Day: November 12, 2018

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 375 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) which deals with rape on the ground that the provision is not gender-neutral.

The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) today expressed regret over a question on rationalist leader E V Ramasamy, popularly called ‘Periyar’, in its Group II examination that was conducted Sunday.

A former woman colleague of journalist and politician M J Akbar told a Delhi court on Monday that his reputation has been “destroyed” and “damaged irreparably” due to the allegations of sexual misconduct levelled by scribe Priya Ramani.

The Defence Procurement Procedure was “completely followed” in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France and the deal was subsequently approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Monday.

The BJP on Monday asserted that it would not join hands with the TRS if the latter falls short of numbers to form government post 7 December assembly elections, as it rejected the Congress charge that two parties were hand-in-glove.

The BJP, in its manifesto for the 7 December Assembly polls in Telangana, has proposed introduction of yoga in schools and colleges and setting up a Sanskrit university in the State, besides establishment of a board for welfare of IT sector employees.

As the State is witnessing several cases of suspected dengue and swine flu, the Residents Welfare Association of BBR Nagar has started to distributes nilavembu kashayam for the benefit of the people.

Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant found form at the right moment as their 130 run partnership helped India register a last-ball victory against the West Indies in the third T20I and win the series 3-0, at the MA Chidambaram stadium, here on Sunday.

R Badri, a class four student of Modern Senior Secondary School, won gold medal in Rural Games Tamilnadu State Championship held at Namakkal in Archery (under 10) and (Recurve) category.

Veteran Mithali Raj smashed an aggressive half-century to guide India to an easy seven-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the ICC Women’s World T20 here Sunday.