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Gyanvapi Mosque Case News Updates : The Varanasi district court, hearing the   civil suit on the Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Viswanath temple complex dispute , will hear on May 26 the Order 7 Rule 11 application by the Muslim side seeking to reject the civil suit of the Hindu side seeking claim on Gyanvapi mosque. Meanwhile, the judge has sought objections on the advocate Commissioner survey report of Gyanvapi mosque from both the Hindu and Muslim side. The court was to deliver the order Tuesday on whether to invite objections on the survey report or conduct hearing on Order 7 Rule 11 application of the Masjid committee first. While the Masjid committee has argued that the suit is barred under the Places of Worship Act, the Hindu petitioners have said that the survey report should be considered. The Varanasi court started hearing the case on Monday after the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the transfer of the pending proceedings to the District Judge, Varanasi, for “trial and all interlo...

An additional sessions court in Kerala’s Kollam Tuesday sentenced a former state government employee to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 12.55 lakh after he was found guilty in a dowry death case. The court on Monday had found Kiran Kumar, who was an additional vehicle inspector with the state motor vehicle department,  guilty in the case of the dowry death of his wife , Vismaya V Nair, an ayurvedic medical student. The court had found Kumar guilty under sections 304-B (dowry death), 306 (abetment to suicide) and 498-A (any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court has imposed 10 years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 304-B, six years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2 lakh under Section 306, and two years of rigorous imprisonment as well as a fine of Rs 50,000 under Section 498-A. Additionally, the court imposed six years of rigorous imprisonment and...

In Tokyo to attend the Quad summit, Prime Minister   Narendra Modi   on Tuesday met three former Japanese premiers — Yoshihide Suga, Shinzo Abe and Yoshiro Mori — when they called on him. Modi, who has enjoyed warm chemistry with his former counterparts from Japan, also invited Suga to attend Ganeshotsav festivities in India this year. Suga, who served as Japan’s PM from September 2020 to September 2021, is part of a group of 15 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers called the ‘Ganesha’ group, named after the Hindu god worshiped as a destroyer of obstacles. The MPs who belong to this group have three things in common – they are first-generation lawmakers, have served four or less terms in the Lower House and they do not belong to any faction. Among the former prime minister of Japan, Modi had a particularly close friendship with Shinzo Abe, the longest serving Japanese PM who was in office from December 2012 to September 2016. During Abe’s visit to India in December 201...

In an unprecedented move, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today sacked his Health Minister Vijay Singla from the cabinet on a corruption charge reportedly after solid evidence was found against him. Mr Singla was allegedly demanding a one per cent commission on tenders. Soon after his removal, he was arrested by the anti-corruption branch of the Punjab police. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took the step after he received a complaint against the Minister just 10 days back. This is only the second time in the country's history that a Chief Minister has taken such strict action against their own cabinet colleague. Earlier, Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had in 2015 sacked one of his Ministers on corruption charges. A government official had 10 days ago complained to the Chief Minister's office about corruption by Mr Singla. The Chief Minister personally assured the official that he would stand with him and he need not fear any Minister. ...