SC drops plea in sex scandal case The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed a high court verdict acquitting all 16 accused, including two former mayors of Kozhikode, in the ice-cream parlour sex scandal case.
Govt to probe pending cases In an affidavit filed two days back, the Centre approached the Apex Court for the transfer of the cases out of Gujarat for fair trial of the cases.
Court seeks response on Indian prisoner Anand Vir, a resident of Gurdaspur in Punjab, submitted before the court that his brother Gopal Dass had inadvertently entered Pakistan crossing the border in July 1984.
Its OK to teach mother tongue in all schools Citing the examples of Karnataka and Maharashtra, the Supreme Court on Monday said there was no harm in teaching Tamil compulsorily in all schools in Tamil Nadu.
Arms looted by Naxals in Orissa recovered They have been seized during the ongoing combing operations which continued for the third consecutive day on Monday in the jungles of five districts of Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagara.
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