A newlywed woman’s white shirt clung to the rocks in the Wei Sawdong gorge, its fabric battered by the unrelenting rain in Meghalaya’s Cherrapunji. Nearby lay her husband’s body, his smartwatch still wrapped around his decomposing wrist. The crime scene – across the steep terrain below a parking lot in Riat Arliang – has become … Read more
More than 2,000 alleged illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are estimated to have been “pushed back” across the border by Indian authorities since Operation Sindoor began in the early hours of May 7, following a nationwide verification exercise, Government sources told The Indian Express. During the same period, they said, a similar number of immigrants showed up … Read more
As political tensions rise between the BJP and TMC over the arrest of law student and social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli, Dutch MP Geert Wilders has voiced his support for her, defending her right to free speech. Calling her arrest “a disgrace” and referring to Panoli as “brave,” the 61-year-old MP said she should not … Read more
FOLLOWING his indictment by the Supreme Court in-house inquiry panel, the government is likely to bring an impeachment motion in the upcoming monsoon session against former Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, The Indian Express has learnt. On May 3, a three-member panel, set up by the Supreme Court, had found credence in the … Read more
Delhi has reported 23 active cases of Covid-19 as of May 22, confirmed Health Minister Dr Pankaj Singh on Friday. Singh said all patients are stable. “Two to three patients are admitted to private hospitals while the others are being monitored… We will see if these patients are from Delhi or from outside Delhi. There … Read more
She was the girl who travelled – across India, Bhutan, Thailand, Pakistan, Nepal, Indonesia and China – and documented it. Her social media posts filled with everyday minutiae, from travel tips to the food she ate, Jyoti Malhotra’s ‘Travel with Jo’ had over 3,77,000 subscribers and an Instagram account with over 1,32,000 followers. Yet, in … Read more
A minor girl in Kerala who had been thrown into a river by her mother was subjected to months of sexual abuse by her paternal uncle, the police have said. According to the police, the child’s mother, a 35-year-old woman, had been arrested Tuesday hours after she had reported the child missing from a bus … Read more
A viral video of a State Bank of India manager refusing to speak in Kannada to a customer at a Bengaluru branch has drawn criticism, including from Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and BJP MP Tejasvi Surya. In the video, shot at SBI’s Surya Nagar branch in Chandapura, the bank manager is seen arguing with a … Read more
Over 200 academics, including at least 20 current and former Vice-Chancellors and educational institution heads, have signed a formal ‘Statement of Objection’, condemning Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad for his recent comments following Operation Sindoor. The statement released earlier this week, alleges that the professor’s remarks seek to “destabilise communal harmony, undermine institutional integrity … Read more
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Tuesday told the Supreme Court, which began hearing the challenge against the amendments to the Waqf Act, that “waqf, by its very nature, is a secular concept” and that the law does not touch upon any essential religious practices of Muslims. “It may be noted that Waqf, by its very nature, … Read more