MUMBAI: A magistrate’s court recently held that a man repeatedly stealing money from his daughter-in-law’s purse to buy alcohol constitutes economic domestic violence.The court made this observation in an order directing a 40-year-old man to pay Rs 21.5 lakh in rent and maintenance arrears to his estranged wife and minor daughter after finding him and…
General Dwivedi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said future conflicts would extend beyond conventional battlefields and be fought across multiple domains, including cyber, space and cognitive warfare, and also said that the armed forces are fully prepared for ‘Operation Sindoor 2.0’ if the need arises.Speaking at a press conference…
NEW DELHI: Putting a child’s right to know about his biological father on a higher pedestal in comparison to a person’s right to privacy not to be compelled to undergo a DNA test, Supreme Court has directed a man to go through the test on a paternity suit filed by a youth who claims to…
NEW DELHI: Indians spent more than Rs 1.6 lakh crore on medicines, making drugs one of the largest components of healthcare expenditure in the country, a National Health Accounts (NHA) 2022-23 report released by the Union health ministry read.The report showed that expenditure on prescribed medicines alone crossed Rs 1.3 lakh crore, while another Rs…
The proportion of babies being exclusively breastfed for the first six months has dropped from 64% in 2019-21 to about 56% in 2023-24, reversing the rising trend of the decade and more before that. This fact, revealed by National Family Health Survey-6 has alarmed public health and nutrition experts who point out that exclusive breastfeeding…
Prayagraj: Allahabad HC has held that a person’s conviction as a minor cannot be treated as a legal impediment to the issuance of a passport, emphasising that the ‘right to be forgotten’ – through removal or destruction of records of delinquency – enables juveniles to make a fresh start in life, reports Rajesh Kumar Pandey.A…
NEW DELHI: The National Family Health Survey-6 (2023-24) has shown that participation of married women in household decision-making has increased over the years, with data revealing that 89% were involved in decisions about their own healthcare, major household purchases and visits to family and relatives.The participation of married women (15-49 years) in these three household…
NEW DELHI On the very day (Friday, May 29) Supreme Court laid down mandatory guidelines for high courts to pronounce judgments within three months of reserving them, an SC bench pronounced its verdict in a 42-year-old double murder case from Delhi after keeping it reserved for 15 months.Two bodies were discovered within a span of…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has granted bail to an activist of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in a case of money laundering, rejecting the Enforcement Directorate‘s demand to deny bail. That the activist, Wahidur Rahman, participated in protests by PFI and its political affiliate Social Democratic Party of India can’t be…
NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand may not figure high among states ranked by political weight but it warrants enough importance in the BJP’s scheme of things for its president Nitin Nabin to spend three days touching base with booth-level members, MPs and MLAs and brainstorming with them over winning seats that the party lost narrowly in 2022.While…