Representational Image (AI-generated) YAMUNANAGAR: In a landmark verdict, a Yamunanagar court has sentenced a man to death for the abduction, rape, and murder of a 6-year-old girl, following what is believed to be the first such conviction under India’s new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) law. The sentencing brings closure to a horrific case which shook…
NAVI MUMBAI: Three days after a 14-year-old boy was apprehended and his parents arrested by Malvan police and a day after a scrap shop rented by them was demolished by Malvan municipal council after locals complained the family had raised anti-national slogans inside their home during the India vs Pakistan Champions Trophy match on Sunday,…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday asked the Maharashtra govt to ensure 100% rollout of the new criminal laws as soon as possible, particularly in the 10 police commissionerates, and target 90% conviction rate in criminal cases entailing a sentence of more than seven years.Chairing a review meeting here on the implementation…
SHRAVASTI: A woman was arrested for allegedly using a forged admit card to appear for the physical standard test during the Uttar Pradesh police recruitment process despite failing the written examination, officials said on Sunday.Shravasti Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Praveen Kumar Yadav told PTI, “A woman candidate named Richa Singh was arrested on Saturday…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Emphasising on the use of technology in implementation of the new criminal laws, home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said it should enable generation of alerts for all criminal cases at pre-defined stages and timelines — right from registration to disposal — for the benefit of…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court has directed Karnataka State Law University to conduct examination for repeater-students who had Indian Penal Code (IPC) as subject, and not insist on taking up Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Justice Suraj Govindaraj gave this direction recently while quashing the Dec 6 notification issued by the university.Two students – one from Shivamogga…
NEW DELHI: There is no proposal to criminalise sexual intercourse or sexual acts by man with his own wife, the wife not being under 18 years of age, the home ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.In written reply to a question, junior home minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar said “Sections 74,75,76 and 85 of the…