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Twisha Sharma death: Final notice served to ex-judge Giribala Singh for recording statement
Twisha Sharma’s family lawyer Ankur Pandey said that a petition had been filed before the principal Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Giribala Singh.
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DMK faces a challenge as allies set to join TVK government
While the Congress abandoned the DMK soon after polls and joined Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s Cabinet on Thursday, the IUML and VCK are set to join the Ministry on Friday, signalling the end of their relations with the DMK
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Ladakh leaders to meet Home Ministry officials on May 22, Sonam Wangchuk part of delegation
This is the first such meeting of members of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), the two bodies representing Leh and Kargil districts respectively, since February 4; the KDA and LAB have been demanding constitutional safeguards such as Statehood and inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule
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PM’s five-nation tour delivered concrete outcomes, says Goyal; slams Rahul Gandhi’s ‘traitor’ remark
Commerce Minister was responding to LoP Rahul Gandhi’s remarks criticising the PM’s trip and calling him a “traitor”; Goyal accuses Congress of “treachery” for allegedly supporting infiltrators and terrorists
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Lakshmi could have been a child bride
Teenage girls across five villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district are resisting child marriage, supported by anganwadi workers who don’t want to see their own lives repeated in another generation. Ashna Butani meets the women leading and demanding change, in a State that sees the highest number of child brides in India
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Sedition trials can go on if accused is willing: Supreme Court
In May 2022, the top court put on hold trials in sedition cases until the government completed its promised exercise “to re-examine and re-consider” the colonial-era provision of Section 124A
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CJI’s ‘cockroaches’ comment & clarification: Oral remarks and institutional limits
Chief Justice Surya Kant’s “cockroaches” remark from the bench on May 15, and the clarification that followed, have revived a question the Supreme Court has tried to settle twice; the Constitution does not regulate casual judicial speech; the standard the Court has set out asks the public to read bench remarks as distinct from the formal opinion, and asks judges to keep that distinction from collapsing
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T.N.’s maternal healthcare indicators have improved in post-COVID-19 period, finds IIT-M study
The researchers say these improvements follow sustained investments in ambulance services, referral systems, and maternal healthcare programmes during and after the pandemic
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Jharkhand family buries wrong body after mistaken identity; missing man returns alive
Police have now begun the process of exhuming the body to conduct a DNA test to identify the deceased correctly
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Dress Code to be made mandatory in all State colleges, universities, says U.P. Government
The Minister added the government’s objective is not limited to improving academic quality alone, but also to creating a positive, disciplined, and value-based atmosphere in educational institutions.
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KMRL offers measures to ease traffic snarls as monsoon nears
Additional traffic wardens will be deployed and safety measures will be stepped up along the Kakkanad route as part of monsoon preparedness amid ongoing Phase II work
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Was Thirupparankundram temple closure delayed to facilitate Minister Nirmalkumar’s visit? asks Madras High Court
Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V. Lakshminarayanan call for a report from the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department by May 29, 2026
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Satheesan to open State-level Pravesanotsavam on June 1
Government Model Girls Higher Secondary School, Pattom, to host the celebration; Minister for General Education N. Samsudheen will preside
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Shrinking shared spaces in a growing cityscape
Hyderabad is building upward at breakneck speed. But amid gated communities, flyovers and glass towers, the city’s shared public life is quietly shrinking. As open spaces retreat behind private walls, residents are increasingly searching for places to meet, play and simply exist without barriers, reports Lavpreet Kaur
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Calcutta HC orders setting up SIT of CBI to probe hushing up charges in R G Kar rape-murder case
The Bench said that, considering the social ramifications of the gruesome incident, a three-member SIT would look into charges of evidence destruction and allegations made by the medic's parents that there were attempts to hush up and downplay the incident.
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Fake call centres duping U.S. citizens busted in Bengaluru, man from Delhi, another from U.P. arrested
Police said the call centre employees used fake identities resembling those of U.S. officials to gain the trust of victims
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West Asia crisis hurting Indian tea exporters
According to the Indian Tea Association, about 46% of the country’s tea exports are concentrated in Iran, the UAE, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Egypt
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Gujarat Police trace 701 missing persons under ‘Operation Milap’ in two weeks
Additional Director General of Police (CID Crime and Railways) Ajay Choudhary said the operation is based on technical and human intelligence inputs and involves review of old case records and fresh field-level verification
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