Former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has launched another scathing attack on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), accusing the governing body of playing a major role in the national team’s recent struggles.Ajmal, who claimed 362 wickets across international cricket for Pakistan before his career was brought to an early end by an issue with his bowling…
RANCHI: Entering a woman’s house at night and trying to lift her clothes may be criminal, but it does not amount to an attempt to rape, Jharkhand HC has ruled while drawing a line between outraging a woman’s modesty and attempting to rape her.Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, deciding a criminal appeal on Aug 31, held…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday said technological advancements have made criminal investigation far more complicated and a challenge for the investigating agencies, as they get the stick from the court and the victim for not conducting the probe scientifically, and on the other hand, are accused of violation of privacy if they do.“A balance…
Trump threatens to stop sale of Canada’s Bombardier jets US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bar Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier from selling its jets in the United States unless the company moves its manufacturing operations to American soil, escalating trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa.In a post on Truth Social, MAGA supremo Trump…
Passive smoking deaths up 50% since 1990: Lancet NEW DELHI: Deaths linked to second-hand smoke in India have soared, surging almost 50% since 1990 and claiming 325,600 lives in 2023 alone. According to a study published in The Lancet Public Health Monday, India had the world’s second-highest number of people exposed to second-hand smoke in…
NEW DELHI: A company having no physical body cannot be imprisoned and having no mind cannot possess mens rea (guilty mind), which is essential for conviction in a criminal case. So can a firm be convicted and punished?SC Monday answered the tricky questions by holding that a company can be convicted even when it cannot…
NEW DELHI: Taking note of another instance of a Shiv Sena politician in Maharashtra assaulting doctors, Supreme Court Monday said the situation in the state had worsened and favoured strict action against politicians to send a message that such behaviour against a medical practitioner would not be tolerated.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep…
India was among the 164 countries that voted in favour of UN General Assembly’s Sept 4 resolution, “Correct the Map: Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World’s Regions, Particularly Africa”.MEA said the resolution’s purpose is to encourage the use of equal-area map projections that preserve the relative sizes of continental landmasses,…
SC rejects panel’s plea for 6 more months to define Aravali hills & ranges NEW DELHI: “Why don’t you simply say that the matter be heard after my retirement,” asked an exasperated CJI Surya Kant as a bench led by him outrightly declined a request from the high-powered committee for six more months’ time to…
Nihal Sarin playing for American Gambits (GCL Photo) BENGALURU: The Chess Olympiad is already on Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin’s mind, but not quite yet. With India preparing to defend its Open title in Samarkand, Uzbekistan later this month, Nihal is excited about representing the country at the Olympiad. For now, though, the 22-year-old is keeping…