New Delhi, Sept 3 (UNI) A Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging a 2022 judgment of the Kerala High Court that, while affirming the importance of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act), adopted what petitioners call a “narrow and restrictive”…
New Delhi, Sept 3 (UNI) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said it has issued notices to the Director General of Police, Bihar, and the District Magistrate, Patna, seeking a detailed report within two weeks in the reported rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl by the caretaker of a garden in the Maner…
New Delhi, Sept 3 (UNI) Hours after Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera was issued a notice by the Election Commission for allegedly holding two voter identity cards, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today targeted his spouse and fellow Congress leader, Kota Neelima, alleging that she too possesses two active Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPICs). Addressing a…
New Delhi, Sept 3 (UNI) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the recent building collapse in the Virar East area of Palghar district, Maharashtra, which claimed the lives of 17 people and left eight injured on August 27, 2025. In a statement issued here, the Commission while citing a…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today chaired a consultation workshop here, focusing on innovative policy interventions for sustainable National Highway (NH) development in urban areas. The discussions centred on strategies to decongest urban National Highways by constructing ring roads and bypasses, adopting value capture financing models,…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong today held talks with union Health Minister and BJP chief JP Nadda and also held a meeting with Indian business leaders. The Singapore PM, who arrived yesterday on a three-day visit, said he had held wide-ranging talks with union Health Minister Nadda. “Had a wide-ranging…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out search operations at multiple locations in Delhi-NCR and Pune, Maharashtra, in connection with an alleged Rs 425 crore bank fraud case involving Gupta Exim India Private Ltd. (GEIPL). The search operations were carried out at the locations of the persons/entities closely associated with…
By Staff Correspondent Bhopal: Residents of the posh Arera Colony in Bhopal have raised serious concerns over an allegedly illegal liquor shop-cum-bar being run by the Som Group on a residential plot. Despite repeated complaints, no action has been taken by the excise department, prompting residents to approach the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Congress…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) A fugitive criminal, Manipal Dhilla, who had been on the run in connection with several cases in Haryana, was extradited to India from Cambodia by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with assistance from Interpol. After being released on parole he had fled abroad using a fake passport. The CBI…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) The union Health Ministry today said that it is in the process of amending the New Drugs and Clinical Trials (NDCT) Rules, 2019, aiming to streamline regulatory procedures and reduce approval timelines for clinical trials and new drug manufacturing. In this regard, it has issued a draft notification proposing significant…
