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“Sextortion represents a profound violation of privacy and is a significant social menace.” New Delhi: Sextortion is a significant social menace and such cases pose a serious challenge to law enforcement due to their cross-jurisdictional nature, the Delhi High Court has said while refusing to grant anticipatory bail to three accused. Justice Amit Mahajan, in…
Shares of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Tuesday declined over 4% after the company reported a halving of its March quarter net profit. Profit was lower as refining margins dipped, the petrochemical segment turned negative, and the firm, last month, cut petrol and diesel prices by ₹2 per litre each despite crude oil prices edging…
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Justice Tirthankar Ghosh rejected the bail prayer of Partha Chatterjee. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected a bail prayer of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in a money laundering case initiated by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into money trail in a primary school jobs case. ED officials had…
Donald Trump was held in contempt of court on April 30 and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. If he does it again, the judge warned, he could be jailed. Prosecutors had…
A no-show by Mumbai Indians (MI) batters nudged the side closer to the brink of elimination and gifted a four-wicket victory to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their Indian Premier League match at the Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. On a day when India announced the T20 World Cup side, its captain, vice-captain, and…
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Washington has heightened pressure on all sides to reach a ceasefire (File) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that the military would launch a ground offensive on Gaza’s far-southern Rafah city “with or without” a truce deal being negotiated with Hamas. The hawkish premier issued the warning despite strong concerns raised by top…
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Amethi: The Amethi unit of Congress, tired of waiting for the announcement of a candidate, is holding a protest at the Uttar Pradesh constituency that has enjoyed VIP status for decades. Slogans of “Amethi mange Gandhi parivar” were raised by Congress workers sitting on a protest outside the party office today. The Congress is yet…
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The ‘Impact Player’ rule, which has made IPL contests quite literally a “12-a-side affair”, has dealt a raw deal to power-hitter Rinku Singh who couldn’t make the Indian main squad for T20 World Cup as he simply did not have enough game time to his credit. The 26-year-old Aligarh left-hander, who captured the cricketing world’s…
Janasena, TDP and BJP are NDA alliance partners in the southern state. (File) Amravati, Andhra Pradesh: The National Democratic Alliance in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday released its joint manifesto for the upcoming polls in the state wherein they promised to offer Rs 1500 monthly pension to eligible women. The Telugu Desam Party, Jana Sena and…
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This photograph taken on April 14, 2024 shows Alok Shukla, an activist, taking photos of the Parsa East Kente Basan (PEKB) coal mine site in Surguja district, in India’s state of Chhattisgarh. Shukla has led a decade-long grassroots campaign against some of India’s conglomerates — including one operated by Adani Group, helmed by Asia’s second-richest…
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