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New Delhi, Dec 14: With the secret shifting of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, from Mandoli jail to Tihar jail, and heightened restrictions on the other three convicts, the execution of the death sentence awarded to the four dreaded criminals doesn't seem to be too far away. Top placed sources from Tihar jail said, "As soon as Pawan Kumar Gupta

New Delhi, Dec 14: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he will never apologise for speaking out the "truth" and said it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his "assistant" Amit Shah who need to apologise for "destroying" the country's economy. Taking a jibe at the BJP for demanding an apology for his "rape in India" remark, Gandhi said, "My name is Rahul Gandhi, not Rahul Savarkar. I

New Delhi, Dec 14: In the run up to the Delhi assembly elections early next year, Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that Prashant Kishor-led political consultancy firm I-PAC has come on board with the party. "Happy to share that @IndianPAC is coming on-board with us. Welcome aboard!" the chief minister said in a tweet. The Indian Political Action

New Delhi, Dec 14: The four convicts facing death in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case are under depression and Tihar Jail officials are keeping a close watch to ensure they do not harm themselves, prison sources said on Friday. Four-five security personnel have been assigned to each of the four convicts, the sources said. The four — Akshay, Mukesh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma — have also

Kolkata, Dec 14: West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday said the Citizenship Amendment Act will be implemented in the state and neither Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee nor her party, Trinamool Congress, will be able to stop it. West Bengal will be the first state where the Act will be implemented, he said. The BJP leader's remarks came after Banerjee, one of the most vocal opponents of the

New Delhi, Dec 13: State governments have no powers to reject the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 as the legislation was enacted under the Union List of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution, a top official said on Friday. The statement came after chief ministers of West Bengal, Punjab, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh announced that the law is "unconstitutional" and

Amaravati, Dec 13: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday approved draft legislation that mandates disposal of cases of atrocities against women within 21 days and handing out the death penalty. The legislation, an amendment to the AP Criminal Law, will be called the "AP Disha Act", in memory of the veterinary doctor raped and murdered in neighbouring Telangana recently. Another draft legislation

New Delhi, Dec 13: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday informed media that a total of 14 Bills were passed in the Lok Sabha and 15 were passed in the Rajya Sabha during the recently concluded Winter Session of the Parliament. "In the winter session, Lok Sabha passed 14 bills and the Rajya Sabha passed 15 bills. Productivity was 116 per cent in Lok Sabha and 100 per cent in

New Delhi, Dec 13: The Anaj Mandi Fire which took place last Sunday has again highlighted rampant illegal child labour in the national capital. A petition filed before the High Court by NGO Bachpan Bachao Aandolan (BBA) said that "most child labourers working in these factories at Anaj Mandi and all over Delhi, especially in unauthorized colonies and where manufacturing units are illegally

New Delhi, Dec 13: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Friday questioned the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its economic policies and thus keeping it's pressure on economy. She tweeted: "Inflation has reached the highest level in last three years. Common men are finding it extremely tough to buy materials that is needed for day to day life." "Income is zero due to the slowdown