Extra judicial confession loses significance in absence of substantive evidence: SC
Extrajudicial confession by its very nature is a “weak piece” of evidence and it may be used as a corroborative piece of evidence in tandem with substantive evidence, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while acquitting a man who was convicted in a 1998 murder case. The apex court allowed an...
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Viral hepatitis second leading infectious cause of death worldwide, says WHO
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President expresses happiness at 60 per cent IES officers in 2022, 2023 batches being women
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Court upheld Centre decision to dissolve Maulana Azad Education Foundation
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West Asia: Airlines told to make risk assessment for flights
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BJP releases fresh list of seven more candidates for Lok Sabha polls
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College student killed, two injured as car falls 50 ft off flyover in Gurugram
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CM Pinarayi refutes Modi charges of financial swindling in State
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Firing at Salman house: Cops arrest two from Bhuj
n Less than 48 hours after they fired in front of Bollywood super star Salman Khan’s Bandra residence, the Mumbai police crime branch sleuths arrested two shooters from Bhuj town in Gujarat and brought them to Mumbai, where they were remanded by a city court to police custody till April...
BJP to EC: Stop Congress Ghar Ghar initiative
The BJP on Tuesday slammed the Congress' "Ghar Ghar Guarantee" outreach to people as a corrupt practice amounting to bribery and urged the Election Commission to stop the initiative. The BJP said the initiative was unveiled on April 3 by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and its workers are distributing "guarantee cards"...
Uddhav slams Modi for Congress Muslim League imprint remark
Maharashtra's former chief minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for linking the Congress with the Muslim League (ML), charging that the BJP had a "better experience" with the ML than any other political party. Speaking at a news conference...
Curtains down on campaigns in Udhampur
The curtains came down on the two-week-long high-decibel campaign by leaders of political parties to woo the electorate in Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday. Over 16.23 lakh voters will decide the fate of 12 candidates in Udhampur-Doda constituency on April 19. The Lok Sabha seat is set to witness a three-cornered...
INDIA Block exploited voters in JK, says Shah
Launching a scathing attack on the constituents of the INDI Alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday appealed to the people in Kashmir not to vote for the Congress, National Conference and PDP, saying they have been exploited. Alleging that these three parties did not allow...
RLD joining BJP will not impact Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha elections: INDIA Bloc candidate
Samajwadi Party leader Harendra Singh Malik, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Muzaffarnagar as INDIA bloc nominee, said the RLD aligning with the BJP will not have any poll impact in the constituency. The former Rajya Sabha member is pitted against BJP’s Sanjeev Balyan, whom he described as an...
Contribute fully in 400 seats goal: PM to Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi resumed his electoral campaign in North Bengal once again giving out a 400-seat-call so as to enable him translate his "trailer" of a performance into a full-fledged act of making India the third largest economic power in the world. "All these years you have seen introducing a...
