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A bench of Justices J Nisha Bhanu and D Bharatha Chakravarthy had on July 4 delivered a split verdict on the legality. FILE: Senthil Balaji. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear on July 21, TN Minister Thiru Senthil Balaji and his wife’s plea against Madras High Court’s order regarding the legality of his arrest. Balaji’s petition was mentioned by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal before the bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud. Urging the bench to list the plea, Sibal said, “There was a difference of opinion in Madras HC. Requesting the matter to be heard as it may become infructuous if he is taken into police custody. One Bench is already dealing with it.” While the CJI was inclined to list the matter tomorrow, SG while informing the court regarding an appeal filed by ED requested to list the matter on Monday. “We have also filed an appeal. After the two judges differed, the third judge concurred. The matter is now posted for the division bench for a date. Nothing will happen,” Mehta said. Ta...

The 11-year-old girl suffered second-and third-degree burns on her arms, legs, and back when the older girl doused her with acid.      She has been charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and felonious assault A 12-year-old girl in the US is facing assault charges for allegedly throwing acid on another girl at a Detroit playground, CNN reported. Deaira Summers, 11, suffered second-and third-degree burns on her arms, legs and back when the older girl doused her with acid at a playground outside Vernor Elementary School on July 9, local ABC News affiliate WXYZ reported. Ms. Summers was playing with her siblings and cousin when her cousin and the 12-year-old started fighting. The alleged perpetrator’s mother handed her a bottle of acid that she threw on the 11-year-old, who returned to the park to pick up her purse. “Two seconds later, it started, like, burning and went through my shirt, my shorts. “I was screaming and I was crying,” Ms Summers told WSAZ. ...

Only users in a single household will be able to use a Netflix account going forward, in India Netflix wants to limit account usage to individual households in India Netflix has announced that it is bringing restrictions on account and password sharing to its user base in India from July 20 onwards. The streaming service, which has long viewed account and password sharing as a loss in potential revenue, took similar steps in its home market of the United States in the early part of 2023, before expanding the restrictions to over 100 countries in May. Users in India who are using Netflix accounts in different households will initially receive an email detailing the steps to be taken with regard to account usage. Netflix password sharing in India The announcement of the new restrictions came via Netflix early on Thursday July 20, specifically pertaining to the service’s India operations. As per the update, Netflix will initially send out emails to users who are using the same Netflix acc...

The government is likely to act against Twitter over the circulation of videos that "could lead to problems in law and order", sources said.             Centre May Act Against Twitter Over Video Of Manipur Women Paraded Naked  New Delhi: The government is likely to take action against Twitter over the horrific Manipur video of two women being paraded naked by a group of men, which went viral on Wednesday, triggering waves of outrage. The government is likely to act against Twitter over the circulation of videos that “could lead to problems in law and order”, which are not permitted under law, sources said. An order initiating action against the Elon Musk-owned social media platform for non-compliance was issued last night, sources said, adding that the IT ministry is working across platforms to ensure that the video wasn’t circulated further. In the egregious video, two women are paraded naked and molested by a group that drags them to a field. ...

The Congress chief accused PM Modi of having "abdicated" his constitutional responsibility and said, "In this hour of crisis, we stand together with the people of Manipur. " Image used for representational purpose only.  NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday slammed the Centre after a May 4 video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur surfaced, with party president Mallikarjun Kharge accusing the Narendra Modi government of turning democracy into “mobocracy”. He said that “humanity has died in Manipur” and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak about the ethnic violence-hit state in Parliament and tell the nation what happened. The Monsoon Session of Parliament starts on Thursday. In a tweet, Kharge said, “Modi government and the BJP have changed democracy and the rule of law into Mobocracy by destroying the delicate social fabric of the state. “Narendra Modi ji, India will never forgive your silence. If there is any conscience or an iota of shame left in...

