Times of India

The Supreme Court acquitted a man in a 15-year-old murder case, overturning his earlier conviction and life imprisonment sentence. The bench, comprising Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta, stated that the prosecution failed to establish the charges, and both the trial court and Chhattisgarh High Court erred in convicting the accused without direct evidence of guilt.

An Indian warship once again came to the aid of a merchant vessel in Gulf of Aden, which was hit by a ballistic missile fired by Houthi rebels of Yemen on Friday night.The NBCD (nuclear, biological and chemical damage control) team, with fire-fighting equipment, from guided-missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam boarded Marshall Island-flagged Marlin Luanda to help the 22 Indian and one Bangladeshi crew members on board the tanker on Saturday.

The story of Lord Ram will be made a part of the new syllabus for madrassas affiliated to the Uttarakhand Waqf Board from the new academic session commencing this year. Of the 117 madrassas under the board, the new syllabus will be introduced initially in four madrassas in Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts. After the recruitment of teachers, it would be taken up in the remaining 113 madrassas, officials said.

Addressing the 84th All India Presiding Officers' Conference taking place in Mumbai via video message on Saturday, PM Narendra Modi said that some parties support objectionable behaviour of their members instead of counselling them and we now witness public glorification of convicted corrupt individuals, which is detrimental to the integrity of the executive, judiciary and the Constitution.

Claiming an "evolution" in India's position on Canadian probe into the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's NSA Jody Thomas said India is now cooperating with the investigations and her discussions with her counterpart Ajit Doval on the issue had proved fruitful, allowing things to move forward.However, while she spoke about importance of bringing the guilty to justice, Thomas also underscored the significance of ties between the two countries, saying Canada's ability to work in Indo-Pacific depends on having a healthy relationship with India.

Havildar Preeti Rajak, who won silver medal in women's team trap shooting event at Asian Games, has been promoted to become the first woman Subedar in the 12-lakh strong Army. Subedar Rajak, currently ranked 6th in India (trap women event), is training at the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) for the Paris Olympic Games.

India's higher education accreditation process is undergoing a significant change based on recommendations from a committee formed by the Ministry of Education. Accredited institutions will further undergo a "Maturity-Based Graded Accreditation" on a scale of 1 to 5, aiming for Level 5 as "Institutions of Global Excellence for Multi-Disciplinary Research and Education."

The internet is in a state of shock on seeing Rahat Fateh Ali Khan beating his servant. His clarification further has left people fuming!

Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani workers in southeastern Iran. The victims were Pakistani laborers living at an auto repair shop. The shootings occurred as Pakistani and Iranian ambassadors were returning to their postings after being recalled when the neighbouring countries exchanged missile strikes last week aimed at what each said were militant targets.

Higher education institutions in India will now be categorized as either accredited or not accredited, replacing the previous grading system. The new process, based on Maturity-Based Graded Accreditation, aims to encourage institutions to achieve the highest level of excellence.

Sheyas Talpade is grateful as he's back to being normal after a health scare, thanks the fans for all the love and says that he cannot thank his wife enough because she brought him back to life!

Amid the focus on spinners, pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Saturday made a statement of his skills bagging two crucial wickets that helped India keep pace with England on the third day of the first Test in Hyderabad. In a dazzling display of skill and ability to extract reverse swing, Bumrah dismissed Ben Duckett and Joe Root in the middle session of the day. India's bowling coach Paras Mhambrey was stating the obvious when he rated Bumrah as an all-weather bowler.

The parents of an 18-year-old Indian-American student who was found dead at the University of Illinois have filed a complaint against the school's police department for negligence. They accused the police of mishandling the search for their son, who was found dead just 400 feet away from where he was reported missing.

Trump has repeatedly denied the allegation that he sexually assaulted Carroll in a department store dressing room in 1996, but the jury determined that in course of his rebuttal he had disparaged her, and ordered him to pay her $7.3 million for "emotional harm," $11 million for "reputational damages," and $65 million in "punitive damages."

India's Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden dug deep to win the Australian Open men's doubles title on Saturday with a 7-6(0) 7-5 victory over Italian duo Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The second seeds fell to the ground after overcoming their Italian challengers before bowing to the crowd at the Rod Laver Arena. Bopanna becomes the oldest male player at 43 to win a Grand Slam title, and the Indian finally tasted success in Australia in his 17th consecutive Open, having lost the mixed doubles final last year and in 2018.

In a positive development for the Mumbai Indians, ahead of the impending IPL 2024, scheduled to commence on March 22, their newly appointed captain Hardik Pandya, fully recovered from his ankle injury, has commenced bowling at full capacity during net sessions.