The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered ₹10 lakh compensation to the family of a woman who carried a pair of scissors in her abdomen for 12 years due to negligence of doctors who had operated on her at a government hospital. Read More
The Calcutta high court on Thursday dismissed the plea filed by three arrested Jharkhand MLAs seeking a probe by CBI or by an “independent agency.” Read More
The Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu police to register an FIR and probe the alleged ₹6,000-crore scam by a Vellore-based investment company. Justice N Sathish Kumar passed the interim order on a plea moved by P Karthik, a resident of Chennai, after he complained that he had been cheated by the... Read More
Chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday called upon DMK functionaries and cadres to organise rallies on the fourth death anniversary of former ch ief minister M Karunanidhi on August 7 across the state to send across a message to political opponents that his fame cannot be masked. Read More
Delhi Police arrested a 24-year-old snatcher who stabbed a head constable in Bawana on Thursday. The injured cop, to catch him, opened fire at him. The accused, Irshad, received a bullet injury on his leg. He is involved in 30 criminal cases, police said. Read More
Taiwan condemned its “evil neighbour” after China fired multiple missiles into its surrounding waters, as many as four of which flew over the island’s capital Taipei in an unprecedented escalation during live-fire exercises. China launched its largest ever military drills around Taiwan on Thursday, a day after US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi’s... Read More