideological pillar called "cultural nationalism". India's story has begun and by 2047 creation of a "great India" is certain, he said, as he credited the people for a "paradigm shift" in the country, by bringing in the Narendra Modi led BJP government. Mr Shah was speaking at an interactive session on "Indian Polity - 65 years Scenario & Paradigm Shift Under Modi Ji" organised by 'Samvada' here. Noting that Congress which contributed in a big way for the freedom struggle is today completely "fallen" into the dynastic system, and its internal democracy has fully eroded, the Union Minister said, Socialist parties too after Lohia era gradually turned into caste based party initially, and then went on to become dynastic parties.

With the Election Commission (EC) recognising Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's faction as the real Shiv Sena, now whether his group also stakes claim to the party headquarters 'Shiv Sena Bhavan' and party mouthpiece 'Saamana', both currently controlled by the Uddhav Thackeray camp. While the Shiv Sena Bhavan is located at Dadar in central Mumbai, the 'Saamana' head office is situated in the nearby Prabhadevi area. Both these establishments are currently run by different trusts. CM Shinde has maintained that he would not stake claim to the Shiv Sena Bhavan even though he has got the party name and symbol. However, the rival camp is wary and on guard. Recently, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and Thane MP Rajan Vichare submitted a letter to Thane Police Commissioner Jai Jeet Singh, urging him to thwart any attempts by the Shinde group to usurp the Shiv Sena 'shakhas' (local party offices) in the city. The EC last week recogni

An Australian regulator has sent legal letters to Twitter and Google telling them to hand over information about their efforts to stop online child abuse, drawing them into a crackdown that has already put pressure on other global tech firms. The action by the country's e-safety commissioner keeps a spotlight on the anti-exploitation practices at Twitter under the ownership of billionaire Elon Musk, who called child protection his top priority while also laying off more than half its employees since taking over last October. "With Elon Musk declaring child sexual abuse a top priority, this is an opportunity for him to explain what he is indeed doing," e-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant told Reuters in an interview, referring to several of Musk's tweets. She said it was in Twitter's interests to show that it was acting effectively to eradicate child sexual abuse material, otherwise advertisers could turn away from the company. Inman Grant, who had served a

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 12 post-budget webinars from Thursday starting with a webinar on green growth. The Ministry of Finance in a statement said the Prime Minister will address 12 post-budget webinars, which will be held between February 23 and March 11. These webinars are being organised by various ministries and departments to build on the "Saptarishi" Priorities outlined in the Union Budget 2023-24. These webinars to be addressed by the Prime Minister will include-- Green Growth, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Harnessing Youth power- Skilling and Education, Reaching the last mile/Leaving No Citizen Behind, Unleashing the Potential: Ease of living using Technology, Urban Development with focus on Planning, Developing Tourism in mission mode, Infrastructure and Investment: Improving logistic efficiency with PM Gatishakti National Master Plan, Health and Medical Research, Financial Sector, Women Empowerment and PM Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman (PM VIKAS).

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, approved the extension of the term of the 22nd Law Commission of India upto August 31, 2024. According to the official statement, the tenure of the present Twenty-second Law Commission of India ends on February 20, 2023. The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body, constituted by the Government of India from time to time. The Commission was originally constituted in 1955 and is re-constituted from time to time. The various Law Commissions have been able to make important contributions towards the progressive development and codification of the Law of the country. The Law Commission has so far submitted 277 Reports. "The Chairperson and Members of the Twenty-second Law Commission have joined office recently and have taken up several pending projects for examination and report, being the work in progress. Therefore, the tenure of the Twenty-second Law Commission has been extended upto August 31, 202

A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and murdering an adolescent girl, whose decomposed body was recovered recently by police, an official said on Wednesday. The incident took place in west Delhi's Nangloi area. The accused has been arrested, they said, adding that the post-mortem report will confirm sexual assault. A case of kidnapping was registered in Nangloi police station under section 363 (punishment for kidnapping) of the IPC on February 10 on the statement of the 11-year-old's mother, a senior police officer said. According to the woman, her daughter had gone to school on February 9 and did not return after that, officer said. After registering the case, an investigation was taken up. During investigation, raids were conducted in Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. Accused Rohit alias Vinod, a resident of Dairywala Bagh, Paschim Vihar, was nabbed on Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (outer) Harendra Kumar Singh said. The accused disclosed that he m

