The sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will be put on trial in Paris in July for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to beat up a workman in the French capital, AFP news agency reported.


MBS' sister faces trial over attack on workman


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The number of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is on the rise but the data procured under it is not "an accurate picture of reality" while convictions under it are a mere 20 per cent. It is a relatively new law and is "still evolving", says author Arita Sarkar, whose book "Kidnapped" probes the gruesome abductions and killings of over 10 children in the recent past.


POCSO Act on crime against children doesn't picture reality: Author Arita Sarkar (IANS Interview)


Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. said on THursday that Abhay Yadav, the petitioner who alleged that the company and its Chairman Sameer Gehlaut misappropriated funds, withdrew his writ petition from the Supreme Court.


Indiabulls petitioners withdraw from SC amid hints of criminal conspiracy


In a significant development, the Mumbai Police have filed a closure report in the #MeToo case by actress Tanushree Dutta against actor Nana Patekar, a top official said here on Thursday.


Mumbai Police close Tanushree's case against Nana Patekar


Facing noisy demonstrations from striking junior doctors, an angry West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday gave them a four-hour ultimatum to withdraw their strike and warned of "strong action" if the situation was not normalised within the deadline.


Mamata gives striking doctors 4 hours to resume duties (2nd Lead)


The mortal remains of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council President Darwesh Yadav, who was shot dead on Wednesday, were consigned to flames in her native Chandpur village in Etah district.


UP Bar Council chief cremated, family seeks CBI probe


Sunny Yadav, the nephew of slain Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darwesh Yadav has named Manish Sharma, his wife Vandana and another lawyer Vineet Gulecha as the accused in the murder of the first woman chief of the council, who was shot dead in a lawyers chamber.


FIR against 3 in UP Bar Council chief's murder


There has been a 509 per cent increase in the number of cases registered under the child labour law since 2017, according to a research study on child labour by Kailash Satyarthi Childrens Foundation (KSCF).


509 per cent rise in cases under child labour law: Study


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Centre and Delhi University to file reply on two separate applications challenging varsity's new eligibility criteria for admission in undergraduate courses.


HC seeks Centre, DU response on new admission criteria


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused  to interfere in the interview process of a panel on admission of  Christian students in all subjects in Delhi University's St Stephen's  College.


HC declines to interfere in St Stephen's interview process


The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up for filing a defective application a petitioner, Abhay Yadav, who has alleged that Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (IHFL) misappropriated Rs 98,000 crore of public money.


SC raps petitioner for defective plea against Indiabulls


The first woman President of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council, Darwesh Yadav, was shot dead in Agra Civil courts on Wednesday allegedly by her own colleague Manish Sharma, police said.


UP Bar Council chief shot dead in Agra court


The director of a madrassa here in Uttar Pradesh has been arrested after his in-laws approached Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's office with a complaint that he had used triple talaq against his wife besides beating her up and demanding dowry.


Madrassa chief held after complaint to CMO alleging triple talaq


A 36-year-old Indian man accused of groping a seven-year-old girl here has denied a molestation charge at the Dubai Court of First Instance.


Indian on trial for molesting 7-year-old girl in Dubai


The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to consider a plea by Sanjiv Bhatt, sacked IPS officer from Gujarat, seeking fresh examination of witnesses in a case of custodial death against him.


SC declines Sanjiv Bhatt's plea in custodial death case


Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court complaining that the company is facing loss in share value arising from press reports following a plea filed in the court by a milk vendor, who holds a total of only four shares.


Indiabulls case: SC to decide on listing the matter


Raja Muzaffar Bhat, president of Jammu and Kashmir RTI movement has fought a protracted battle with the management of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank seeking transparency and accountability in working and asset management by this premier financial institution of the state.


RTI activist's protracted battle with J&K Bank likely to bear fruit


A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking a direction to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to extend the deadline for post-graduate medical courses till June 17, as nearly 450 to 500 seats are yet to be filled.


SC to hear plea on extension of deadline for PG medical seats


A day after defying the ban on GM cotton seeds here, a prominent farmers' body on Tuesday warned that agriculturists will "strongly oppose" any attempts by the government to stop them from using new technology.


'Maharashtra farmers will fight ban on GM seeds'


Lawyers here have refused to plead the case of Vishnu Prasad who is accused of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal.


Lawyers refuse to plead Bhopal rape accused's case


A South Korean NGO said on Tuesday that it had identified hundreds of public execution and state-sanctioned killing sites in North Korea after four years of research and 610 interviews with defectors.

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