Wednesday

Legal status of recent rape cases that shook India

6:17 pm December 6, 2019

New Delhi: The Friday morning encounter of all the four accused in the brutal rape-and-murder case of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian last month in Hyderabad triggered a nationwide debate on justice delivery, with one side supporting it as speedy justice and the other raising concerns over ‘extra-judicial’ measures. Here is a look at the legal […]

Public hail encounter death of rape accused in Telangana

1:28 pm December 6, 2019

Hyderabad: A large number of people in the city on Friday expressed happiness over the encounter killing of the four accused arrested in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian near here. A section of people reached the “encounter” site and congratulated the police and raised slogans in favour of them like ‘Telangana police […]

Encounter killings draw mixed political reactions

All 4 accused in Hyderabad rape-murder case killed in encounter

9:52 am December 6, 2019

Hyderabad: The four accused arrested in connection with the rape-and-murder of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian near here last month were killed in an alleged encounter with the police Friday morning, police said. “The four accused were killed in an encounter with the police,” Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar said. The four men, all lorry […]

JNU students boycott exams over fee hike issue

JNU students decide to boycott exams

1:52 pm December 5, 2019

New Delhi,: Jawaharlal Nehru University students have decided to boycott exams in protest over the hostel fee hike, according to a resolution adopted by the representatives of various schools and centres of the varsity. A general body meeting was held on Wednesday among the students’ representatives of various schools and centres and it decided on […]

Light rainfall likely in Konkan, Goa: Met department

11:32 pm December 4, 2019

Mumbai: A few places in Maharashtra’s Konkan region and adjoining Goa are ‘very likely’ to receive light rainfall in the next 24 hours, the IMD said on Wednesday. Two deep depressions have developed in the Indian Ocean and they have brought cloudy cover over several parts of the west coast, including parts of Gujarat, Mumbai, […]