New Delhi: A female can also face criminal proceedings under POCSO for committing the offence of "penetrative sexual assault" on a child, and the offence is not restricted to only male offenders, the Delhi High Court has held.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to consider hearing a plea raising an issue whether suspension of a Muslim person from a police force for keeping a beard violates the fundamental right to practice religion under the Constitution.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Punjab government to persuade the farmers protesting at the Shambhu border since February 13 to remove tractors and trollies from the road, saying "highways are not parking space.

Kawardha (Chhattisgarh): A 28-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her estranged husband and paramour in Chhattisgarh's Kabirdham district and the duo buried the body in a forest, police said on Monday.

Bengaluru: A study has revealed that Dalit business owners in India earn, on average, 16 percent less than other business owners, including those from other disadvantaged communities. This income gap can be solely attributed to caste, according to the research paper titled ‘It’s not who you know, but who you are: Explaining income gaps of stigmatized-caste business owners in India’, which was published earlier this week in the research journal PLOS One.

New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has made a change to its Class 12 political science textbook by removing a political cartoon that illustrated the challenges and uncertainties faced by coalition governments in India. The decision to remove the cartoon was made as it portrayed the country in a “negative light.”

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said news of continuous attacks on minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh was disturbing and expressed hope that the government there would ensure the safety of Hindus, Christians and Buddhists.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the plea of well-known environmental lawyer Ritwik Dutta against a Delhi High Court order dismissing his petition against reopening of his income tax assessment for the year 2020-21.