The victim's family and other relatives live in a JJ Colony which is hardly 500 metres from the apartment where she was working as a domestic help. The 10-year-old girl has been working at the couple's house for the last two months. NEW DELHI: The relatives of a 10-year-old domestic help, who was allegedly thrashed by her employer in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka, claimed the minor was often hit with hot iron tongs and demanded strict action against the accused. They said the girl was employed to take care of the accused couple’s child but was also made to do household work. Police have arrested Kaushik Bagchi (36) and his wife Poornima Bagchi (33) for allegedly assaulting the minor. Poornima works as a pilot at a private airline while her husband is an employee of another carrier, they said. The victim’s family and other relatives live in a JJ Colony which is hardly 500 metres from the apartment where she was working as a domestic help. The girl was working there fo...

Four NDRF teams are engaged in rescue work, he added. The village has around 50 houses, of which 17 were buried under the landslide, the official said. Search and rescue operation underway after a landslide at Irshalwadi village in Raigad district, Thursday, July 20, 2023.  MUMBAI: Five persons died after a massive landslide at a village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, an official said on Thursday. While 75 persons have been rescued, many are still feared trapped, the official said. Four NDRF teams are engaged in rescue work, he added. The village has around 50 houses, of which 17 were buried under the landslide, the official said. The landslide followed torrential rains in the area. NDRF personnel recovered one body from the landslide spot, while four bodies were recovered by rescue teams earlier. The village is six km from Morbe Dam, which supplies water to Navi Mumbai. Minister Uday Samant said those rescued have been admitted to a hospital in Navi Mumbai. Chief Minister Ek...

They were arrested by the local police in Greater Noida on July 4 but granted bail by a court on July 7.                                                                            Seema Haider NOIDA: Uttar Pradesh special director general of police Prashant Kumar on Wednesday said it would not be appropriate to say if Pakistani citizen Seema Haider, who entered India illegally in May and is staying with her partner in Noida, is a spy “unless we have proof”. He evaded a direct reply when asked if Seema would be deported, and also denied any security lapse along the porous the Indo-Nepal border through which she entered India. Seema (30) and her Indian partner Sachin Meena (22) were questioned by the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad on Monday and Tuesday. They were arrested by the local poli...

Prakasam district superintendent of police Mallika Garg said that considering the intensity of the crime, police have, suo motu, invoked the Prevention of SC/ST Atrocities Act in the case. The victim was thrashed and urinated upon by Mannam Ramanjaneyulu and eight more persons on June 19. ONGOLE (Andhra Pradesh): Six persons were arrested from Ongole in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh for allegedly urinating on a tribal man in a clash involving his relationship with a girl, police said on Wednesday. Mota Naveen, the victim, was thrashed and urinated upon by Mannam Ramanjaneyulu and eight more persons on June 19. Two of those eight were juveniles while Ramanjaneyulu is on the run. “Ramanjaneyulu and Naveen were friends but they had a falling out over the latter’s relationship with a girl related to Ramanjaneyulu’s friend,” Prakasam district superintendent of police Mallika Garg told PTI. After Naveen eloped with the girl, a case under provisions of the Protection of Children ...

53-year-old Leon Perera and Nicole Seah, 36, of the Workers' Party, had previously informed the party that there was no truth to the allegations when they surfaced in 2021. Singapore opposition MPs Leon Perera Nicole Seah have resigned after having an extramarital affair. SINGAPORE: Indian-origin parliamentarian Leon Perera of Singapore’s largest opposition party resigned after having an extramarital affair with a fellow party lawmaker in the House, the party announced on Wednesday, in the latest scandal to hit the city-state. Perera, 53, and Nicole Seah, 36, of the Workers’ Party (WP) resigned after having an extramarital affair, party Secretary-General Pritam Singh said at a press conference. This comes two days after Parliament Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin and fellow People’s Action Party (PAP) MP Cheng Li Hui resigned on Monday for having an affair. Both Tan and Cheng left their parliamentary seat and resigned from the party. Perera informed the acting Speaker of Parliament that he...