President Ram Nath Kovind

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Fake news emerged as new menace: President Ram Nath Kovind

8:57 pm January 20, 2020

New Delhi: Asserting that the din of the “breaking news syndrome” has consumed the media, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said fake news has emerged as a new menace whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint the noble profession. The fundamental principle of restraint and responsibility has been undermined substantially in the din […]

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 […]

Indira Jaising urges Nirbhaya’s mother to follow Sonia Gandhi’s example

2:49 pm January 18, 2020

New Delhi: Senior advocate Indira Jaising has urged Nirbhaya’s mother to “follow the example” of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, suggesting that she pardons the four men sentenced to death for raping her daughter in 2012. The four convicts are scheduled to be hanged at 6 am on February 1 in the gangrape and murder case. […]

President rejects mercy plea of Nirbhaya convict Mukesh Singh

7:32 pm January 17, 2020

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday rejected the mercy plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four men convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, sources said. The rejection came soon after the Union Home Ministry forwarded the petition to the president on Friday morning. “It’s a very good thing. Our […]