Day: January 18, 2020

Delhi boy scores perfect 100 in JEE-Mains, twin brother gets nearly 100

11:14 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi boy Nishant Agarwal who scored a perfect 100 in Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Mains shared his success with his twin brother Pranav who bagged a score of 99.93 in the examination. The 17-year-old duo studies in New Sainikpuri Public School and aims to pursue engineering at Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay […]

The views of victim's family on whether to forgive or not the convicts in a criminal offence like the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case have no "legal value" as such offences are against the State, said legal experts on Saturday.

Views of victim’s family on grant or denial of pardon to convicts have no legal value: Experts

11:10 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: The views of victim’s family on whether to forgive or not the convicts in a criminal offence like the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case have no “legal value” as such offences are against the State, said legal experts on Saturday. Senior advocates Rakesh Dwivedi and Vikas Singh said the views of family members […]

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

After HC order, Delhi Bar Council takes action against Nirbhaya convict’s lawyer, issues notice

11:07 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: The Bar Council of Delhi on Saturday issued notice to advocate A P Singh, appearing for convict Pawan Kumar Gupta in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, after Delhi High Court had last month directed it to take action against the lawyer for filing “forged” documents and not appearing for hearing. The Bar […]

Rough seas delay escape test for SpaceX crew capsule

9:31 pm January 18, 2020

Cape Canaveral, Florida: Rough seas prompted SpaceX on Saturday to delay the emergency escape test of its new crew capsule by a day. Liftoff is now set for Sunday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon rocket was supposed to blast off Saturday on a 10-minute flight to demonstrate the capsule’s emergency escape system before […]

Splits in France’s strike movement trigger fears of violence

9:24 pm January 18, 2020

PARIS: A French government minister warned that seditious groups bent on violence were hijacking the protest movement against pension reform that has gripped the country, after a fire Saturday damaged a renowned Paris restaurant patronized by President Emmanuel Macron. The Paris fire service said the pre-dawn blaze that singed a corner of the La Rotonde […]