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Nikitha Rao Godishala, a 27-year-old Telugu woman from Hyderabad, was found dead with stab injuries in her ex-boyfriend’s apartment in Columbia, Maryland, on Saturday, her family confirmed on Monday. Her cousin, Saraswati Godishala, in a representation to the Indian embassy in the US, provided details about the case and urged immediate intervention. Nikitha was discovered

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Umar Khalid’s father, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, expressed his initial response on Monday after the Supreme Court refused bail to his son and fellow activist Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case. Speaking to PTI, Ilyas said, “I have no comment to offer. It is very unfortunate. The judgment is there, and

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The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to immediately stay trial court proceedings against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in a case related to alleged irregularities in the leasing of two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels. Yadav’s lawyers, senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Maninder Singh, urged a bench of

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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking to restrain the Union government and the Prime Minister from offering a ceremonial chadar at the tomb of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti during the annual Urs at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, holding that the matter was “not justiciable.” A bench comprising Chief Justice of India

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The Supreme Court’s recent refusal to grant bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots case immediately drew reactions from across the political spectrum. A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjari had rejected their pleas, citing prima facie evidence against them and distinguishing their cases from other

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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for raping two of his disciples, walked out of Sunaria jail in Haryana on Monday after being granted a 40-day parole. This marks the 15th time Singh has been released from prison since his conviction in 2017, once again drawing

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The Gujarat government has suspended Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and former Surendranagar district collector Rajendrakumar Patel following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a bribery-linked money laundering case, officials said on Monday. Patel, a 2015-batch IAS officer, was arrested by the ED on January 2. On the same day, a special court

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The process of estimating the population of tigers and other carnivorous wildlife began on Monday across forest areas in Karnataka, marking the start of a major conservation exercise aimed at assessing the health of the state’s forest ecosystems. Announcing the launch, Karnataka’s Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre said the exercise is part of

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Jailed activist Umar Khalid has reacted with a mix of relief for his co-accused and resignation about his own future after the Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant him bail in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case. According to his partner, academic and writer Banojyotsna Lahiri, Khalid said he was “happy and

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Sharjeel Imam’s uncle on Monday expressed deep shock and disappointment over the Supreme Court’s decision to refuse bail to his nephew in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case, even as he said that he respected the verdict and remained hopeful that Imam would eventually secure his release. The Supreme Court, while hearing a batch

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