Nearly 150 feared trapped in landslide in Pune
An Indian official says that more than 150 people are feared buried under a landslide that hit a village in western India following torrential rains. Prabhakar Deshmukh, the local commissioner of Pune district in Maharashtra, says Wednesday’s landslide in the village of Ambe has buried about 40... read more »
Youth held for rape of seven-year-old in Bangalore
A man in his late twenties was arrested on Wednesday on charges of raping a 7-year old girl at her house in Kamakshipalya. The accused Srinivas was apparently the son of the domestic help, who was hired by the victim’s family. While the incident allegedly took place on July 27, it came to... read more »
Law Commission recommends fixed tenure for CJI
Same retirement age of 65 for Supreme Court and High Court judges, a “cooling-off period” for judges after retirement and a fixed tenure for Chief Justice of India. These are the three changes Law Commission Chairperson A.P. Shah has recommended in his note to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar... read more »
Curfew partially lifted in riot-hit Saharanpur
Situation remained calm in the riot-hit Saharanpur area of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, the day of Id-ul-fitr. Curfew was partially lifted in the ‘old city’ area between 7 and 11 in the morning, and between 3 and 7 in the evening in the ‘new city’ area. Violence broke out last week following a... read more »