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority for seeking to evict a man and his family from their transit tenement and in a lighter vein said the planning body should put them up at the Taj hotel in south Mumbai. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale questioned the 48-hour eviction notice sent to the man, whose original home was pulled down for a public project, and asked if MMRDA expected him to “stand at Flora Fountain (a Mumbai landmark) and beg”. The court was hearing a petition filed by one Shobhnath Singh challenging MMRDA's notice of February 8, 2023, that asked him to vacate the tenement within 48 hours failing which he and his family would be forcibly removed. The petitioner submitted that he did not have an alternative accommodation and that the threat of forcible dispossession was unreasonable. The bench asked MMRDA how they could give such a short notice to the petitioner without providing an

The Jharkhand government is on alert after bird flu cases were reported in a government-run poultry farm in Bokaro district, officials said on Tuesday. The presence of H5N1 variant was confirmed among a protein-rich breed of chicken, popularly known as 'Kadaknath', at the farm in Lohanchal, they said. "Kadaknath chickens died due to bird flu in Government Poultry Farm located in Lohanchal, as per report received from the laboratory...Areas within one km radius has been declared as affected zone and areas within 10 km radius declared as surveillance zone. "Sale of chicken/duck etc will be banned in these areas," an official statement issued by Bokaro district administration said. Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Arun Kumar Singh told PTI that the state was on alert. According to Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Kuldeep Chowdhary, a medical team has been constituted to keep vigil on the border areas of the district and sampling of chickens/ducks of large poultry

The elections are being held after a decisive victory for AAP in the Supreme Court. Since the civic elections in December, the Mayor elections were postponed thrice amid a prolonged tussle between the AAP and the BJP. AAP candidate Shelly Oberoi had approached the top court, questioning the BJP's contention that the aldermen -- 10 members nominated by the Lieutenant Governor -- are allowed to vote in the election. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said nominated members cannot vote in the election. "Nominated members cannot go for election. The constitutional provision is very clear," the bench observed. After the election of the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, and six members of the Standing Committee will be elected the same day In the election for the Standing Committee, AAP is likely to win three seats and the BJP two. The fight is over the sixth seat. If the alderman were allowed to vote, the strength of the BJP would have gone up to 123 from 113. A

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday made light of the exit of Upendra Kushwaha from his JD(U) with the assertion that he was "least bothered". The JD(U) supremo recalled the reservations people in his party had with regard to the former Union minister's induction in 2021 and wondered "why he came back in first place". "I had to put my foot down to facilitate his return. He had been saying that he wanted to spend his entire life in the party. I wonder what went wrong of late... But now that he has left, it is fine. We are least bothered," said mr Kumar. Mr Kushwaha had returned to the JD(U), merging his Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, and was immediately rewarded with the designation of the JD(U) parliamentary board chief, besides membership of the legislative council which he has expressed the willingness to give up. The veteran leader had on Monday quit the JD(U), and announced the formation of a new outfit, ‘Rashtriya Loktantrik Janata Dal&#

A group of ex-servicemen on Tuesday called on Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi over the killing of an Army jawan, allegedly by a DMK Councillor and shared their anguish with him, the Raj Bhavan said. They also flagged the "lukewarm response" of the state law enforcement to the issue, the Governor's office said in a tweet, "Some Ex-Servicemen met Governor and shared their collective anguish at the gruesome killing of M Prabhu, a serving soldier by an armed gang led by a DMK councillor and lukewarm response of the state law enforcement, " a tweet on the official Twitter handle of the Raj Bhavan said. "Indeed, it is a matter of serious concern," it added. Mr Prabhu, who was severely thrashed by a DMK functionary and his accomplices, died last week and six people have been arrested in connection with the crime. Veterans of the Indian armed forces including the highly decorated Brig N L Narayanan participated in the one-day fast and candle light march organis

