Day: May 10, 2019

An Indian travelling to the UK on a tourist visa has been jailed for 12 months for carrying

Indian jailed in UK for sexual assault on plane

8:55 pm May 10, 2019

London: An Indian travelling to the UK on a tourist visa has been jailed for 12 months for carrying out a “prolonged” sexual assault on a young woman during a long-haul flight from Mumbai to Manchester earlier this year. Hardeep Singh, 36, will be deported back to India at the end of his sentence. Singh, […]

Gunman told 911 ‘I just shot up a synagogue’ after attack

8:51 pm May 10, 2019

San Diego: As the 19-year-old college student sped away in his 2012 Honda Civic, he dialed 911 and said: “I just shot up a synagogue.” He told the dispatcher that he thought he had killed some people and that he did it “because Jewish people are destroying the white race.” The chilling account in a […]

SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to regulate Netflix, Amazon Prime Video content

8:46 pm May 10, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked for the Centre’s response on a plea seeking guidelines to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video which display “uncertified and sexually explicit” content. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to the ministries of […]

Ayodhya case: Panel seeks extension for mediation process, SC grants time till Aug 15

1:56 pm May 10, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday extended till August 15 the time for a panel of mediators, headed by former apex court judge Justice F M I Kalifulla, to explore an amicable solution to the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute at Ayodhya. A five judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi […]

Pankaj Kapur to come out with debut novel Dopehri’

1:52 pm May 10, 2019

New Delhi: Veteran actor Pankaj Kapur is all set to come out with his debut novel “Dopehri”, which is based on his popular one-act play of the same name. Originally written in Hindi, “Dopehri” will be published simultaneously by HarperCollins later this year in three editions: Hindi (in Devanagari script), Hindi (in Urdu script) and […]