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NEW DELHI (Wednesday, April 8, 2026) — The Delhi High Court has issued a stern directive to the Central Government, the Delhi Police, and the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to take immediate action against a series of posts by journalist Rana Ayyub. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav characterized the tweets as “highly derogatory, inflammatory,…
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NEW DELHI (Wednesday, April 8, 2026) — On the second day of the high-stakes Sabarimala review hearing, the Supreme Court of India asserted its authority to identify and rule against superstitious practices within religions. This observation by the nine-judge Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, creates a direct judicial challenge to the Central…
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PANAJI (Wednesday, April 8, 2026) — Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of the fire-damaged Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, are set to be released from jail after a Goa court granted them bail in a forgery case today. Having already secured bail in the separate case involving the devastating December 2025 fire, the…
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NEW DELHI (Wednesday, April 8, 2026) — The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Christian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the ₹3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, seeking his immediate release from jail. A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja upheld a prior trial court decision, stating there was…
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NASHIK (Wednesday, April 8, 2026) — A Nashik district court has remanded self-styled godman Ashok Kharat to judicial custody until April 21, 2026, in connection with a second rape case. Kharat stands accused of sexually exploiting a woman on multiple occasions over a four-year period by utilizing the guise of religious rituals and spiritual healing.…
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LUCKNOW (Wednesday, April 8, 2026) — A 17-year-old boy has been taken into custody for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in the Aashiana area of Lucknow. The incident, which took place late Tuesday evening, led to a swift police response after local residents grew suspicious and alerted the authorities. The Incident: A Deserted…
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KANPUR, UTTAR PRADESH (Wednesday, April 8, 2026) — The Uttar Pradesh Police have successfully dismantled a large inter-state cyber fraud operation, arresting 19 individuals during a high-stakes search operation in a village within the Revna area of Kanpur. The accused allegedly operated a sophisticated network that defrauded hundreds of citizens across multiple states by posing…
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THANE (Wednesday, April 8, 2026) — A local court in Maharashtra’s Thane has acquitted eight men accused of the attempted murder of a police constable in 2016. In her judgment delivered on April 6, 2026, Additional Sessions Judge V. L. Bhosale granted the accused the benefit of the doubt, noting that the prosecution failed to…
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MORENA, MADHYA PRADESH (Wednesday, April 8, 2026) — A 35-year-old forest guard was brutally killed early Wednesday morning after being run over by a tractor-trolley allegedly operated by the illegal sand mining mafia. The incident took place near the Ranpur village intersection on National Highway 552, highlighting the escalating violence in the Chambal region’s battle…
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NEW DELHI (Saturday, April 4, 2026) — A new novel titled No. 1, Akashganga Lane: The First Novel about the Gig Workers of Kolkata has been released, offering a raw, fictionalized look into the lives of India’s rapidly growing “invisible” workforce. Written by acclaimed author Ashoke Mukhopadhay and translated from Bengali by Zenith Roy, the…