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AGRA: A 34-year-old woman, her lover and her lover’s friend were sentenced to life in jail by a court in Agra for murdering her husband after he opposed their relationship. Statements by the couple’s children before the magistrate on their mother’s involvement in an extra-marital affair proved crucial in the case. The court also imposed…

NEW DELHI: On a long standing litigation between Mumbai and Bengaluru factions of Iskcon over control of Bengaluru temple, Supreme Court had kept the verdict reserved for more than a year and gave judgment favouring the Bengaluru branch in May just prior to the retirement of presiding judge Justice A S Oka. The bench of…

PRAYAGRAJ: In a landmark order upholding the rights of transgender persons, Allahabad HC has directed UP education department to issue fresh marksheets and certificates with the required changes to a petitioner who underwent gender transition surgery. Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery allowed the petition filed by Sharad Roshan Singh and set aside the order dated April…

AKOLA: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar said Saturday Maharashtra government must conduct a fair investigation into the controversial Pune land deal, in which his nephew and now political rival Ajit Pawar‘s son Parth is embroiled. “It is necessary that government conducts a proper investigation and makes facts public,” he told reporters in Akola, breaking his…

INDORE: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in MP’s Neemuch district allegedly rammed his SUV into multiple bikes on Friday night, killing a 42-year-old teacher and causing serious injuries to four others, including his wife and two children.The teacher’s 10-year-old son had to undergo amputation of both legs following the crash, reports Karishma Kotwal. Another biker too…

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (REAT) has set aside a Rs 1 crore penalty imposed on the Delhi Development Authority by Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) for failing to register a housing project. The relief came after DDA argued that the Rohini project was completed before the RERA for Delhi was established in…

SHAMLI/ROHTAK: Four friends from Haryana’s Sonipat district were killed late Friday night when their car rammed into a canter on the Panipat-Khatima highway near the Butrada flyover in Shamli, report Sachin Sharma & Sat Singh. Police said the group had set off for Haridwar on an impulse trip to take a holy dip in the…

In a rare public apology, Microsoft Corporation recently announced it would refund eligible subscribers of its Microsoft 365 service in the United States, following allegations of misleading pricing related to its AI-enhanced plans. The move comes in the wake of regulatory scrutiny in Australia, where the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) sued Microsoft for…

SRINAGAR: Soldiers shot dead two infiltrators attempting to cross the LoC in Keran sector of J&K’s Kupwara, about 140km north of Srinagar, the Army said Saturday. The gunfight, part of “Op Pimple”, followed specific intelligence on an infiltration attempt Friday evening. Troops detected “suspicious activity”, challenged the group and came under “indiscriminate fire”, the Army…

While Laika, the Soviet dog, is often remembered as the first animal to orbit Earth in 1957, France soon followed with its own historic mission. According to NASA, on October 18, 1963, French scientists launched the first cat, Félicette, into space aboard the Véronique AGI 47 sounding rocket. She became the first cat to experience…