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Juvenile’s identity not to be disclosed at any time: HC

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 strong

Identity of a person, against whom a criminal case was lodged when he was a minor, should not be disclosed at any stage of life as it defeats the purpose of juvenile justice law, the Delhi High Court has held. The court said that object of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act is to ensure that no stigma is attached to a juvenile in conflict with law and a minor is extended a protective umbrella under the enactment. A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli…

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Nifty snaps 10,450-level, slips 95 pts

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 strong

NSE benchmark Nifty slipped by 95 points following fag-end selling in auto, financial service, banking, IT, energy, FMCG and metal sectors. In a choppy trade, the Nifty traded near flat-line most of the session in the absence of any definite trigger as financial markets across the globe closed for New Year holiday. It moved in small bouts of buying and selling activity, the final hour trade saw emergence of profit-booking in recent gainers. Overseas, European and Asian stock markets remained closed for New Year holiday. Growth in China’s manufacturing sector…

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Triple talaq bill to be introduced in Rajya Sabha tomorrow

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 strong

The contentious bill that criminalises instant triple talaq among Muslims, already passed by the Lok Sabha, is set to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow. The bill, which makes instant triple talaq illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband, was passed by the Lower House last week. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill is listed for introduction in the Rajya Sabha by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on January 2, according to the list of business of the Upper House. This bill…

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Trump attacks Pak; says it has given US nothing but ‘lies and deceit’

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 strong

In a scathing attack, President Donald Trump today accused Pakistan of giving nothing to the US but “lies and deceit” in return for USD 33 billion aid and said Islamabad has provided “safe haven” to terrorists. “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools,” Trump said in a strongly worded tweet. “They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with…

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Manoj Tiwari to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Delhi slum

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 strong

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, who had welcomed 2017 at a slum in Todapur area in New Delhi, will revisit it to celebrate the New Year’s Eve tonight. Tiwari will visit the Gas Godown Jhuggi Basti in Todapur and spend an hour with the children at the slum, said a Delhi BJP statement. He will also visit the Yamuna Bazar and stay there till midnight to ring in the New Year with the residents, it said. Last year, Tiwari had stayed at the Gas Godown slum as part of his…

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Protests mar New Year Eve celebrations in Nainital

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 strong

Thousands of traders in Nainital today boycotted the New Year Eve celebrations and staged a candle-light march against the administration’s actions on hoteliers and restrictions imposed on movement of vehicles. Unlike previous years, the celebrations on the Mall Road was dull, though, most of the hotels remained packed and visitors flocked to the popular hill station in large numbers. More than 4,000 people took out a candle-light march from Mallital to Tallital – through the Mall Road – this evening to protest against the steps taken by the town administration…

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Life slows down in frigid HP, J-K; dense fog in plains

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 strong

A piercing cold wave swept across the hilly states in north India even as a blanket of fog covered the plains, hampering the movement of air, rail and road traffic today. In Delhi, more than 150 flights were delayed, around 50 diverted and 20 canceled as the season’s “worst” fog reduced visibility to a meager 50 metres at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Hundreds of flyers were left stranded as no flights could take off between 7.30 am and 11.05 am, according to an airport official. The minimum required visibility…

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Pub fire: BMC cracks down on illegal structures at restaurants

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 strong

The Mumbai civic administration has cracked down on restaurants and started razing unauthorised constructions, in the wake of a fire at a rooftop pub in central Mumbai’s Lower Parel which snuffed out 14 lives. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took action against at least five eateries and restaurants following yesterday’s fire at Kamala Mills compound. A BMC official confirmed that they have pulled down “illegal roofs” of two restaurants -‘Skyview Caf ‘ and ‘Social’ in Kamala Mills and encroachments of ‘Pranay’ and ‘Fumes’ and ‘Sheesha Sky Lounge’ at Raghuvanshi Mills…

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CBFC suggests title change: ‘Padmavati’ to become ‘Padmavat’

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 strong

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has decided to give Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” a UA certificate and has suggested the director to change the film’s title to “Padmavat”. According to a release issued by the CBFC, the board had a meeting of their examining committee on December 28 and decided to give the film a “UA certification along with some modifications and likely change of the film’s title on the basis the attributed material/creative source”. Bhansali, who appeared before a parliamentary panel, has said his lavishly mounted 150…

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Palestine recalls Pak envoy after India issues demarche on his presence in Saeed’s rally

January 1, 2018 strong

India today issued a strong demarche to Palestine on the issue of presence of its ambassador to Pakistan at an event of JuD chief and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, terming it as “unacceptable”. India’s Secretary (economic relations) Vijay Gokhale in the external affairs ministry called Palestinian ambassador here Adnan Abu Al Haija to the South Block after which the ministry said, “the concerns were conveyed both in New Delhi to the Palestinian Ambassador and in Ramallah to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, State of Palestine.” “Government…