Wife of a NSG commando died under suspicious circumstances after she allegedly fell from the seventh floor of a residential building in NSG camp in Manesar here, police said on Tuesday. The family members of the 33-year-old woman have accused her husband and in-laws for her death, alleging that they harassed her for dowry. According to police, they received the information about the incident on Sunday around 9.30 pm. The deceased was identified as Preeti, mother of a 4-year-old. Police kept the body in the mortuary and informed the family of the deceased, which reached Manesar on Monday. Victim's brother Pushpender Singh Lodhi said his sister got married in 2017. "Walender and his family members were harassing her for dowry and finally killed her." Following the complaint, an FIR was registered against Walender and his parents under sections 304-B (dowry death) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Manesar police station on Monday, said police.

The Allahabad High Court has expressed serious displeasure at the death of four infant girls at the Government Children Protection Home at Prag Narayan Road in Lucknow. The Lucknow bench of the high court directed the principal secretary of the women and child development department to file a counter affidavit in the matter within three weeks. The infant girls, aged between 1.5 months to 5 months, died between February 10-14 allegedly due to cold. Passing the order, a bench of Justice D K Upadhyay and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi said, "The respondents shall clearly indicate the steps which are envisaged to be taken at their end to ensure that such incidents do not happen in future in child protection homes throughout the state." The bench passed the order on a PIL moved by Shiv Nath Mishra based on a newspaper report on the death of the infant girls in the government home. "The facts pleaded in this petition are very serious and, prima facie, depict unpardonable callou

A man impersonating a deputy inspector general of police and duping a woman of jewellery worth Rs 8 lakh was arrested here on Monday, officials said. A complaint was lodged with the police by one Anuradha from Ludhiana stating that a man posing as an IPS officer of a DIG-rank duped her of jewellry worth Rs 8 lakh and a cash of Rs 76,000, they said. Acting on the complaint, a police team swung into action and arrested accused Rajesh Kumar while taking the help of technology, the officials said. During questioning, the accused confessed his involvement in the case and on his disclosure the jewellery and they were recovered, they said. A case has been registered at police station Bus Stand in this regard, the officials said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/yo4X3Y1

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday appealed to Lt Governor V K Saxena to stop the proposed demolition of 74 religious structures for infrastructure development projects in the capital, saying it could hurt sentiments and lead to a serious law and order situation. "Lakhs of devotees visit these religious structures and their demolition could trigger a law and order situation in the capital," a statement quoted Sisodia said. Mr Sisodia's appeal came after the Delhi Police released reports, recommending that the religious structures should not be demolished. The proposed infrastructure projects include the construction of flyovers, roads, and housing projects by the central government. "The Delhi Police reports mention that the demolition of religious structures will lead to massive protests and law and order situation in the capital that might escalate to riots," he said. The deputy Chief Minister said these structures can be protected by ma

Singapore's High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong on Monday said that the launch and linkage of cross-border connectivity between the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India and PayNow of Singapore is a "milestone initiative". "As India's 1st first cross-border real-time payment partner, this milestone initiative reflects the deep trust between both countries and will take the bilateral relationship to even greater heights. We look forward to continue to be part of India's digital transformation journey," said Simon Wong. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong will witness the launch on February 21, 2023, at 11 AM (IST) via video conferencing, read Prime Minister's Office press release. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, will launch the launch. The linkage of these two payment systems will enable residents of both countries to transfer cross-borde

The Delhi government will soon roll out its aggregator policy for two-, three- and four-wheelers, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Monday. Mr Gahlot's comment comes a day after the Transport department cautioned bike taxis against plying on the roads of Delhi, warning that it was a violation of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, that would make aggregators liable for a fine of Rs 1 lakh. "Ref public notice by Transport department against private two-wheelers being used for carrying passengers in violation of statutory provisions. "Aggregator policy for 2W (two-wheelers), 3W (three-wheelers) and 4W (four-wheelers) is in its final stage and will be rolled out soon helping them to apply for grant of license under the new scheme," he said in a tweet. The use of two-wheelers for commercial purposes is in violation of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The first offence could lead to a fine of Rs 5,000 while a second offence could incur a Rs 10,000 fine and imprisonment