NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said the party will “very soon” challenge the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Supreme Court. His statement came after the bill was passed by both houses of Parliament.Sharing a post on X, Ramesh said, “The INC will very soon be challenging in the Supreme…
A Denver judge on Friday sentenced a former ride-share driver to 290 years to life after prosecutors said he abducted a dozen women over four years by falsely posing as the driver they requested. The man, John Pastor-Mendoza, was convicted in late October on 30 charges related to the kidnapping, attempted sexual assault and sexual…
AJMER: A mob assaulted an accused in the Bijaynagar rape and forced conversion case on Ajmer district and sessions court premises despite heavy police presence Monday. As soon as cops escorted the accused, ex-councillor Hakeem Qureshi, to the court after his police custody ended, a section of lawyers and other people shouted, “hang him, hang…
PANAJI/BELAGAVI: Former Goa MLA Lavoo Mamledar (68) died in Karnataka’s Belagavi on Saturday after being assaulted by an autorickshaw driver in an instance of road rage. The accused, Amirsuhil Shakilsab Sanadi (26), was arrested and sent to jail.Mamledar’s car brushed against an autorickshaw in Khade Bazaar area, leading to a heated argument between him and…
A Florida housekeeper was arrested on Christmas Eve after allegedly assaulting and robbing her 83-year-old employer when the elderly woman told her she could not afford to pay the $500 Christmas bonus the employee demanded, Fox News has reported. Heather Nelson, 29, reportedly became enraged after the victim explained that she did not have enough…
A 22-year-old Indian-origin man from Brampton, Canada, has been arrested and charged in connection with sexually assaulting three women earlier in November. The suspect, Arshdeep Singh, who spoke Punjabi to the victims in all three incidents, according to Peel Police, has been charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, sexual assault by…