Poor, virgin UP girls exploited in tantric ritual | India News – The Times of India

MEERUT: In the dim, flickering light of oil lamps, amid the rhythmic hum of hollow chants, a young virgin girl from a poor family lay motionless—stripped off her clothes, her…

Anticipatory bail from Madras HC for Kunal Kamra | India News – The Times of India

Chennai/Mumbai: Madras HC granted Friday anticipatory bail to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra, who moved court saying though he was born in Mumbai he had moved to Villupuram, TN, in 2021…

Couple in 80s end lives over digital arrest threat | India News – The Times of India

Belagavi: Blackmailed, threatened with digital arrest and harassed by online fraudsters for nearly three months, an octogenarian retired govt official and his wife ended their lives at home in Karnataka’s…

Restaurants can’t enforce service charge: Delhi HC | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Terming it a “double whammy” for the customer and an unfair trade practice, Delhi high court on Friday upheld the Centre’s move to ban the mandatory levy of…

No FIR without CJI’s nod, says Amit Shah on Justice Varma case | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: In the Centre’s first public response to the alleged recovery of cash from the official bungalow of Justice Yashwant Varma, home minister Amit Shah on Friday said no…

Freedom of speech can’t be crushed on flimsy grounds: SC | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Holding that right to freedom of speech and expression was an integral part of a healthy and civilised society, without which it was impossible to lead a dignified…

Body of 4th cop sighted at Kathua encounter site; operation still underway | India News – The Times of India

JAMMU: The number of police personnel killed in Thursday’s gunfight between security forces and suspected Pakistani terrorists in the forested Sufain area of Jammu’s Kathua district rose to four, as…

Protesters create ruckus at Mamata Banerjee’s keynote talk at Oxford | India News – The Times of India

LONDON: Two groups of protesters disrupted West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s speech at Kellogg College, Oxford, on Thursday night, causing the event, which was meant to be the highlight…

Iftar outreach vs Waqf politics: Who will gain in battleground Bihar? | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Iftar diplomacy, an annual ritual in Bihar, has become an important platform for political outreach this year as the state gears up for assembly elections amid the row…

J&K: Kathua encounter enters day 2, bodies of 3 policemen recovered | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The bodies of three Jammu and Kashmir policemen killed in an encounter with Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were recovery on Friday, as the gunfight in Jammu’s Kathua district stretched into…